Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Turn toward what's good and true, and treasure it in your heart.
When we forget it, we can feel lost and tearful — but the good we love never dies and never leaves.
Remember its goodness, and you find it was with you all along.
Guru Amar Das continues the healing counterpoint to the mourning-songs. He gently names the ache of one who "forgets her Beloved" and "weeps" — but immediately gives the comfort: pir na maray na jaaey—"her Husband Lord does not die, and does not leave." The one Love worth building your life on is the one that cannot be lost. Remembering its goodness, we find it was "with us" all along. For a child: when we forget the good we can feel lost and tearful, but the deepest good never dies and never leaves.
What good thing is always with you, even when you forget to notice it?
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa·How we use AI