Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
I did not listen to the Guru's teaching, and I let myself get pulled toward wanting what was never mine to want.
I rushed around finding fault with other people and tearing them down. People tried to teach me, but I did not take it in.
Here, named plainly and gently, are the things I kept getting wrong.
Gur updays suni-o neh — I didn't listen to the Guru's teaching. Par daaraa means someone else's husband or wife. Getting tangled up there means wanting what was never yours to want. Par nindaa means speaking badly about others, tearing them down behind their backs.
Samjhi-o nah samjhaa-i-o — people tried to teach me, but I didn't take it in. Think of a coach giving the same tip again and again before you finally hear it. The mistakes are named without heaping shame on the one who names them.
Is there something you keep meaning to change but have not quite listened to yourself about yet?
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