Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
In the end, no one has a friend to keep, or a brother, or a father or a mother.
Nanak prays: if You give me Your Name, it will be my help and my companion at the end.
At the very end, the Name is the friend who comes along with us.
Na kisee kaa meet means "no one is anyone's friend." It can sound sad. But it does not say our family and friends do not matter. They matter very much. It only says there is one last doorway they cannot walk through with us.
Think of a relay race. Your teammates run with you, cheer, and hand you the baton. But the last stretch is yours to run. Something can still go with you all the way.
The closing prayer names it. Jay too dayveh antay ho-ay sakhaa-ee means "if You give it, it will be my helper at the end." That helper is the Naam, the Name, the One's presence that the soul carries with it.
Who or what do you most want beside you when things are hardest?
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