ਕਿਆ ਸੇਵ ਕਮਾਵਉ ਕਿਆ ਕਹਿ ਰੀਝਾਵਉ ਬਿਧਿ ਕਿਤੁ ਪਾਵਉ ਦਰਸਾਰੇ ॥
ki-aa sayv kamaava-o ki-aa kahi reejhaava-o biDh kit paava-o darsaaray.
What service can I perform? What should I say to please You? How can I gain the Blessed Vision of Your Darshan?
ਮਿਤਿ ਨਹੀ ਪਾਈਐ ਅੰਤੁ ਨ ਲਹੀਐ ਮਨੁ ਤਰਸੈ ਚਰਨਾਰੇ ॥੩॥
mit nahee paa-ee-ai ant na lahee-ai man tarsai charnaaray. ||3||
Your extent cannot be found - Your limits cannot be found. My mind longs for Your Feet. ||3||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
What service could I do? What words could I say to bring You joy? How could I ever earn the sight of You?
No one can measure how vast You are, or find where You end — and still my heart aches for Your presence.
You cannot measure the One, but you can still long for it with all your heart.
mit nahee paa-ee-ai ant na lahee-ai — the One is immeasurable, without end. The verse holds two truths at once: I cannot reach You by effort, and my heart longs anyway. The longing is not defeated by the vastness; it is deepened by it.
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