Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
It is easy to pour all your days into power, looks, money, and being young — and wake up wondering where they went.
We each move like a piece on a great board, carried by the flow of life. The wise player keeps the One in view.
Raajan rangan roopan maalan joban — power, pleasures, beauty, wealth, youth — are named as the things one can joo-aaree, gamble a life away on. The chess image (hukmee baadhay paasai... aykaa saaree) shows us moved by the hukam, the flow of existence, like pieces on a board. Not a grim fate, but an invitation to play well by keeping the One in view.
What is something worth giving your time to that you will still be glad about years from now?
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