Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Some say: I live at the holy places of pilgrimage.
Some give up food and take up a wandering, simple life.
Some travel across the whole earth.
And I, with empty hands, have bowed down at the door of the One.
Some travel far to find the One. The other way is close by: bow down at the One's own door.
Tirath vaasee — some live at tirath, holy places people visit on pilgrimage. Some give up food and become udaasee, people who leave home to live a wandering, simple life. Bhavan sabh Dhartee — some roam over the whole earth.
Guru Arjan's answer: har har dar pari-aa — I have fallen at the door of the One. Dar means door.
It is a picture of glad waiting, like a child sitting on the front steps waiting for a grandparent to arrive. Others search far and wide. The singer finds the door was close all along.
Have you ever looked far away for something that was close by?
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