Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
My tongue keeps singing about the One who holds the world — that endless ocean of good.
And a calm, steady gladness rises up in me, while the sorrows just get up and leave.
This one is about what singing praise feels like from the inside. The good fills you up until sadness has nowhere to sit.
Rasnaa gun gopaal niDh gaa-in — my tongue sings of Gopaal, the Keeper of the world, the treasure of good things. And then: saant sahj rahas man upji-o. Three words come together. Saant is peace. Sahj is steady calm. Rahas is delight. It's a whole range of feeling well — not just a quick happy moment, but calm and contentment underneath it.
Saglay dookh palaa-in — all the sorrows run away. That picture is gently funny and hopeful. The singing doesn't wrestle the sadness. It fills the room until the sadness has no chair left. Think of a quiet house that fills up with cousins on a holiday — the lonely feeling just leaves.
This is the rahaa-o, the "pause" line, the center of the shabad. Anand Sahib teaches something close to this: a house full of joy is a house that is protected.
When you're down, does trying to force the sadness away work? What about filling your time with something good instead?
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