Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The teaching has filled me with contentment; day and night my heart leans toward love.
My tongue keeps saying the Name — this is the truest taste there is, the real point of being alive.
Listening deeply, really listening, I come alive and find a still, unshakable place to stand.
A heart with no trust anywhere aches with a thirst that passing things can never quench.
Guru Arjan says the Guru has made him content, and deep listening gives him a place to stand that nothing can shake.
Gur poorai santokhi-aa: the perfect Guru filled me with santokh, contentment, the feeling of "I have enough." Ahinis laagaa bhaa-o: day and night, I stay close to love.
Rasnaa raam ravai sadaa: my tongue keeps saying the Name. Saachaa saad su-aa-o: this is the true taste, and the real point of life.
Karnee sun sun jeevi-aa: by listening, listening with my ears, I truly live. This is suniai, deep listening. Nihchal paa-i-aa thaa-o: I found a place that doesn't wobble. Think of a tree whose roots hold tight in a storm.
The last line is stern. A soul with no parteet, no trust in the One, is said to burn. It burns like a thirst that nothing passing can quench. The point is the other side of it: trust brings cool, steady peace.
What does it feel like to really listen, instead of waiting to talk?
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