Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
She is decorated with the Word of the Guru's Shabad. Her mind and body belong to her Husband Lord.
With her palms pressed together, she stands waiting on Him, and offers her True prayers to Him.
Dyed in the deep crimson of the Love of her Darling Lord, she dwells in the Fear of the True One.
The genuinely adorned bride wears the Shabad as her ornament. Not jewelry — the Guru's Word is what makes her beautiful. Tan man (body and mind) both belonging to the Husband Lord — complete offering, nothing held back.
The deep crimson (geerah rang — a fast, deep dye) of divine Love: the rang (color/dye) metaphor returns. The bride dyed in this color dwells in the bhau (fear/reverence) of the True One — the fear that is actually the opposite of ordinary fear. It is the reverence-awe of one who knows the divine's greatness.
What would it mean for your mind and body to 'belong to' something — to be genuinely given over to a purpose or a love? Have you experienced that?
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