Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Remembering the One with love, who has not been carried across?
Even those born in the body of a bird, a fish, a deer or a bull are saved in the Sangat.
Everyone who remembers the One is carried across, every kind of being.
This is the rahaa-o, the "pause" line, the center of the shabad. Har kai bhajan ka-un ka-un na taaray: who has not been carried across by remembering the One? The answer it expects is: everyone.
Khag tan meen tan marig tan baraah tan: the body of a bird, of a fish, of a deer, and one more animal body. Every kind of life is on the list. Saadhoo sang udhaaray: in the Sangat — people gathered together to remember the One — they are saved. It is a boat with room for all.
What would it feel like to know a door was open to absolutely everyone?
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