ਤੇਰੇ ਲਾਲੇ ਕਿਆ ਚਤੁਰਾਈ ॥
tayray laalay ki-aa chaturaa-ee.
What cleverness can Your servant try with You?
ਸਾਹਿਬ ਕਾ ਹੁਕਮੁ ਨ ਕਰਣਾ ਜਾਈ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
saahib kaa hukam na karnaa jaa-ee. ||1|| rahaa-o.
O my Lord and Master, I cannot carry out the Hukam of Your Command. ||1||Pause||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
What cleverness can I, Your servant, try with You?
O Master, Your Hukam is more than I can carry out on my own.
You do not have to be clever to be close to what you love, only willing.
Hukam, the flow of existence, is not managed by cleverness; the servant's peace is in setting scheming down. Setting it down dissolves the anxious ego that always wants to control outcomes, and simple willingness takes its place. Ease, not strategy, is the doorway.
A Question to Sit With
When has letting go of trying to control things brought you peace?
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