Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
You are the one who looks after the small and the overlooked.
I am glad to be among the humblest who serve Your holy people, and I come to their shelter.
So here is my plain and honest ask: quiet the worry inside me.
Nanak says: let me feel close to You, the very life of my life.
This is a simple, honest prayer: take away my worry and bring me close to You.
Deen bandhro means family and protector of the humble. Guru Arjan speaks with steady tenderness toward people who are looked down on. That is the same spirit in which the Gurus treated every person, whatever their family or caste, as equal.
Achintaa means free of worry. And the whole prayer comes down to mil: "meet me, bring me close." It doesn't ask for a prize. It asks for closeness. Think of a small child who reaches up to be held. That is the entire request.
If you could ask for one quiet thing to settle your worry, what would you honestly ask for?
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