Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
When the days slide by ruled by "me, me, mine," the soul gets nothing done that it truly came here to do.
Running and running after more, we never feel full — because the one thing that fills us, keeping the One in mind, got left out.
Chasing more never fills the empty feeling; only remembering the One does.
Ha-o ha-o karat bihaa-ay avradaa — life slips by saying "I, I, me, me." That voice is ha-umai, the ego, the feeling of being a separate, grabbing self. Jee-a ko kaam na keenaa — and the soul never gets done what it came here to do.
Dhaavat Dhaavat nah tariptaasi-aa — running and running, never satisfied. Think of eating salty chips when you are really thirsty. You keep eating, but you never feel better, because chips were never what you needed. More was never the cure.
Gurbani, the Gurus' words, treats ha-umai as a sickness to heal, not a crime to punish. The last words, raam naam nahee cheenaa, name what was missing: the person never came to know the Name. That remembering is the medicine, and it is what finally fills us.
When has getting more of something not actually made you feel better?
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