translations
Translations are always interesting. I used to purchase multiple versions of my favorite poets (in translation) and do a comparative reading. There were those translations that are focused on precision, exacting and skilled in their approach. Then there are translations that somehow just don't speak to me--too dry--they may be translating the words but not the spirit. Well I tried my hand at a translation the other day and I think it turned out well.Third Pauri of Anand Sahib (The Song of Bliss)
Lord Master,
What do you not hold
in your heart?
Whatever I receive
is your gift.
As I ever enjoy your gifts,
this entire creation,
my mind is stilled
and I am filled
with your Spirit
and the dance of your
celestial sounds
resound in my heart.
Says Nanak,
Oh, True One,
What doesn't abide
in your home?
posted by Sat Purkh Kaur Khalsa @ 4:41 PM
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