Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
See the wonderful way of the One. It lifts up exactly those the world passed over. It hands honor to the ones no one honored.
Dust from under our feet can rise and settle high above us. Just so, the One quietly raises up its humble lovers, until the whole world turns toward them with respect.
Guru Ram Das is saying: the One loves to lift up the people everyone else overlooks.
Har nimaani-aa maan dayvaa-ay means the One gives maan, honor, to the nimaani-aa, the ones who have no honor. This kind of turning-around shows up again and again in Guru Ram Das's songs.
The picture is dust. Dhartee charan talay tay oopar aavai: dust lies under our feet, but it can rise high above us. Think of the kid always picked last for the team. One day, everyone asks that kid to lead. In the same way, the whole world comes to bow before the humble.
Who around you gets overlooked, and what might you notice in them?
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