Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Everyone, deep down, longs to be filled with this love — every single person.
And the one who follows the Guru gets dyed in it completely, the deep, glowing red of a poppy in full bloom.
Guru Ram Das is saying: everyone longs for this love, and the one who faces the Guru is filled with it.
Har rang ka-o lochai sabh ko-ee means "everyone longs for the One's love." Every single person, deep down, wants it.
Gurmukh rang chaloolaa ho-ee means the gurmukh is dyed deep red. Chaloolaa is the bright, deep red of a poppy flower. Think of a field of poppies in the sun, so red it almost glows. That is how fully the one who turns toward the Guru is colored with love.
What is something everyone seems to want deep down, even if they don't say it?
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