Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
O my mind, sing the praises of the Name — let the song rise in you.
When the Guru's kindness wakes me up inside, I drink that sweetness the way you gulp cool water on a hot day — joyfully, all the way down.
When the Guru wakes up your heart, you don't sip the sweetness of the Name. You gulp it.
This is the rahaa-o, the "pause" line. It is the center of the whole song, the part everything else leans on.
Har pee-aa ras gatkay — "I drank the sweetness in big gulps." Gatkay is the sound of gulping. Picture coming in from football on a hot day and drinking a whole glass of cold water without stopping.
That is how the mind drinks once the Guru's kindness has woken it. It is not polite. It is pure joy.
When has something good felt so refreshing you couldn't get enough of it?
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