My Friend never speaks a harsh word and keeps no ledger of my faults — evenhanded toward all, the home that never moves.
The Arc
This tender chhant closes Guru Arjan's Soohee chhants. Its four pauris: the Friend who never speaks bitterly and holds no mistakes against you (P0); the wonder-struck, cooled calm of really seeing the One (P1); the vow never to let go, and the One who is evenhanded toward all (P2); and the end of the long search — the home that never moves, everything else seen as passing (P3).
Key Vocabulary
mith bolrhaa / kaday na bolai ka-uraa — sweet-spoken; never speaks bitterly.
a-ugan ko na chitaaray — does not count your faults; grace that keeps no ledger.
ik til nahee bhannai ghaalay — does not waste even an iota of your love.
raag dokh tay ni-aaro — untouched by attraction or aversion; evenhanded, close to nirvair.
nihchal so ghar — the unmoving home; where the long search ends.
Themes and Cross-Connections
P0's ledger-less grace completes the batch's tenderest thread (held regardless in 1714; the lifter of the fallen in 1709 and 1716). P2's raag dokh tay ni-aaro — the One beyond taking sides — models the nirvair, without-enmity heart at the core of the project's evenhandedness. As the closing shabad, it gathers the whole arc: everything passes, the One remains, and the fortunate heart sings.
For Raag Soohee
Soohee's love brought to its gentlest possible close — a Friend so kind you never fear coming back.
Translation Notes
The imagery is gentle throughout; a-ugan ko na chitaaray is rendered plainly as grace that keeps no ledger, and raag dokh tay ni-aaro as evenhandedness (no favoritism, no grudge), consistent with the nirvair lens.
My Friend never speaks a harsh word and keeps no ledger of my faults — evenhanded toward all, the home that never moves.
The Arc
This tender chhant closes Guru Arjan's Soohee chhants. Its four pauris: the Friend who never speaks bitterly and holds no mistakes against you (P0); the wonder-struck, cooled calm of really seeing the One (P1); the vow never to let go, and the One who is evenhanded toward all (P2); and the end of the long search — the home that never moves, everything else seen as passing (P3).
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
P0's ledger-less grace completes the batch's tenderest thread (held regardless in 1714; the lifter of the fallen in 1709 and 1716). P2's raag dokh tay ni-aaro — the One beyond taking sides — models the nirvair, without-enmity heart at the core of the project's evenhandedness. As the closing shabad, it gathers the whole arc: everything passes, the One remains, and the fortunate heart sings.
For Raag Soohee
Soohee's love brought to its gentlest possible close — a Friend so kind you never fear coming back.
Translation Notes
The imagery is gentle throughout; a-ugan ko na chitaaray is rendered plainly as grace that keeps no ledger, and raag dokh tay ni-aaro as evenhandedness (no favoritism, no grudge), consistent with the nirvair lens.