Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Some days my heart floats up as high as the sky; other days it sinks low and heavy.
When I let wanting run the show, I cannot sit still. I go looking in every direction for something to fill me.
Our hearts go up and down, and wanting more is what keeps them from sitting still.
Jee-arhaa is a tender little word for the soul, like saying "my little heart." Guru Nanak watches it swing oobh, high up to the sky, and then down to pa-i-aalay, the deepest places.
He names the reason plainly. The heart is lobhee, which means it keeps wanting more. So it searches chaaray kundaa, in all four directions. It is like hunting all over the house for your glasses while they sit on your head. What we are looking for outside can only settle us from the inside.
What is something you keep chasing that never quite fills you up?
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