ਤਿਸੁ ਬਿਨੁ ਨਿਮਖ ਨਹੀ ਰਹਿ ਸਕੀਐ ਬਿਸਰਿ ਨ ਕਬਹੂ ਜਾਈ ॥
tis bin nimakh nahee reh sakee-ai bisar na kabhoo jaa-ee.
I cannot survive without Him, even for an instant; I shall never forget Him.
ਕਹੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਮਿਲਿ ਸੰਤਸੰਗਤਿ ਤੇ ਮਗਨ ਭਏ ਲਿਵ ਲਾਈ ॥੨॥੨੫॥੪੮॥
kaho naanak mil santsangat tay magan bha-ay liv laa-ee. ||2||25||48||
Says Nanak, joining the Society of the Saints, I am enraptured, lovingly attuned to my Lord. ||2||25||48||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
I could not go a single moment without the One; I always keep the One in mind.
Nanak says: joining the Sangat, I am filled to the brim with joy, tuned to the One like a string that hums in perfect pitch.
Joy grows even fuller when you share it with others who love the same good thing.
Nimakh nahee reh sakee-ai — cannot live even an instant apart: the fish-and-water kind of belonging, in a different key.
The joy is found mil santsangat, in the Sangat — people gathered together to remember the One. Connection grows larger when it is shared. Liv laaee — lovingly attuned, like a string tuned to resonate; magan, absorbed, enraptured.
A Question to Sit With
What is something you love even more when you get to share it with other people?
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