Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
When the One gives grace, then, turning toward the Guru, you come to understand.
Within that heart, the lamp is lit for good. No water and no wind can put it out. A lamp like this carries you across the water.
This lamp is lit by grace, and once it is lit, nothing can put it out.
Aapay nadar karay means "when the One gives the glance of grace." Nadar is a kind, loving look. Grace is not a prize you earn. It is like sunlight that is always there. It comes in the moment you open the curtains.
Gurmukh virlaa boojhai ko-ay means "a rare one who turns toward the Guru understands." A gurmukh is someone whose face is turned toward the Guru's teaching.
In that heart the lamp becomes nihchal, steady and unshakable. Paanee marai na bujhaa-i-aa jaa-ay: water cannot put it out. And it carries you across, just as the pause line promised at the start.
What is something inside you that hard weather cannot put out?
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