ਮਃ ੧ ॥
mehlaa 1.
First Mehl:
ਨਾਨਕ ਗਾਲੀ ਕੂੜੀਆ ਬਾਝੁ ਪਰੀਤਿ ਕਰੇਇ ॥
naanak gaalee koorhee-aa baajh pareet karay-i.
O Nanak, false is the speech of one who acts without loving the Lord.
ਤਿਚਰੁ ਜਾਣੈ ਭਲਾ ਕਰਿ ਜਿਚਰੁ ਲੇਵੈ ਦੇਇ ॥੨॥
tichar jaanai bhalaa kar jichar layvai day-ay. ||2||
He judges things to be good, only as long as the Lord gives and he receives. ||2||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Words spoken without real love ring a little hollow.
Loving the good only when it gives us what we want isn't the deepest kind of love.
Loving the good only when it gives us what we want isn't the deepest kind of love — real love stays anyway.
A short, honest Shalok of Guru Nanak: "false is the speech of one who acts without loving the Lord. He judges things good only as long as the Lord gives and he receives." A gentle challenge to fair-weather love — loving the good only when it pays off. Real love isn't conditional on getting. For a child: loving the good only when it gives us what we want isn't the deepest kind of love — real love stays even when we don't get our way.
A Question to Sit With
Is it easy to be good only when things go your way? What about when they don't?
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