Hearts Full of the Good Are Dyed a Glad, Fadeless Color

ਸੋ ਸਚਾ ਸਚੁ ਸਲਾਹੀਐ ਜੇ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਦੇਇ ਬੁਝਾਏ ॥

so sachaa sach salaahee-ai jay satgur day-ay bujhaa-ay.

We truly praise the True Lord, when the True Guru imparts understanding.

ਬਿਨੁ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਭਰਮਿ ਭੁਲਾਣੀਆ ਕਿਆ ਮੁਹੁ ਦੇਸਨਿ ਆਗੈ ਜਾਏ ॥

bin satgur bharam bhulaanee-aa ki-aa muhu daysan aagai jaa-ay.

Without the True Guru, they are deluded by doubt; going to the world hereafter, what face will they display?

ਕਿਆ ਦੇਨਿ ਮੁਹੁ ਜਾਏ ਅਵਗੁਣਿ ਪਛੁਤਾਏ ਦੁਖੋ ਦੁਖੁ ਕਮਾਏ ॥

ki-aa dayn muhu jaa-ay avgun pachhutaa-ay dukho dukh kamaa-ay.

What face will they show, when they go there? They will regret and repent for their sins; their actions will bring them only pain and suffering.

ਨਾਮਿ ਰਤੀਆ ਸੇ ਰੰਗਿ ਚਲੂਲਾ ਪਿਰ ਕੈ ਅੰਕਿ ਸਮਾਏ ॥

naam ratee-aa say rang chaloolaa pir kai ank samaa-ay.

Those who are imbued with the Naam are dyed in the deep crimson color of the Lord's Love; they merge into the Being of their Husband Lord.

ਤਿਸੁ ਜੇਵਡੁ ਅਵਰੁ ਨ ਸੂਝਈ ਕਿਸੁ ਆਗੈ ਕਹੀਐ ਜਾਏ ॥

tis jayvad avar na soojh-ee kis aagai kahee-ai jaa-ay.

I can conceive of no other as great as the Lord; unto whom should I go and speak?

ਸੋ ਸਚਾ ਸਚੁ ਸਲਾਹੀਐ ਜੇ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਦੇਇ ਬੁਝਾਏ ॥੩॥

so sachaa sach salaahee-ai jay satgur day-ay bujhaa-ay. ||3||

We truly praise the True Lord, when the True Guru imparts understanding. ||3||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

We can really praise the good once wisdom helps us understand it.

Hearts soaked in the good are dyed a deep, glad color and merge into what they love.

There's nothing greater to turn to — so where else would I go?

Hearts full of the good are dyed a deep, glad color that never fades.

The deeper layer

"We truly praise the True Lord when the True Guru imparts understanding" — real praise flows from understanding, which is grace-given. Hearts "imbued with the Name are dyed in the deep crimson color of the Lord's Love" (majeeth, the fast dye that never fades) "and merge into their Beloved." The qMonk voice softens the harsher "what face will they show" lines. "I can conceive of no other as great — where else would I go?" For a child: hearts full of the good are dyed a deep, glad color that never fades.

A Question to Sit With

If your gladness were a color, what color would it be?

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