ਸਾਧੂ ਸਾਧ ਸਾਧ ਮਨਿ ਪ੍ਰੀਤਮ ਬਿਨੁ ਦੇਖੇ ਰਹਿ ਨ ਸਕੀਜੈ ॥
saaDhoo saaDh saaDh man pareetam bin daykhay reh na sakeejai.
The Beloved Lord is within the minds of the Holy, the Holy Saadhus; without seeing Him, they cannot survive.
ਜਿਉ ਜਲ ਮੀਨ ਜਲੰ ਜਲ ਪ੍ਰੀਤਿ ਹੈ ਖਿਨੁ ਜਲ ਬਿਨੁ ਫੂਟਿ ਮਰੀਜੈ ॥੫॥
ji-o jal meen jalaN jal pareet hai khin jal bin foot mareejai. ||5||
The fish in the water loves only the water. Without water, it bursts and dies in an instant. ||5||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The Beloved lives in the minds of the holy, the holy ones. Without seeing the One, they cannot live.
A fish loves only the water. Out of the water, even for a moment, it dies.
Deep love is like a fish and water — the one you love is where you live.
The holy love the One the way a fish loves water: they cannot live without it.
The Beloved lives within the saaDh, the holy. Bin daykhay reh na sakeejai: without seeing the One, they cannot go on. The jal meen, the fish in water, is the classic picture of a love so complete that the beloved is life itself. Khin jal bin: even a moment without water is too much. This is longing language, the language of whole belonging.
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