Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
By the Guru's grace, I find myself putting words to the One that words can barely hold — and I say only what the One has me say.
Nanak says: the One is gentle with the humble and the small. I know no other.
By grace, words come for what cannot be said. The One is kind to the humble.
Gur parsaadee means by the Guru's grace. Aktha-o kathee-ai means the Unspoken is spoken. The deepest truth is beyond words, so whatever does get said is itself a gift. Kaha-o kahaavai so-ee means I say what the One makes me say. Think of a friend reading a letter aloud that someone they love wrote. The voice is theirs, but the words come from the writer.
Deen da-i-aal means kind to the meek. It points to a door that stands most open to the people the world overlooks. Nanak ends: avar na jaani-aa ko-ee, I know no other.
Have you ever felt something so big that words could barely carry it?
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