Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
One day even the stars will fade. The sun, the moon, day and night as we know them — all of it, someday, gone.
The mountains, the oceans, the very air will change and pass away. But the true Word — the deep truth the wise ones live by — that stays. It is the one thing time cannot wear out.
Even the stars pass. The word of the holy stays.
Nis baasur nakhi-atar binaasee — night and day and the stars will pass. Gir basuDhaa jal pavan jaa-igo — mountains, earth, water and air will go. These are the most permanent-seeming things there are, and on a long enough scale all of them are passing.
Ik saaDh bachan atlaaDhaa — only the word of the holy holds firm. That word is sach, Truth. Think of a sandcastle and the bedrock under the beach. Tides take the castle every day. The rock stays.
If almost everything changes, what would you most want to build your life around?
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