Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
I come carrying my mistakes. I am not pretending to be spotless. So stay with me, hold me close, make me part of You.
The Guru bathed me in a pool of pure nectar. Everything heavy I was carrying lifted and rinsed away.
Guru Ram Das says honestly that he has made mistakes, and the Guru washes him clean.
Ham mail bharay duhchaaree-aa — "I am covered in dirt, and I have done wrong." He does not pretend to be perfect. Har raakho angee any — "Keep me close, make me part of You."
Then comes relief. Gur amrit sar navlaa-i-aa — the Guru bathed me in the amrit sar, the pool of nectar. That pool is the gathering of loving people, the sangat, and the Name itself. Sabh laathay kilvikh pany — all the wrongs were washed away.
Think of coming in from a muddy game and stepping into a warm shower. You don't feel ashamed of the mud. You just feel clean. That is the feeling here.
What is something heavy you've been able to set down and let go?
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