Contentment - Fresh Perspective on Rakha Ek by Guru Arjan




Today I re-read a poem by Walt Whitman and was reminded of Guru Arjan's Rakha Ek.  

I exist as I am
-Walt Whitman

I exist as I am, that is enough,
If no other in the world be aware I sit content,
And if each and all be aware I sit content.
One world is aware, and by the far the largest to me, and that is myself,
And whether I come to my own today or in ten thousand or ten million years,
I can cheerfully take it now, or with equal cheerfulness, I can wait.


Rakha Ek Hamarar Swami
- Guru Arjan
Translation - Shivpreet Singh

Here’s a refined version of your translation:

Content when I rise,  
Content as I sit,  
Content in my sleep,  
Content when I wake,  
In my home, content,  
Outside, content,  
For the One 
who knows all hearts  
Is my protector.

(first revision)



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