ਕੋਈ ਹੈ ਰੇ ਸੰਤੁ ਸਹਜ ਸੁਖ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਜਾ ਕਉ ਜਪੁ ਤਪੁ ਦੇਉ ਦਲਾਲੀ ਰੇ ॥
ko-ee hai ray sant sahj sukh antar jaa ka-o jap tap day-o dalaalee ray.
Is there any Saint, with intuitive peace and poise deep within, unto whom I might offer my meditation and austerities as payment?
ਏਕ ਬੂੰਦ ਭਰਿ ਤਨੁ ਮਨੁ ਦੇਵਉ ਜੋ ਮਦੁ ਦੇਇ ਕਲਾਲੀ ਰੇ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
ayk boond bhar tan man dayva-o jo mad day-ay kalaalee ray. ||1|| rahaa-o.
I dedicate my body and mind to whoever gives me even a drop of this wine from such a vat. ||1||Pause||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Is there any holy person with a deep, easy peace inside, to whom I could hand over all my meditation and hard practice as payment?
I would give my body and mind to whoever pours me even one drop from that vat.
Deep inner peace is worth more than anything you could trade for it.
Deep, easy peace inside (sahj sukh) is worth more than all the meditation and effort a person could pay for it. One drop of it is worth the whole of you.
This is the rahaa-o, the pause line at the centre of the shabad. The holy person whose heart is settled is the one who can pour that drop.
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