Hard to Speak the True Name — Blessed the Ones Who Sing It
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The True Name is almost too big for words, how do you say it, how do you even hear it fully?
So I bow with all my heart to the ones who sing it well; I would give anything to learn from them.
And when the Name finally settles in me, a deep contentment arrives, grace itself draws me home into the Oneness.
The True Name is almost too big for words, yet grace brings it home to us.
Aakhan a-ukhaa aakhee-ai — it is very hard to say. Ki-o sunee-ai sach naa-o — how can we even hear the True Name fully? Guru Nanak comes back to this idea often. The One is bigger than any words can carry.
So he bows to those who sing it well. Ha-o tin balihaarai jaa-o — "I would give myself for them." To be balihaar is to love and honor someone so much you would give anything for them. It is like the way you look up to an older cousin who plays music beautifully.
Naa-o milai santokhee-aa — when the Name is found, a deep contentment, santokh, arrives. Nadree mayl milaa-o — by grace, nadar, we are brought into union with the One. We don't pull ourselves there. Grace draws us home.
Who is someone you would love to learn something beautiful from?
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