Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Even if the world pressed on me with all its weight, the bond I feel with the True One would not break.
Even if everything were pulling me in different directions, that love would still hold.
Night and day, come what may, this connection stays whole.
Guru Amar Das uses two intense images of pressure — the oil-press, the sense of being pulled apart — to make one point about steadfast love. Following the wellbeing guidelines, the graphic edge of the imagery is set aside and its meaning kept: a bond so deep that no amount of hardship can break it (mayl na chuk-ee raatee atai dayh). This is love as unshakable ground, the same quality the philosophy calls sahaj — rooted in something that outside events cannot rattle. For a child: real love is not the kind that only lasts while things are easy.
What is a bond in your life that stays strong even when things get hard?
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