Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Vaisakh is so pleasant; the branches dress in fresh new leaves.
My heart longs to see the One I love at my door. Come, my Lord, and be kind to me!
Please come home, my Beloved, and carry me across the hard ocean of this world. Without You, I am not worth even a shell.
If I please You, who could measure my worth? I see You, and I help others see You, my Love.
I know You are not far away. I believe You are deep inside me, and I feel You here.
Nanak says: finding the One in Vaisakh, my mind fills with the Word and comes to believe.
Vaisakh (April-May) dresses the branches in new leaves. The dutar is the hard-to-cross world-ocean (bhavsagar). "Not worth even a shell" is an honest admission of having nothing to offer without the One. At the heart of the month is a discovery that keeps returning through the year — door na jaanaa, antar maanaa: the One is near, deep within. Man maanaa (Mannai) is the mind coming into inner alignment.
Has something you searched all over for ever turned out to be close by the whole time?
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