Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The ones soaked in Your love are the ones You Yourself drew close to You — You lit the spark first. Through loving, heartfelt devotion they become dear to You. They serve the True Guru, the One who gives lasting peace, and then something quiet happens: their deepest wishes are all fulfilled, not because they grabbed at things, but because the One filled them.
Now the shabad turns back to the light. Those who love the One were first drawn close by the One.
Ik rang raatay jo tuDh aap liv laa-ay — they are soaked in love because You Yourself joined them to You. The devotee didn't make the love by willpower. The One lit the fire; our love is the answering flame. It is like a baby smiling back at a parent who smiled first. So bhagti, devotion, is not a ladder we climb to earn grace. It is a reply to grace.
Bhaa-ay bhagat means loving devotion. For Guru Amar Das, devotion is not grim duty or fearful ritual. It is bhaa-o, warm affection — a heart that has fallen in love. Such devotees, the verse says, become tayrai man bhaa-ay — pleasing to Your mind. The love goes both ways. The one who loves the One finds they are loved by the One. Lovers of the One everywhere discover the same thing: they were the beloved all along.
The last line answers a question everyone asks: how do I get what I want? The world says, get more. This verse says: serve the True Guru, the sukh-daata, the Giver of peace. Then sabh ichhaa aap pujaavani-aa — all desires are fulfilled. The secret is that a heart resting in the One stops burning with trisna, the endless craving of the first verse. Wishes aren't granted like a genie's. The hunger itself is filled at the root. That is the only kind of full that lasts.
What's the difference between getting something you wanted and actually feeling satisfied? Have you ever had one without the other?
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