Sikhism·Raag Soohee·Shabad 126
Verse 59 of 67

Spring for the Heart That's Home

ਮਹਲਾ ੨ ॥
mehlaa 2.
Second Mehl:
ਨਾਨਕ ਤਿਨਾ ਬਸੰਤੁ ਹੈ ਜਿਨ੍ਹ੍ਹ ਘਰਿ ਵਸਿਆ ਕੰਤੁ ॥
naanak tinaa basant hai jinH ghar vasi-aa kant.
O Nanak, it is the spring season for those, within whose homes their Husband Lord abides.
ਜਿਨ ਕੇ ਕੰਤ ਦਿਸਾਪੁਰੀ ਸੇ ਅਹਿਨਿਸਿ ਫਿਰਹਿ ਜਲੰਤ ॥੨॥
jin kay kant disaapuree say ahinis fireh jalant. ||2||
But those, whose Husband Lord is far away in distant lands, continue burning, day and night. ||2||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

For a heart with the One living right inside it, life feels like springtime — fresh, warm, blossoming.

And a heart that feels far from the One aches for that warmth. But the distance is never really as far as it feels: the One is always as close as your own home. Turning toward it is how spring comes.

When the One lives in your heart, it's always spring.
The deeper layer

A Second Mehl shalok. tinaa basant hai jinh ghar vasi-aa kant = it is spring for those whose Beloved dwells within. ahinis fireh jalant (wander burning day and night) is softened per wellbeing to aching for warmth, with the reassurance that the One is never truly far. basant = spring, the season of blossoming and vigaas.

A Question to Sit With

What makes a place or a moment feel like spring inside you?

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