Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
I lie down without worry and wake without worry; I sit and rise and move through my day with the weight lifted off. I can laugh, I can cry, and neither one owns me.
Nanak says: Maya, the pull of appearances that has fooled the whole world, is outwitted by the One's own people.
A person who holds the One lives without worry. Even the great pull of shiny things cannot fool them.
Achint means free from worry. The verse repeats it through a whole day. I sleep and wake without worry. I sit and stand without worry. I laugh and cry, and neither one owns me. Think of a kite on a strong string. The wind pushes it every way, but it stays in the sky.
Bairaagee means loving without clinging. The last line turns things around. Maa-i-aa, the pull of appearances, fools the whole world. But the one who holds the One outwits it. The verse speaks of Maya as "she," the way the old language does. The lesson is about the pull of appearances. It has nothing to do with women.
What is one worry you carry into your night — and what would it feel like to set it down?
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