Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The Beloved is spotlessly pure, all on its own.
It alone knows the true worth of everything.
It can't be seen with ordinary eyes — yet it is the very One that lets us see at all.
This one says the One cannot be seen with ordinary eyes, yet is what lets you see at all.
Alakh na lakhee-ai: "the Unseen cannot be seen." Then, aap lakhaavai so-ay: "yet the One lets us see." You cannot grab the One or draw a picture of it. But the One gives you sight in the first place.
Think about your own eyes. You see everything with them. Yet you can never look straight at them without a mirror. The one who sees cannot easily become the thing that is seen.
Keemat paa-idaa: only the One knows the true worth of anything. Keemat means value or price. It is a quiet reminder to go slow before judging what someone is worth.
What's something you can't see directly, but can only notice by what it lets you do?
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