ਜੋ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਕੀਆ ਸੁ ਤੁਮ ਹੀ ਜਾਨਹੁ ਹਮ ਨਹ ਜਾਣੀ ਹਰਿ ਗਹਣੇ ॥
jo parabh kee-aa so tum hee jaanhu ham nah jaanee har gahnay.
You alone, God, know whatever You do. O Lord, I do not know.
ਹਮ ਬਾਰਿਕ ਕਉ ਰਿਦ ਉਸਤਤਿ ਧਾਰਹੁ ਹਮ ਕਰਹ ਪ੍ਰਭੂ ਸਿਮਰਣੇ ॥੩॥
ham baarik ka-o rid ustat Dhaarahu ham karah parabhoo simarnay. ||3||
I am Your child; please enshrine Your Praises within my heart, God, so that I may remember You in meditation. ||3||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Only You truly know all that You do — and it's okay that I don't.
"I am Your child," my heart says; "please keep Your goodness alive in me."
You don't have to understand everything — you can simply be a beloved child, trusting and cared for.
The verse rests in trusting not-knowing: "You alone know whatever You do; I do not know. I am Your child — please enshrine Your Praises within my heart." The tender self-image — I am Your child — is the whole relationship: a child doesn't need to understand everything, only to trust a loving parent. For a child: you don't have to understand everything — you can simply be a beloved child, trusting and asking to keep the good alive inside you.
A Question to Sit With
What's something you don't understand yet, that you can trust anyway?
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