Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Empty the I-I and the mine-mine out from inside.
Wipe out the sense of two, and become one with the One.
The world is hard for the foolish mind that follows only itself.
Live the Word, and you can chew iron.
Know the One inside and out.
Nanak says: the fire goes out, in the sweet will of the True Guru.
The iron gets chewed when the small, separate me melts away.
Hau hau mai mai is the chatter of ego, I-I and mine-mine. The iron-chewing riddle is answered here: the impossible is done by dissolving the separate self, never by force. The manmukh, the one who follows only the self, finds the world hard. Agan, the fire of craving, goes out satgur kai bhaanai, in the True Guru's will, as a gift.
What does your own me-me, mine-mine voice sound like?
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