Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Opening the door, You called me into Your home.
Just as You are, so You showed Yourself to me.
Nanak says: the curtain is torn away completely.
I am Yours, and You live in my heart.
When the curtain falls, the One is right there, living in your heart.
Khol kivaaraa mahal bulaa-i-aa — You opened the door and called me into Your home. Then the One is seen just as the One is.
Sabh parh-daa tootaa — the whole curtain is torn away. The curtain is haumai, the me-first feeling that makes us feel apart from the One. When it falls, the last line says ha-o tayraa — I am Yours, and You live in my heart.
Think of a stage before a show. The curtain hides everything. When it opens, you see that the whole scene was right there all along.
What's a "curtain" that sometimes hides what's good and real from you?
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