ਪਿਰ ਕਾ ਹੁਕਮੁ ਨ ਜਾਣਈ ਭਾਈ ਸਾ ਕੁਲਖਣੀ ਕੁਨਾਰਿ ॥
pir kaa hukam na jaan-ee bhaa-ee saa kulkhanee kunaar.
She who does not know the Will of her Husband Lord, O Siblings of Destiny, is an ill-mannered and bitter bride.
ਮਨਹਠਿ ਕਾਰ ਕਮਾਵਣੀ ਭਾਈ ਵਿਣੁ ਨਾਵੈ ਕੂੜਿਆਰਿ ॥੩॥
manhath kaar kamaavnee bhaa-ee vin naavai koorhi-aar. ||3||
She does things with a stubborn mind, O Siblings of Destiny; without the Name, she is false. ||3||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
When a heart refuses to notice the flow of life and pushes only its own way, it grows tight and unhappy.
Stubbornness without the Name leaves us out of tune — and we can feel it.
Forcing only our own way leaves us out of tune with life.
pir kaa hukam na jaan-ee — not knowing the Beloved’s hukam (the flow of existence). manhath — stubborn-mindedness. The gendered kulkhanee kunaar (“ill-mannered, bitter bride”) is softened per the wellbeing and anti-gendered-blame rules to a description of a tight, forcing state of the heart — not a person’s worth. koorhi-aar (“false”) is rendered as out-of-tune and unreal (jhooth), not condemnation.
A Question to Sit With
When has stubbornly insisting on your way made you unhappy?
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