Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Iron that is not yet shaped goes back in the fire. It is hammered again and again, until it finally takes a good form.
A heart that keeps turning away from the flow of life is a little like that. It keeps circling back to the same hard lessons until it softens and learns.
This one means a heart that turns away from the One keeps going round, like iron sent back to the fire.
ji-o aaran lohaa paa-ay bhann gharhaa-ee-ai — just as iron is put in the forge, melted and shaped again. A forge is a blacksmith's very hot fire.
ti-o saakat jonee paa-ay bhavai bhavaa-ee-ai — in the same way, the saakat is sent round and round. A saakat is someone turned away from the One.
The fire here is teaching, not punishment. The blacksmith heats the iron again and again because he wants a good tool at the end. The way out is to soften and learn.
What is a lesson life kept bringing back to you until you finally learned it?
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