Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Caught up in ego, no one can stay awake inside, and devotion done that way is not accepted.
People who follow only their own wanting find no place at the One's door. They do everything in the love of other things.
When you're all wrapped up in yourself, you can't stay awake inside.
This is the other side of the picture. Ha-umai vich jaagran na hova-ee means "in ha-umai, there is no staying awake." Ha-umai is the "I, me, mine" voice. It lulls us to sleep inside. Har bhagat na pav-ee thaa-ay means "that kind of devotion isn't accepted."
A manmukh is someone who follows only their own wants. Manmukh dar dho-ee naa laheh means "the self-willed find no place at the door." Bhaa-ay doojai means "in love with the second," chasing things instead of the One.
The verse pictures a royal court with no room for them. Its heart is the feeling of having no true home. Think of sleepwalking through a whole day. You were busy, but you can't remember any of it. That is the loneliness of a life lived only on the surface.
What does it feel like to sleepwalk through a day, and what does it feel like to be awake?
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