ਜੋ ਇਹੁ ਜਾਣਹੁ ਸੋ ਇਹੁ ਨਾਹਿ ॥
jo ih jaanhu so ih naahi.
That which is known, does not exist.
ਜਾਨਣਹਾਰੇ ਕਉ ਬਲਿ ਜਾਉ ॥
jaananhaaray ka-o bal jaa-o.
I am a sacrifice to the one who knows this.
ਕਹੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਗੁਰਿ ਭਰਮੁ ਚੁਕਾਇਆ ॥
kaho naanak gur bharam chukaa-i-aa.
Says Nanak, the Guru has dispelled my doubt.
ਨਾ ਕੋਈ ਮਰੈ ਨ ਆਵੈ ਜਾਇਆ ॥੪॥੧੦॥
naa ko-ee marai na aavai jaa-i-aa. ||4||10||
No one dies; no one comes or goes. ||4||10||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
What you think this is, it is not.
I would give my whole self for the one who knows this.
Nanak says: the Guru has cleared away my doubt.
No one dies; no one comes or goes.
The Guru clears the doubt: no one dies, no one comes or goes.
What we think we know about death is not the whole of it, and the Guru clears the doubt away.
Jo ih jaanhu so ih naahi — what you take this to be, it is not. Jaananhaaray ka-o bal jaa-o — I give myself to the one who knows. Gur bharam chukaa-i-aa — the Guru clears away the doubt, leaving this: naa ko-ee marai na aavai jaa-i-aa, no one dies, no one comes or goes.
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