Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
What can I say with just one tongue? No one has ever found Your end.
Those who think on the True Word melt into You alone.
Some wander around in saffron robes, but without the True Guru no one finds You.
They roam land after land until they are worn out, and all the while You have hidden Yourself inside them.
The Guru's Word is a jewel. It lights the way, and through it You show Yourself.
Coming to know your own self by the Guru's teaching, you melt into Truth.
Coming and going, the tricksters put on their magic show in the market they set up.
But those whose minds love the True One praise the One who stays steady forever.
What people travel the world to find is already inside them. The Guru's Word is the jewel that lights it up.
Ik bhagvaa vays kar bharamday: some wander in saffron robes, the dress of wandering holy men, and roam days disantar, land after land, until they are tired. TuDh andar aap lukaa-i-aa: the One was hidden inside them the whole time. This is aimed at searching without a guide, never at any way of life.
Gur kaa sabad ratann hai: the Guru's Word is a jewel that turns on the light. Aapnaa aap pachhaani-aa: knowing your own self is the journey that counts. Shows and tricks come and go; the steady One stays.
Where do you look far away for something you might already have close by?
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