Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The time to build a little raft is while the water is still and calm — not when the waves are already high and rushing.
The same is true for the heart. The love and steadiness we gather in quiet, ordinary times become the very raft that carries us gently across whenever life grows stormy.
bayrhaa bandh na saki-o bandhan kee vaylaa — you did not build the raft when it was time to build it. bhar sarvar jab oochhlai tab taran duhaylaa — when the pool overflows and churns, crossing is hard. Rendered as the wisdom of preparing the heart in calm times so that love carries us through storms. Practical and hopeful, no dread.
What is a calm thing you can build now that would help you on a stormy day?
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