Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Your value cannot be appraised. I have looked at everything, tested everything — and You are beyond all of it.
No words can reach Your depth. But living in truth, honor comes.
Through the Guru's teaching, I can praise You. Otherwise — I do not even know where to begin.
Teree keemati naa pavai, sabh dithee thok vajaa-ay — Your value cannot be appraised; I have seen and tested everything. Thok vajaa-ay (struck or tested — the way a coin is struck to hear if it rings true): the speaker has applied the assayer's test to everything and found that nothing can measure the divine's value. Not a metaphorical claim — a first-person report of having actually tried.
Kahnai haath na labhee — by speaking, His depth cannot be found. The verbal limit is real: the divine exceeds what language can measure. All of our words about God are true and insufficient at the same time. The best theology tells us what God is not more certainly than what God is.
Gurmat toon saalaahnaa, hor keemati kahan na jaai — through the Guru's Teachings, I can praise You; otherwise, Your value cannot be described. The Guru's teaching is what makes any praise possible at all. Without it, the divine is not silent — but we are unable to receive or transmit what we hear. The Guru opens the channel. This is not about the form of worship; it is about the interior transformation that allows a person to genuinely speak of what they have touched.
When words fail to describe something important — love, loss, wonder — what do you do with what cannot be said?
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