Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Day after day comes, and life wears away bit by bit. Still the heart holds tight to Maya, the world of passing things.
Without the Guru, a person sinks and finds no place to rest, as long as they are caught in feeling two, apart from the One.
Each day slips away, bit by bit, while you hold on to things that don't last.
din din aavai til til chheejai — day after day, little by little, life wears away. maa-i-aa moh ghataa-ee — yet the heart stays stuck on Maya, the shiny world of things that come and go.
bin gur boodo tha-ur na paavai — without the Guru, a person keeps sinking and finds no place to rest. jab lag doojee raa-ee — this lasts as long as they feel doojee, "two-ness." That is the feeling of being separate and cut off. Sikhs call it haumai, the "me, me" feeling.
Think of trying to swim alone in deep water. You get tired and can't touch the bottom. A guide is like a friend who shows you where the shallow part is. The Guru helps that feeling of being separate melt away, so you find solid ground.
How do you want to spend your days so they do not just slip away?
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