ਅਕਥ ਕਹਾਣੀ ਪ੍ਰੇਮ ਕੀ ਕੋ ਪ੍ਰੀਤਮੁ ਆਖੈ ਆਇ ॥
akath kahaanee paraym kee ko pareetam aakhai aa-ay.
If only someone would come and tell me the Unspoken Speech of the Love of my Beloved.
ਤਿਸੁ ਦੇਵਾ ਮਨੁ ਆਪਣਾ ਨਿਵਿ ਨਿਵਿ ਲਾਗਾ ਪਾਇ ॥੧੧॥
tis dayvaa man aapnaa niv niv laagaa paa-ay. ||11||
I would dedicate my mind to him; I would bow down in humble respect, and fall at his feet. ||11||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
There's a story about love so deep that no words can quite tell it — you can only feel it.
If anyone could share even a little of that with me, I'd give them my whole heart and bow low in thanks. That's how precious that kind of love is.
The deepest kinds of love are felt, not fully said.
akath kahaanee praym kee — the akath (unspeakable) story of love; ko preetam aakhai aa-ay — if only someone would come and tell it. Some depths of love can only be pointed at, never fully said.
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