Ang 1109 · Guru Granth Sahib Ji

ਆਗੈ ਘਾਮ ਪਿਛੈ ਰੁਤਿ ਜਾਡਾ ਦੇਖਿ ਚਲਤ ਮਨੁ ਡੋਲੇ ॥

aagai ghaam pichhai rut jaaddaa dekh chalat man ddole |

Summer is now behind us, and the winter season is ahead. Gazing upon this play, my shaky mind wavers.

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ਦਹ ਦਿਸਿ ਸਾਖ ਹਰੀ ਹਰੀਆਵਲ ਸਹਜਿ ਪਕੈ ਸੋ ਮੀਠਾ ॥

deh dis saakh haree hareeaaval sehaj pakai so meetthaa |

In all ten directions, the branches are green and alive. That which ripens slowly, is sweet.

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ਨਾਨਕ ਅਸੁਨਿ ਮਿਲਹੁ ਪਿਆਰੇ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਭਏ ਬਸੀਠਾ ॥੧੧॥

naanak asun milahu piaare satigur bhe baseetthaa |11|

O Nanak, in Assu, please meet me, my Beloved. The True Guru has become my Advocate and Friend. ||11||

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ਕਤਕਿ ਕਿਰਤੁ ਪਇਆ ਜੋ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਭਾਇਆ ॥

katak kirat peaa jo prabh bhaaeaa |

In Katak, that alone comes to pass, which is pleasing to the Will of God.

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ਦੀਪਕੁ ਸਹਜਿ ਬਲੈ ਤਤਿ ਜਲਾਇਆ ॥

deepak sehaj balai tat jalaaeaa |

The lamp of intuition burns, lit by the essence of reality.

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ਦੀਪਕ ਰਸ ਤੇਲੋ ਧਨ ਪਿਰ ਮੇਲੋ ਧਨ ਓਮਾਹੈ ਸਰਸੀ ॥

deepak ras telo dhan pir melo dhan omaahai sarasee |

Love is the oil in the lamp, which unites the soul-bride with her Lord. The bride is delighted, in ecstasy.

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ਅਵਗਣ ਮਾਰੀ ਮਰੈ ਨ ਸੀਝੈ ਗੁਣਿ ਮਾਰੀ ਤਾ ਮਰਸੀ ॥

avagan maaree marai na seejhai gun maaree taa marasee |

One who dies in faults and demerits - her death is not successful. But one who dies in glorious virtue, really truly dies.

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ਨਾਮੁ ਭਗਤਿ ਦੇ ਨਿਜ ਘਰਿ ਬੈਠੇ ਅਜਹੁ ਤਿਨਾੜੀ ਆਸਾ ॥

naam bhagat de nij ghar baitthe ajahu tinaarree aasaa |

Those who are blessed with devotional worship of the Naam, the Name of the Lord, sit in the home of their own inner being. They place their hopes in You.

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ਨਾਨਕ ਮਿਲਹੁ ਕਪਟ ਦਰ ਖੋਲਹੁ ਏਕ ਘੜੀ ਖਟੁ ਮਾਸਾ ॥੧੨॥

naanak milahu kapatt dar kholahu ek gharree khatt maasaa |12|

Nanak: please open the shutters of Your Door, O Lord, and meet me. A single moment is like six months to me. ||12||

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ਮੰਘਰ ਮਾਹੁ ਭਲਾ ਹਰਿ ਗੁਣ ਅੰਕਿ ਸਮਾਵਏ ॥

manghar maahu bhalaa har gun ank samaave |

The month of Maghar is good, for those who sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord, and merge in His Being.

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ਗੁਣਵੰਤੀ ਗੁਣ ਰਵੈ ਮੈ ਪਿਰੁ ਨਿਹਚਲੁ ਭਾਵਏ ॥

gunavantee gun ravai mai pir nihachal bhaave |

The virtuous wife utters His Glorious Praises; my Beloved Husband Lord is Eternal and Unchanging.

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ਨਿਹਚਲੁ ਚਤੁਰੁ ਸੁਜਾਣੁ ਬਿਧਾਤਾ ਚੰਚਲੁ ਜਗਤੁ ਸਬਾਇਆ ॥

nihachal chatur sujaan bidhaataa chanchal jagat sabaaeaa |

The Primal Lord is Unmoving and Unchanging, Clever and Wise; all the world is fickle.

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ਗਿਆਨੁ ਧਿਆਨੁ ਗੁਣ ਅੰਕਿ ਸਮਾਣੇ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਭਾਣੇ ਤਾ ਭਾਇਆ ॥

giaan dhiaan gun ank samaane prabh bhaane taa bhaaeaa |

By virtue of spiritual wisdom and meditation, she merges in His Being; she is pleasing to God, and He is pleasing to her.

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ਗੀਤ ਨਾਦ ਕਵਿਤ ਕਵੇ ਸੁਣਿ ਰਾਮ ਨਾਮਿ ਦੁਖੁ ਭਾਗੈ ॥

geet naad kavit kave sun raam naam dukh bhaagai |

I have heard the songs and the music, and the poems of the poets; but only the Name of the Lord takes away my pain.

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ਨਾਨਕ ਸਾ ਧਨ ਨਾਹ ਪਿਆਰੀ ਅਭ ਭਗਤੀ ਪਿਰ ਆਗੈ ॥੧੩॥

naanak saa dhan naah piaaree abh bhagatee pir aagai |13|

O Nanak, that soul-bride is pleasing to her Husband Lord, who performs loving devotional worship before her Beloved. ||13||

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ਪੋਖਿ ਤੁਖਾਰੁ ਪੜੈ ਵਣੁ ਤ੍ਰਿਣੁ ਰਸੁ ਸੋਖੈ ॥

pokh tukhaar parrai van trin ras sokhai |

In Poh, the snow falls, and the sap of the trees and the fields dries up.

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ਆਵਤ ਕੀ ਨਾਹੀ ਮਨਿ ਤਨਿ ਵਸਹਿ ਮੁਖੇ ॥

aavat kee naahee man tan vaseh mukhe |

Why have You not come? I keep You in my mind, body and mouth.

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ਮਨਿ ਤਨਿ ਰਵਿ ਰਹਿਆ ਜਗਜੀਵਨੁ ਗੁਰਸਬਦੀ ਰੰਗੁ ਮਾਣੀ ॥

man tan rav rahiaa jagajeevan gurasabadee rang maanee |

He is permeating and pervading my mind and body; He is the Life of the World. Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, I enjoy His Love.

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ਅੰਡਜ ਜੇਰਜ ਸੇਤਜ ਉਤਭੁਜ ਘਟਿ ਘਟਿ ਜੋਤਿ ਸਮਾਣੀ ॥

anddaj jeraj setaj utabhuj ghatt ghatt jot samaanee |

His Light fills all those born of eggs, born from the womb, born of sweat and born of the earth, each and every heart.

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ਦਰਸਨੁ ਦੇਹੁ ਦਇਆਪਤਿ ਦਾਤੇ ਗਤਿ ਪਾਵਉ ਮਤਿ ਦੇਹੋ ॥

darasan dehu deaapat daate gat paavau mat deho |

Grant me the Blessed Vision of Your Darshan, O Lord of Mercy and Compassion. O Great Giver, grant me understanding, that I might find salvation.

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ਨਾਨਕ ਰੰਗਿ ਰਵੈ ਰਸਿ ਰਸੀਆ ਹਰਿ ਸਿਉ ਪ੍ਰੀਤਿ ਸਨੇਹੋ ॥੧੪॥

naanak rang ravai ras raseea har siau preet saneho |14|

O Nanak, the Lord enjoys, savors and ravishes the bride who is in love with Him. ||14||

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ਮਾਘਿ ਪੁਨੀਤ ਭਈ ਤੀਰਥੁ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਜਾਨਿਆ ॥

maagh puneet bhee teerath antar jaaniaa |

In Maagh, I become pure; I know that the sacred shrine of pilgrimage is within me.

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ਸਾਜਨ ਸਹਜਿ ਮਿਲੇ ਗੁਣ ਗਹਿ ਅੰਕਿ ਸਮਾਨਿਆ ॥

saajan sehaj mile gun geh ank samaaniaa |

I have met my Friend with intuitive ease; I grasp His Glorious Virtues, and merge in His Being.

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ਪ੍ਰੀਤਮ ਗੁਣ ਅੰਕੇ ਸੁਣਿ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਬੰਕੇ ਤੁਧੁ ਭਾਵਾ ਸਰਿ ਨਾਵਾ ॥

preetam gun anke sun prabh banke tudh bhaavaa sar naavaa |

O my Beloved, Beauteous Lord God, please listen: I sing Your Glories, and merge in Your Being. If it is pleasing to Your Will, I bathe in the sacred pool within.

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ਗੰਗ ਜਮੁਨ ਤਹ ਬੇਣੀ ਸੰਗਮ ਸਾਤ ਸਮੁੰਦ ਸਮਾਵਾ ॥

gang jamun teh benee sangam saat samund samaavaa |

The Ganges, Jamunaa, the sacred meeting place of the three rivers, the seven seas,

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ਪੁੰਨ ਦਾਨ ਪੂਜਾ ਪਰਮੇਸੁਰ ਜੁਗਿ ਜੁਗਿ ਏਕੋ ਜਾਤਾ ॥

pun daan poojaa paramesur jug jug eko jaataa |

Charity, donations, adoration and worship all rest in the Transcendent Lord God; throughout the ages, I realize the One.

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ਨਾਨਕ ਮਾਘਿ ਮਹਾ ਰਸੁ ਹਰਿ ਜਪਿ ਅਠਸਠਿ ਤੀਰਥ ਨਾਤਾ ॥੧੫॥

naanak maagh mahaa ras har jap atthasatth teerath naataa |15|

O Nanak, in Maagh, the most sublime essence is meditation on the Lord; this is the cleansing bath of the sixty-eight sacred shrines of pilgrimage. ||15||

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ਫਲਗੁਨਿ ਮਨਿ ਰਹਸੀ ਪ੍ਰੇਮੁ ਸੁਭਾਇਆ ॥

falagun man rahasee prem subhaaeaa |

In Phalgun, her mind is enraptured, pleased by the Love of her Beloved.

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ਅਨਦਿਨੁ ਰਹਸੁ ਭਇਆ ਆਪੁ ਗਵਾਇਆ ॥

anadin rehas bheaa aap gavaaeaa |

Night and day, she is enraptured, and her selfishness is gone.

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ਮਨ ਮੋਹੁ ਚੁਕਾਇਆ ਜਾ ਤਿਸੁ ਭਾਇਆ ਕਰਿ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਘਰਿ ਆਓ ॥

man mohu chukaaeaa jaa tis bhaaeaa kar kirapaa ghar aao |

Emotional attachment is eradicated from her mind, when it pleases Him; in His Mercy, He comes to my home.

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ਬਹੁਤੇ ਵੇਸ ਕਰੀ ਪਿਰ ਬਾਝਹੁ ਮਹਲੀ ਲਹਾ ਨ ਥਾਓ ॥

bahute ves karee pir baajhahu mahalee lahaa na thaao |

I dress in various clothes, but without my Beloved, I shall not find a place in the Mansion of His Presence.

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ਹਾਰ ਡੋਰ ਰਸ ਪਾਟ ਪਟੰਬਰ ਪਿਰਿ ਲੋੜੀ ਸੀਗਾਰੀ ॥

haar ddor ras paatt pattanbar pir lorree seegaaree |

I have adorned myself with garlands of flowers, pearl necklaces, scented oils and silk robes.

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ਨਾਨਕ ਮੇਲਿ ਲਈ ਗੁਰਿ ਅਪਣੈ ਘਰਿ ਵਰੁ ਪਾਇਆ ਨਾਰੀ ॥੧੬॥

naanak mel lee gur apanai ghar var paaeaa naaree |16|

O Nanak, the Guru has united me with Him. The soul-bride has found her Husband Lord, within the home of her own heart. ||16||

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ਬੇ ਦਸ ਮਾਹ ਰੁਤੀ ਥਿਤੀ ਵਾਰ ਭਲੇ ॥

be das maah rutee thitee vaar bhale |

The twelve months, the seasons, the weeks, the days, the hours, the minutes and the seconds are all sublime,

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ਘੜੀ ਮੂਰਤ ਪਲ ਸਾਚੇ ਆਏ ਸਹਜਿ ਮਿਲੇ ॥

gharree moorat pal saache aae sehaj mile |

When the True Lord comes and meets her with natural ease.

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ਪ੍ਰਭ ਮਿਲੇ ਪਿਆਰੇ ਕਾਰਜ ਸਾਰੇ ਕਰਤਾ ਸਭ ਬਿਧਿ ਜਾਣੈ ॥

prabh mile piaare kaaraj saare karataa sabh bidh jaanai |

God, my Beloved, has met me, and my affairs are all resolved. The Creator Lord knows all ways and means.

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ਜਿਨਿ ਸੀਗਾਰੀ ਤਿਸਹਿ ਪਿਆਰੀ ਮੇਲੁ ਭਇਆ ਰੰਗੁ ਮਾਣੈ ॥

jin seegaaree tiseh piaaree mel bheaa rang maanai |

I am loved by the One who has embellished and exalted me; I have met Him, and I savor His Love.

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ਘਰਿ ਸੇਜ ਸੁਹਾਵੀ ਜਾ ਪਿਰਿ ਰਾਵੀ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਮਸਤਕਿ ਭਾਗੋ ॥

ghar sej suhaavee jaa pir raavee guramukh masatak bhaago |

The bed of my heart becomes beautiful, when my Husband Lord ravishes me. As Gurmukh, the destiny on my forehead has been awakened and activated.

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