Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The one who meets her Beloved within her own heart stays united with Him — that is what real union means.
However much she longs for Him, she will not meet Him through words alone.
This one makes a key point: wanting and talking are not the same as meeting.
Jo dil mili-aa so mil rahi-aa — the one who meets the Beloved in the heart stays together with Him. That is real union, and it happens inside. Baatee mayl na ho-ee — you don't meet by words alone, however much you long.
Think of a friend who lives far away. You can text all day and say how much you miss them. But nothing is like actually being together.
You can want the One very much and talk about it all day. The shabad points past the words and the wanting to the real thing: the Beloved found within.
Where might you be substituting talk or longing for the real inner meeting? What would the meeting itself be like?
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