Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
No one knows what comes after.
The one who is crying will also rise and leave one day.
People are tied up in knots of doubt and clinging.
Life passes like a dream, and someone who cannot see clearly talks and grieves for nothing.
No one knows what lies beyond, and the one who mourns will leave one day too.
Aglee kichh khabar na paa-ee — no one knows what lies beyond. Bharam moh kay baaNDhe bandh — doubt and attachment tie us up, so life passes like a dream. Andh, "blind," here means not seeing clearly, not a person who cannot see with their eyes. The grief itself is human; the confusion around it is what the doubt adds.
What's something you can't fully see or know, but still wonder about?
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