ਮਃ ੫ ॥
mehlaa 5.
Fifth Mehl:
ਫਿਰਦੀ ਫਿਰਦੀ ਨਾਨਕ ਜੀਉ ਹਉ ਫਾਵੀ ਥੀਈ ਬਹੁਤੁ ਦਿਸਾਵਰ ਪੰਧਾ ॥
firdee firdee naanak jee-o ha-o faavee thee-ee bahut disaavar panDhaa.
I wandered and wandered and went crazy, O Nanak, in countless foreign lands and pathways.
ਤਾ ਹਉ ਸੁਖਿ ਸੁਖਾਲੀ ਸੁਤੀ ਜਾ ਗੁਰ ਮਿਲਿ ਸਜਣੁ ਮੈ ਲਧਾ ॥੨॥
taa ha-o sukh sukhaalee sutee jaa gur mil sajan mai laDhaa. ||2||
But then, I slept in peace and comfort, when I met the Guru, and found my Friend. ||2||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Nanak says: I wandered and wandered through many far-off lands and roads, until I was half out of my mind.
Then I slept in peace and comfort, when I met the Guru and found my Friend.
The search that wears you out ends when you find your Friend.
The long wandering through countless lands and paths ends not in another destination but in rest: meeting the Guru and finding the Friend. Peace here is arrival. The search that exhausts you ends when you find the One you were looking for.
A Question to Sit With
When did something you had been chasing finally turn into rest?
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