ਸੁਨਹੁ ਰੇ ਤੂ ਕਉਨੁ ਕਹਾ ਤੇ ਆਇਓ ॥
sunhu ray too ka-un kahaa tay aa-i-o.
Listen: who are you, and where did you come from?
ਏਤੀ ਨ ਜਾਨਉ ਕੇਤੀਕ ਮੁਦਤਿ ਚਲਤੇ ਖਬਰਿ ਨ ਪਾਇਓ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
aytee na jaan-o kayteek mudat chaltay khabar na paa-i-o. ||1|| rahaa-o.
You don't even know how long you will stay here; you have no hint of when you shall leave. ||1||Pause||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Listen - who are you, and where did you come from?
You do not even know how long you will stay here, or when you will set off again.
Not knowing everything about your journey can be a doorway to wonder.
Who are you, and where did you come from? Nobody knows how long the journey lasts or when it turns for home, and that not-knowing can open into wonder.
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