Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The One makes the lives of its devoted people truly fruitful, joining them to the teaching's service itself.
Steeped in the deep song and glad with a natural ease, night and day they sing the One's praises.
Nanak, Your servant, offers this one small prayer: let me sit at the feet of people like these.
The close is humble and lovely. Safal janam bhagtaa kaa keetaa — "the One makes the devotees' lives fruitful" — and aap laa-ay, joins them to service itself; even the good life is grace given. Sabday raatay sehjay maatay — "dyed in the deep song, glad with natural ease (sahaj)" — the settled contentment of Sorath. And the final note is Guru Amar Das's own humility: ha-o laagaa tin kai paa-ay — "let me fall at their feet" — wanting only the company of the good and loving. The shabad that began with the One protecting its people ends with the poet asking only to sit among them.
Whose company would you most want to grow up around — and why?
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