Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The Guru joined my awareness to the great awareness, and they merged.
By great luck I served the Guru and found the wise, all-knowing One. Those who turn away spend their nights restless.
Our small awareness joins the great awareness, until the two become one.
Mil surtee surat samaanee — awareness melts into awareness. Surat means attention, the part of you that notices. The Guru joins our little noticing with the great knowing of the One. It is like one small candle's light blending into the sunlight.
Vadbhaagee gur sayvi-aa — by great good luck, I served the Guru and found the wise One.
The verse also names the manmukh. That is someone who follows only their own wants. Tin dukhee rain vihaanee — their life-night passes in pain. Picture someone lying awake in the dark, restless. The same Guru and the same light are there for them too, whenever they turn.
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