Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
People who keep the Name alive in their hearts — turning toward the teaching and the One — fill me with quiet admiration.
I could give anything to be like those who carry the wonder of the One in their minds all the time. Their steadiness draws me.
Guru Amar Das looks at people who keep the Name close, and his heart fills with admiration.
This is the rahaa-o, the "pause" line, the center of the song. Its feeling is admiration.
Gurmukh har har naam japann — the gurmukh, the one who faces the Guru, keeps the Name in mind. Ha-o tin kai balihaarnai — "I am balihaar to them." Balihaar means offering yourself gladly to someone out of love.
Think of how you look up to an older cousin who is kind every single day. You want to be like them. That is the feeling here: a glad, warm wish to be like those who always hold the One's praises in their hearts.
Who do you look up to for the quiet, steady way they live?
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