Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Slow down, restless heart — what is worth grabbing, and what is worth pushing away? Everything you can see will one day turn to dust.
The things that quietly harm you, the ones you call your own — you'll set them down in the end anyway. Why carry the heavy load now?
What is worth holding on to, when everything we can see turns to dust?
Ba-uray literally means "O mad one." Here it works like a gentle word to your own restless heart. Chhaar means dust. Whatever you can see will one day become dust.
Bikhi-aa means poison. Here it is the kind of attachment that quietly harms you, even while you call it "mine." Sir bhaar is a load carried on the head. Think of carrying a heavy backpack all day, full of things you will leave behind anyway.
So the reminder about endings is not meant to scare. It is an invitation to set the heavy load down now and travel lighter.
What's something you cling to that you could set down and feel lighter?
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