Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
O my mind, this is how you find the One: let go of your big "me" and stay close to the holy people.
Then music that no hand plays begins to sound inside, like drums beating. Like a songbird, sing the One's Naam with sweet and lovely words.
Set aside your big "me," stay near holy people, and an inner music begins.
Aap gavaa-ay means losing your self-importance, the ego (haumai — the feeling of being a separate self). Kar saadhan si-o sang: keep company with holy people. Anaahad is the "unstruck" music, a sound no drum or hand makes, heard inside once the noise of ego quiets. Kokil is the songbird that sings in the rainy season, and in Malaar its song is the heart singing the Naam.
What can you hear only when everything else gets quiet?
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