Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Songs and music, fun and clever tricks;
joy and play, and the power to give orders;
fine clothes and good food: none of these finds a home in my mind.
True, easy, natural peace rests in the Naam.
Pleasures come and go; the peace that lasts lives in the Naam.
Geet naad harakh chaturaa-ee, rahas rang furmaa-is kaa-ee, painHan khaanaa cheet na paa-ee: songs, sounds, pleasures, cleverness, joy, the power to command, fine clothes and food, none of these rests in the consciousness. Saach sahj sukh naam vasaa-ee, true intuitive peace, sahaj, dwells in the Name. The verse does not condemn pleasures; it notices they do not satisfy at the root, while the peace that lasts lives somewhere deeper.
What is the difference between fun that fades and happiness that stays?
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