Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Away from what my heart truly needs, I feel like a fish flopping on dry land — restless, gasping, unable to settle no matter what I try.
A fish does not need to be taught to want water; it just belongs there. And I belong in that same nearness to the One.
Away from the One, the heart feels like a fish out of water.
Sagal bi-aaDh kai vas kar deenaa — he is put under the power of every bi-aaDh. Bi-aaDh means a sickness of the mind, like worry, envy, or greed. Firat pi-aas ji-o jal bin meenaa — he wanders thirsty, like a meenaa, a fish, without jal, water.
Picture a goldfish that has flipped out of its bowl onto the kitchen counter. It is not bad. It is just out of place. Put it back, and it swims happily again. That restless, gasping feeling is what being far from the One feels like. We belong close to the One, the way a fish belongs in water.
Where do you feel most like a fish back in water — completely in your element?
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