Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The most precious verses are the words of the good - rubies and gems, every one.
Whoever listens and then lives them is carried - and swims across pulling others to shore behind them.
Their life turns fruitful; even their company bears fruit; their heart is dyed in love. Hail, hail to the one in whom the deep music has begun -
hearing it again and again, they overflow into praise. The One shines from the faces of such people. In their company, I am carried too.
This one says the words of good people are jewels, but only when you live them.
The verse calls the words of the good amuleek laal ... ratan, priceless rubies and gems. Then it adds the test Sukhmani always uses. Sunat kamaavat hot uDhaar — whoever hears them and lives them is saved. An earlier song named three steps: hearing, thinking it through, and living it. Here there are two. Living is still the step that carries the weight.
Then comes a swimmer. Aap tarai lokah nistaar — they swim across, and they bring others across too. In all twenty-four songs, no one crosses alone. A strong swimmer is known by who is holding on to them. Think of a lifeguard pulling a tired friend to the shore.
In such a person, the Guru's Word starts to sound. Jai jai sabad anaahad vaajai — hail, hail, the unstruck music plays. The unstruck music is a music that plays without anyone playing it, as an earlier song described. The verse greets it twice: hail, hail!
Last, the One shines from the foreheads of such people. What is inside shows on the face. In Sukhmani, light never stays hidden indoors.
Whose face have you seen actually shine with goodness? And who is swimming across holding onto you?
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