Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
We all come wanting something good, something that lasts. But it is easy to get tangled up in things that only sparkle for a moment.
Trading a real jewel for a piece of glass — that is what it feels like to give your best energy to what fades. And this chance, this exact moment of life, does not come around again in quite the same way.
Maya is the spell that makes glass look like a jewel.
Mohan thaaga-uree si-o ulajh pahaa — you came to earn something good, and got tangled up with the charming trickster. Maya mixes up what things are worth.
Kaach baadrai laal kho-ee hai — the ruby is lost in exchange for glass. It is the same pairing as musk and dust. Then a question: fir ih a-osar kad lahaa — when will this chance come again? It is a call to care about this moment while it is here, like a friend saying, "Come on, the game is starting now."
How can you tell when something is valuable and not just shiny?
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