Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
I have met my dear Friend, the Teacher, who shows me the path to the One.
Come home — I have missed You so long! Let me draw close to You through the Word, my Beloved.
Without You I feel the way a fish feels away from water — I simply cannot bear it. Yet the fortunate ones who keep You in mind melt right into the Name.
ji-o jal bin meen — the fish out of water is the classic image of viraha, love-longing: the soul cannot live apart from its source the way a fish cannot live apart from water. chiree vichhunni-aa, separated so long: the longing itself is a form of love, and it points home. The stark shall-die is rendered as honest, bearable longing for young readers.
What is something you feel you simply cannot do without?
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