Sikhism·Raag Saarang·Shabad 44
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Nothing Equals Even a Hair of You

ਸਾਰਗ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ॥
saarag mehlaa 5.
Saarang, Fifth Mehl:
ਮੇਰਾ ਮਨੁ ਏਕੈ ਹੀ ਪ੍ਰਿਅ ਮਾਂਗੈ ॥
mayraa man aykai hee pari-a maaNgai.
My mind longs for the One Beloved Lord.
ਪੇਖਿ ਆਇਓ ਸਰਬ ਥਾਨ ਦੇਸ ਪ੍ਰਿਅ ਰੋਮ ਨ ਸਮਸਰਿ ਲਾਗੈ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
paykh aa-i-o sarab thaan days pari-a rom na samsar laagai. ||1|| rahaa-o.
I have looked everywhere in every country, but nothing equals even a hair of my Beloved. ||1||Pause||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

My heart asks for the One I love, and only the One.

I have looked in every place and every land, and nothing comes close to even one hair of my Beloved.

When you love the One with your whole heart, nothing else can take its place.
The deeper layer

Mayraa man aykai hee pari-a maangai — my mind asks only for the One Beloved. Having searched sarab thaan des, every place and land, the heart finds that not even a hair's worth of anything else equals the Beloved. This is single-pointed love: when you love the One with your whole heart, nothing else can take its place.

A Question to Sit With

Is there something you love so much that nothing could replace it?

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