ਆਪਹਿ ਗਾਵੈ ਆਪਹਿ ਨਾਚੈ ਆਪਿ ਬਜਾਵੈ ਤੂਰਾ ॥
aapeh gaavai aapeh naachai aap bajaavai tooraa.
You Yourself sing, and You Yourself dance. You Yourself blow the bugle.
ਕਹਤ ਨਾਮਦੇਉ ਤੂੰ ਮੇਰੋ ਠਾਕੁਰੁ ਜਨੁ ਊਰਾ ਤੂ ਪੂਰਾ ॥੨॥੨॥
kahat naamday-o tooN mayro thaakur jan ooraa too pooraa. ||2||2||
Says Naam Dayv, You are my Lord and Master. Your humble servant is imperfect; You are perfect. ||2||2||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
You are the singer, the dancer, and the music, all at once.
Naam Dayv says: You are my Master. I come with empty hands, and You are whole and complete.
You come with empty hands, and the One is all you were missing.
The singer, the dancer, the music: all the One. Beside the One who is pooraa (complete), the servant is ooraa (incomplete), coming with empty hands to the One who is everything we lack. Emptiness before the One becomes an opening, not a shame.
A Question to Sit With
What feels complete to you only when someone else is part of it?
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