Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Next to Your vastness I feel tiny — how could my small praise ever match how great You are? Yet even though You are beyond reach, You are the one who reaches out and gathers us close.
I have no truer friend than You. When everything else falls away, You are the one who stays. Anyone who comes to You for shelter is kept safe. And the most beautiful part: You are completely carefree and give freely, without wanting a single thing back.
The Vaar's closing. kiram jant (I am a worm) is rendered as honest smallness before vastness, not self-contempt. too ant sakhaa-ee = You are the Companion at the end, the one thing that stays. sarnaagatee = taking shelter or refuge. vayparvaahu, til na tamaa-ee = carefree, without a speck of greed — the Giver who gives purely, echoing the opening Pauree's carefree Provider. A gentle, trusting close to the whole Vaar.
What does it mean to you that a friend can give without ever wanting anything in return?
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