Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The One is closer than my own breath, and also further than the farthest star, filling every space in between.
When I meet the True Guru, the dark confusion lifts, and everywhere I look, there the One is, quietly filling it all.
The One is near and far at the same time, and the Guru helps us see it.
Aapay nayrhai aapay door — He Himself is near, He Himself is far. Both are true at once. The One is closer than your breath, and bigger than the farthest star. Aapay sarab rahi-aa bharpoor — He fills everything.
Satgur milai anDhayraa jaa-ay — meeting the True Guru, the darkness goes. AnDhayraa is the darkness of confusion. Meeting the teaching does not fetch the One from far away. It clears our eyes. Think of wiping the fog off a bathroom mirror. Your face was there all along. Now you can see it. Jah daykhaa tah rahi-aa samaa-ay — wherever I look, the One is there.
Can something be very close and very mysterious at the same time?
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