Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
It's okay to cry when we say goodbye to someone we love — the sorrow is real.
The truest tears are the ones that come from love and from cherishing the good in someone.
Nothing else really goes along with us in the end — only the love and goodness we carried.
The final Alaahanee closes gently and honestly: "weep and mourn if you must" — grief is permitted, even honored. Loved ones "weep and wail," and that's real. But the healing distinction returns: "let him weep who weeps in the Fear [reverent love] of God, cherishing the virtues of God" — the truest tears come from love and from cherishing the good in the one we miss. And the sober, freeing truth: koee na marai naale—"no one dies with the dead" — nothing goes along with us but the love and goodness we carried. "Throughout the ages they are known as wise who weep, remembering the True Lord." The colophon (||4||5||) closes the Alaahnian. For a child, gently: it's okay to cry when you miss someone — and the truest tears come from love and from treasuring the good in them.
When you miss someone, what good things about them would you most want to remember and treasure?
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