Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
O friend, this is how you cross over.
Remember the Dear One, and let the grabbing self grow quiet and still.
Let go of loving anything as if it stood apart from the One.
This is how you cross over: keep the One in your heart, and let the grabbing "me" grow quiet.
This short verse is a second Rahao, a second "pause" line. It closes the shabad before it. Ray nar in biDh paar paraa-ay — "O person, this is how you cross to the other side."
Ho-ay mirtak means to become like one who is still. It is about ha-umai, the restless "me first" self, growing quiet. It is a picture of the ego settling down, the way a stirred-up glass of muddy water turns clear when you let it rest.
Ti-aag doojaa bhaa-o — let go of the love of "the other." Doojaa bhaa-o is the feeling that things are separate from the One. When that feeling loosens, you see that everything belongs together.
What helps the restless, grabbing part of you grow calm and still?
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