Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Mother, my heart is so full of joy I can hardly hold it.
Seeing the kind One, I am filled all the way with joy and peace, soaked through with the One's sweetness, dizzy with love.
My heart is so full of the One's love that I can hardly hold the joy.
This is the rahaa-o, the "pause" line, the center of the shabad. Matvaaro and khumaaro literally mean "intoxicated." Here that means brimming over with joy, dizzy with love, not with anything you drink. Maa-ee ree, "O mother," gives the verse the warmth of a child confiding in a parent.
Paykh da-i-aal means seeing the kind, merciful One. Har ras rapi-o means dyed all the way through with the One's sweetness. Earlier shabads spoke of restless craving. This is what real fullness feels like. It isn't grabbed. It is received, like a cup held under a tap until it overflows.
What fills you up with a joy so big it is hard to keep inside?
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