Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Those the One draws together stay joined, their hearts fixed on the True Guru.
And when there is distance, that too is held within the One's own timing.
Nanak says: whatever we grow into, we grow by grace and by what we have planted and practiced.
Closeness to the One grows from grace and from what you tend, day by day.
A brief shalok of Guru Amar Das on the mystery of nearness and distance. jo Dhur maylay say mil rahay — those the Primal One unites stay united. In this Vaar's vision even distance unfolds within the One's design and timing, never as a final rejection. vin karmaa ki-aa paa-ee-ai poorab likhi-aa kamaa-ay — we reap what we have sown; karam here is both grace and the momentum of our own actions. Closeness grows from what you tend and practice, day by day.
What is a relationship that grew closer because you kept tending it a little every day?
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