ਸਲੋਕ ਮਃ ੨ ॥
salok mehlaa 2.
Shalok, Second Mehl:
ਕਿਸ ਹੀ ਕੋਈ ਕੋਇ ਮੰਞੁ ਨਿਮਾਣੀ ਇਕੁ ਤੂ ॥
kis hee ko-ee ko-ay manj nimaanee ik too.
Some people have others, but I am forlorn and dishonored; I have only You, Lord.
ਕਿਉ ਨ ਮਰੀਜੈ ਰੋਇ ਜਾ ਲਗੁ ਚਿਤਿ ਨ ਆਵਹੀ ॥੧॥
ki-o na mareejai ro-ay jaa lag chit na aavhee. ||1||
I might as well just die crying, if You will not come into my mind. ||1||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Other people have all sorts of things to lean on. When it feels like I have none of those, I remember: I have You. That is enough.
And oh, how my heart aches when You feel far from my thoughts. But that very ache is my heart calling You near — and a heart that calls is already turning toward home.
When it feels like you have nothing to lean on, you still have the One.
A Second Mehl shalok. manj nimaanee ik too = I, the humble one, have only You, rendered as trust, not self-pity. ki-o na mareejai ro-ay (I might as well die crying) is softened per wellbeing to the ache of longing that itself draws the One near.
A Question to Sit With
Who or what do you turn to when everything else feels shaky?
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