Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Imagine a king who falls asleep on his own throne and dreams he is a beggar with nothing.
His whole kingdom is still there, untouched, yet in the dream he aches with loss. That, says Ravidas, is exactly the state I have been in.
A king falls asleep on his throne and dreams he is poor.
Ravidas tells a little story. Narpat ayk singhaasan so-i-aa — a king fell asleep on his throne. Supnay bha-i-aa bhikhaaree — in his dream, he became a beggar. His kingdom was still all there. Yet in the dream he felt lost and sad.
So gat bha-ee hamaaree — that is how it has been with me, says Ravidas.
That is his picture of the soul. It is already rich, already one with the One. But it dreams it is small and alone, and so it hurts. Think of a bad dream where you are lost, while you are really safe in your own bed. Nothing real was ever lost. Only the dream needs to end.
Have you ever worried about losing something you actually still had all along?
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