ਮਾਰੂ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥
maaroo mehlaa 1.
Maaroo, First Mehl:
ਨਾ ਭੈਣਾ ਭਰਜਾਈਆ ਨਾ ਸੇ ਸਸੁੜੀਆਹ ॥
naa bhainaa bharjaa-ee-aa naa say sasurhee-aah.
Neither the sisters, nor the sisters-in-law, nor the mothers-in-law, shall remain.
ਸਚਾ ਸਾਕੁ ਨ ਤੁਟਈ ਗੁਰੁ ਮੇਲੇ ਸਹੀਆਹ ॥੧॥
sachaa saak na tut-ee gur maylay sahee-aas. ||1||
The true relationship with the Lord cannot be broken; it was established by the Lord, O sister soul-brides. ||1||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
All the people around us come for a while and then move on; that is just how life flows.
But there is one bond that time cannot untie: the tie between you and the One. That connection was made to last.
Everything comes and goes, except the bond between you and the One.
Even our closest kin — sisters, sisters-in-law, elders — do not remain forever, and one bond holds through it all.
Set against this is the sachaa saak, the true relationship with the One, which na tut-ee, cannot be broken, because it was gur maylay, joined by the Guru. The verse does not grieve; it points past what passes to the one bond that holds.
A Question to Sit With
What is a connection in your life that you hope lasts no matter what?
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