Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
There is only One. And the One is found by the True Guru's grace — a gift that is always here, waiting for an open heart.
Facing the Teacher, I sing the One's goodness.
The taste of it lives in my heart and on my tongue.
That savoring pleases the One, who meets me with easy grace. Day and night I feel full, I rest in peace, and I stay close to the Word.
By great good fortune the Perfect Teacher is found, and I keep the Name close day and night.
So gently I meet the One, the very Life of the world, and come to rest in a deep, clear stillness.
This one says remembering the One is something to enjoy, like a taste, not a chore.
Hirdai rasan rasaa-ay means savoring the One in the heart and on the rasan, the tongue. The word ras means taste or juice. Think of your favorite fruit on a hot day. You do not eat it because you must. You eat it because it is delicious.
Jagjeevan is a name for the One: the Life of the whole world.
Naanak sunn samaa-ay means melting into sunn, the deep, silent ground. Sunn is not empty nothingness. It is a wide, calm stillness where the busy "me" grows quiet, like a lake on a day with no wind.
What is something so good you can almost taste it when you think of it?
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