Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The rainbird prays: "Be kind, and give me the gift of life.
Without water my thirst does not go away, and my breath slips away.
You are the endless Giver of peace, the Giver of good qualities, a treasure."
Nanak says: the One forgives the one who follows the Guru, and at the end the One is that person's friend.
The rainbird asks for life, and the One who gives peace becomes the friend who stays at the end.
A salok of the Third Mehl. Jee-a daan: the gift of life for the soul. The bird's prayer is honest, empty-handed asking. Forgiveness for the one who follows the Guru is a gift received, never earned. Ant baylee, the friend at the end: when everything else falls away at death, this friendship remains.
Who is the friend who would still be there when everything else is gone?
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