ਝੂਠਾ ਜਗੁ ਡਹਕੈ ਘਨਾ ਦਿਨ ਦੁਇ ਬਰਤਨ ਕੀ ਆਸ ॥
jhoothaa jag dahkai ghanaa din du-ay bartan kee aas.
The false world wanders all around, in hopes of finding wealth to use for a few days.
ਰਾਮ ਉਦਕੁ ਜਿਹ ਜਨ ਪੀਆ ਤਿਹਿ ਬਹੁਰਿ ਨ ਭਈ ਪਿਆਸ ॥੨॥
raam udak jih jan pee-aa tihi bahur na bha-ee pi-aas. ||2||
That humble being, who drinks in the Lord's water, never becomes thirsty again. ||2||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The false world runs all around, hoping for riches that last just a couple of days.
Whoever drinks the water of the One is never thirsty again.
One deep drink from the One ends a thirst that things could never fill.
'Jhoothaa jag dahkai ghanaa' — the impermanent world rushes about hoping for wealth to use 'din du-ay' (for a couple of days). Against this, 'raam udak' — the water of the One — quenches thirst for good. 'Jhoothaa' means false: what fades, set against what lasts.
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