Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
If I could ask for only one thing, it would be small and simple: let me make my home inside Your Name.
Give me a place to live in that closeness, and I will fill it with song. That is the whole of what I want.
This one closes the shabad with a single, humble prayer.
Ik naanak kee ardaas means "Nanak has one ardaas," one prayer. Jay tuDh bhaavsee adds, "if it pleases You."
Mai deejai naam nivaas means "give me a nivaas, a home, in the Name." Har gun gaavsee means "and I will sing the One's goodness."
Think of a birthday wish list with only one line on it. The whole shabad narrows down to this one small, complete request: a home in the Name, where songs of praise can flow.
If you could ask for only one thing, what would it be?
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