Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
I have just the One, and that's enough — I don't go looking for any other.
By real good fortune I found my teacher, and the teacher planted the One's Name right inside me.
This one is about the joy of a heart that has chosen just one thing.
Hamaarai aikai haree haree — I have only the One. Aan avar sinjaan na karee — I don't look to any other. This is the rahaa-o, the "pause" line, the center of the shabad. It isn't narrow thinking. It's focus. It's the peace of a heart that has stopped splitting itself among a hundred loyalties. Think of doing homework with your phone in another room. One thing at a time feels calmer.
Gur mo ka-o har naam darirhaa-i-o — the Guru made the Name firm inside me. Here is the planting picture again. What is steady inside us was set there. We didn't build it all by our own effort.
Vadai bhaag gur apunaa paa-i-o — by great good fortune I found my Guru. Calling it good fortune keeps the whole thing thankful, not boastful.
What's it like to give your whole attention to one thing you love, instead of splitting it a hundred ways?
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