Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Without the One held in mind, whatever I do tends to run out empty.
The One is perfect, overflowing joy — so sweet to my mind that nothing else comes close.
What we do feels fullest when the One is at the center.
Bin har bhajan jaytay kaam karee-ah taytay birthay jaahi — without singing to the One, all the things we do go to waste. Birthay means empty.
Then the verse turns joyful. Pooran parmaanand, perfect overflowing joy, is meetho, sweet, to the mind. Tis bin doosar naahi — there is nothing else like it.
The point is not that doing things is bad. What we do finds its fullness when the One is at its center. Think of a bicycle wheel. The spokes do the work, but without the hub in the middle, they fall apart.
What is something that feels sweet and full to you no matter how ordinary it is?
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