ਕਰਿ ਸਾਧਸੰਗਤਿ ਸਿਮਰੁ ਮਾਧੋ ਹੋਹਿ ਪਤਿਤ ਪੁਨੀਤ ॥
kar saaDhsangat simar maaDho hohi patit puneet.
Join the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, and meditate in remembrance on the Lord; even a sinner like yourself will become pure.
ਕਾਲੁ ਬਿਆਲੁ ਜਿਉ ਪਰਿਓ ਡੋਲੈ ਮੁਖੁ ਪਸਾਰੇ ਮੀਤ ॥੧॥
kaal bi-aal ji-o pari-o dolai mukh pasaaray meet. ||1||
Death is on the prowl, with its mouth wide open, friend. ||1||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Sit with good and kind people, keep the One in mind, and even a heart that felt heavy grows clean and light again.
Our time here is short and precious, friend — so it is worth spending well.
Good company can make a heavy heart light again.
kar saadhsangat simar maadho — join the holy company and remember; patit puneet — the fallen made pure, rendered here as a heavy heart made light. The image of death on the prowl is softened to time being short and precious — memento mori as calm perspective, never dread.
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