ਨਾਮ ਰਤਨੁ ਤੇਰਾ ਹੈ ਪਿਆਰੇ ॥
naam ratan tayraa hai pi-aaray.
Your Name is a jewel, O my Beloved Lord.
ਰੰਗਿ ਰਤੇ ਤੇਰੈ ਦਾਸ ਅਪਾਰੇ ॥
rang ratay tayrai daas apaaray.
Your slaves are imbued with Your Infinite Love.
ਤੇਰੈ ਰੰਗਿ ਰਤੇ ਤੁਧੁ ਜੇਹੇ ਵਿਰਲੇ ਕੇਈ ਭਾਲਕਾ ॥੧੨॥
tayrai rang ratay tuDh jayhay virlay kay-ee bhaalkaa. ||12||
Those who are imbued with Your Love, become like You; it is so rare that they are found. ||12||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Your Name is a jewel, dear One.
Those who love You are soaked through with Your endless love.
The ones dyed in Your love grow to be like You, and how rare and lovely they are to find.
What you soak yourself in is slowly what you become.
'Naam ratan' (the Name as jewel) and 'rang ratay' (dyed in love) carry the transformation motif: those steeped in love 'tudh jayhay' (become like You). Rarity is wonder, not exclusion.
A Question to Sit With
Whose good qualities have started to rub off on you?
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