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Guru Amardas Ji · Raag Aasaa

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ਸਚੇ ਮੇਰੇ ਸਾਹਿਬਾ ਸਚੀ ਤੇਰੀ ਵਡਿਆਈ ॥

sache mere saahibaa sachee teree vaddiaaee |

O My True Lord Master, True is Your glorious greatness.

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ਤੂੰ ਪਾਰਬ੍ਰਹਮੁ ਬੇਅੰਤੁ ਸੁਆਮੀ ਤੇਰੀ ਕੁਦਰਤਿ ਕਹਣੁ ਨ ਜਾਈ ॥

toon paarabraham beant suaamee teree kudarat kehan na jaaee |

You are the Supreme Lord God, the Infinite Lord and Master. Your creative power cannot be described.

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ਸਚੀ ਤੇਰੀ ਵਡਿਆਈ ਜਾ ਕਉ ਤੁਧੁ ਮੰਨਿ ਵਸਾਈ ਸਦਾ ਤੇਰੇ ਗੁਣ ਗਾਵਹੇ ॥

sachee teree vaddiaaee jaa kau tudh man vasaaee sadaa tere gun gaavahe |

True is Your glorious greatness; when You enshrine it within the mind, one sings Your Glorious Praises forever.

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ਤੇਰੇ ਗੁਣ ਗਾਵਹਿ ਜਾ ਤੁਧੁ ਭਾਵਹਿ ਸਚੇ ਸਿਉ ਚਿਤੁ ਲਾਵਹੇ ॥

tere gun gaaveh jaa tudh bhaaveh sache siau chit laavahe |

He sings Your Glorious Praises, when it is pleasing to You, O True Lord; he centers his consciousness on You.

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ਜਿਸ ਨੋ ਤੂੰ ਆਪੇ ਮੇਲਹਿ ਸੁ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਰਹੈ ਸਮਾਈ ॥

jis no toon aape meleh su guramukh rahai samaaee |

One whom You unite with Yourself, as Gurmukh, remains absorbed in You.

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ਇਉ ਕਹੈ ਨਾਨਕੁ ਸਚੇ ਮੇਰੇ ਸਾਹਿਬਾ ਸਚੀ ਤੇਰੀ ਵਡਿਆਈ ॥੧੦॥੨॥੭॥੫॥੨॥੭॥

eiau kahai naanak sache mere saahibaa sachee teree vaddiaaee |10|2|7|5|2|7|

Thus says Nanak: O my True Lord Master, True is Your Glorious Greatness. ||10||2||7||5||2||7||

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Guru Ramdas Ji · Raag Aasaa

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ਰਾਗੁ ਆਸਾ ਛੰਤ ਮਹਲਾ ੪ ਘਰੁ ੧ ॥

raag aasaa chhant mahalaa 4 ghar 1 |

Raag Aasaa, Chhant, Fourth Mehl, First House:

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ੴ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥

ik oankaar satigur prasaad |

One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

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ਜੀਵਨੋ ਮੈ ਜੀਵਨੁ ਪਾਇਆ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਭਾਏ ਰਾਮ ॥

jeevano mai jeevan paaeaa guramukh bhaae raam |

Life - I have found real life, as Gurmukh, through His Love.

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ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੋ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਦੇਵੈ ਮੇਰੈ ਪ੍ਰਾਨਿ ਵਸਾਏ ਰਾਮ ॥

har naamo har naam devai merai praan vasaae raam |

The Lord's Name - He has given me the Lord's Name, and enshrined it within my breath of life.

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ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਮੇਰੈ ਪ੍ਰਾਨਿ ਵਸਾਏ ਸਭੁ ਸੰਸਾ ਦੂਖੁ ਗਵਾਇਆ ॥

har har naam merai praan vasaae sabh sansaa dookh gavaaeaa |

He has enshrined the Name of the Lord, Har, Har within my breath of lfe, and all my doubts and sorrows have departed.

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ਅਦਿਸਟੁ ਅਗੋਚਰੁ ਗੁਰ ਬਚਨਿ ਧਿਆਇਆ ਪਵਿਤ੍ਰ ਪਰਮ ਪਦੁ ਪਾਇਆ ॥

adisatt agochar gur bachan dhiaaeaa pavitr param pad paaeaa |

I have meditated on the invisible and unapproachable Lord, through the Guru's Word, and I have obtained the pure, supreme status.

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ਅਨਹਦ ਧੁਨਿ ਵਾਜਹਿ ਨਿਤ ਵਾਜੇ ਗਾਈ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਬਾਣੀ ॥

anahad dhun vaajeh nit vaaje gaaee satigur baanee |

The unstruck melody resounds, and the instruments ever vibrate, singing the Bani of the True Guru.

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ਨਾਨਕ ਦਾਤਿ ਕਰੀ ਪ੍ਰਭਿ ਦਾਤੈ ਜੋਤੀ ਜੋਤਿ ਸਮਾਣੀ ॥੧॥

naanak daat karee prabh daatai jotee jot samaanee |1|

O Nanak, God the Great Giver has given me a gift; He has blended my light into the Light. ||1||

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ਮਨਮੁਖਾ ਮਨਮੁਖਿ ਮੁਏ ਮੇਰੀ ਕਰਿ ਮਾਇਆ ਰਾਮ ॥

manamukhaa manamukh mue meree kar maaeaa raam |

The self-willed manmukhs die in their self-willed stubbornness, declaring that the wealth of Maya is theirs.

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ਖਿਨੁ ਆਵੈ ਖਿਨੁ ਜਾਵੈ ਦੁਰਗੰਧ ਮੜੈ ਚਿਤੁ ਲਾਇਆ ਰਾਮ ॥

khin aavai khin jaavai duragandh marrai chit laaeaa raam |

They attach their consciousness to the foul-smelling pile of filth, which comes for a moment, and departs in an instant.

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ਲਾਇਆ ਦੁਰਗੰਧ ਮੜੈ ਚਿਤੁ ਲਾਗਾ ਜਿਉ ਰੰਗੁ ਕਸੁੰਭ ਦਿਖਾਇਆ ॥

laaeaa duragandh marrai chit laagaa jiau rang kasunbh dikhaaeaa |

They attach their consciousness to the foul-smelling pile of filth, which is transitory, like the fading color of the safflower.

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ਖਿਨੁ ਪੂਰਬਿ ਖਿਨੁ ਪਛਮਿ ਛਾਏ ਜਿਉ ਚਕੁ ਕੁਮਿੑਆਰਿ ਭਵਾਇਆ ॥

khin poorab khin pachham chhaae jiau chak kumaaar bhavaaeaa |

One moment, they are facing east, and the next instant, they are facing west; they continue spinning around, like the potter's wheel.

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ਦੁਖੁ ਖਾਵਹਿ ਦੁਖੁ ਸੰਚਹਿ ਭੋਗਹਿ ਦੁਖ ਕੀ ਬਿਰਧਿ ਵਧਾਈ ॥

dukh khaaveh dukh sancheh bhogeh dukh kee biradh vadhaaee |

In sorrow, they eat, and in sorrow, they gather things and try to enjoy them, but they only increase their stores of sorrow.

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ਨਾਨਕ ਬਿਖਮੁ ਸੁਹੇਲਾ ਤਰੀਐ ਜਾ ਆਵੈ ਗੁਰ ਸਰਣਾਈ ॥੨॥

naanak bikham suhelaa tareeai jaa aavai gur saranaaee |2|

O Nanak, one easily crosses over the terrifying world-ocean, when he comes to the Sanctuary of the Guru. ||2||

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ਮੇਰਾ ਠਾਕੁਰੋ ਠਾਕੁਰੁ ਨੀਕਾ ਅਗਮ ਅਥਾਹਾ ਰਾਮ ॥

meraa tthaakuro tthaakur neekaa agam athaahaa raam |

My Lord, my Lord Master is sublime, unapproachable and unfathomable.

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ਹਰਿ ਪੂਜੀ ਹਰਿ ਪੂਜੀ ਚਾਹੀ ਮੇਰੇ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਸਾਹਾ ਰਾਮ ॥

har poojee har poojee chaahee mere satigur saahaa raam |

The wealth of the Lord - I seek the wealth of the Lord, from my True Guru, the Divine Banker.

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ਹਰਿ ਪੂਜੀ ਚਾਹੀ ਨਾਮੁ ਬਿਸਾਹੀ ਗੁਣ ਗਾਵੈ ਗੁਣ ਭਾਵੈ ॥

har poojee chaahee naam bisaahee gun gaavai gun bhaavai |

I seek the wealth of the Lord, to purchase the Naam; I sing and love the Glorious Praises of the Lord.

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ਨੀਦ ਭੂਖ ਸਭ ਪਰਹਰਿ ਤਿਆਗੀ ਸੁੰਨੇ ਸੁੰਨਿ ਸਮਾਵੈ ॥

need bhookh sabh parahar tiaagee sune sun samaavai |

I have totally renounced sleep and hunger, and through deep meditation, I am absorbed into the Absolute Lord.

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ਵਣਜਾਰੇ ਇਕ ਭਾਤੀ ਆਵਹਿ ਲਾਹਾ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਲੈ ਜਾਹੇ ॥

vanajaare ik bhaatee aaveh laahaa har naam lai jaahe |

The traders of one kind come and take away the Name of the Lord as their profit.

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ਨਾਨਕ ਮਨੁ ਤਨੁ ਅਰਪਿ ਗੁਰ ਆਗੈ ਜਿਸੁ ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤਿ ਸੋ ਪਾਏ ॥੩॥

naanak man tan arap gur aagai jis praapat so paae |3|

O Nanak, dedicate your mind and body to the Guru; one who is so destined, attains it. ||3||

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ਰਤਨਾ ਰਤਨ ਪਦਾਰਥ ਬਹੁ ਸਾਗਰੁ ਭਰਿਆ ਰਾਮ ॥

ratanaa ratan padaarath bahu saagar bhariaa raam |

The great ocean is full of the treasures of jewels upon jewels.

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ਬਾਣੀ ਗੁਰਬਾਣੀ ਲਾਗੇ ਤਿਨੑ ਹਥਿ ਚੜਿਆ ਰਾਮ ॥

baanee gurabaanee laage tina hath charriaa raam |

Those who are committed to the Word of the Guru's Bani, see them come into their hands.

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ਗੁਰਬਾਣੀ ਲਾਗੇ ਤਿਨੑ ਹਥਿ ਚੜਿਆ ਨਿਰਮੋਲਕੁ ਰਤਨੁ ਅਪਾਰਾ ॥

gurabaanee laage tina hath charriaa niramolak ratan apaaraa |

This priceless, incomparable jewel comes into the hands of those who are committed to the Word of the Guru's Bani.

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ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਅਤੋਲਕੁ ਪਾਇਆ ਤੇਰੀ ਭਗਤਿ ਭਰੇ ਭੰਡਾਰਾ ॥

har har naam atolak paaeaa teree bhagat bhare bhanddaaraa |

They obtain the immeasurable Name of the Lord, Har, Har; their treasure is overflowing with devotional worship.

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ਸਮੁੰਦੁ ਵਿਰੋਲਿ ਸਰੀਰੁ ਹਮ ਦੇਖਿਆ ਇਕ ਵਸਤੁ ਅਨੂਪ ਦਿਖਾਈ ॥

samund virol sareer ham dekhiaa ik vasat anoop dikhaaee |

I have churned the ocean of the body, and I have seen the incomparable thing come into view.

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ਗੁਰ ਗੋਵਿੰਦੁ ਗੋੁਵਿੰਦੁ ਗੁਰੂ ਹੈ ਨਾਨਕ ਭੇਦੁ ਨ ਭਾਈ ॥੪॥੧॥੮॥

gur govind guovind guroo hai naanak bhed na bhaaee |4|1|8|

The Guru is God, and God is the Guru, O Nanak; there is no difference between the two, O Siblings of Destiny. ||4||1||8||

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Guru Ramdas Ji · Raag Aasaa

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ਆਸਾ ਮਹਲਾ ੪ ॥

aasaa mahalaa 4 |

Aasaa, Fourth Mehl:

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ਝਿਮਿ ਝਿਮੇ ਝਿਮਿ ਝਿਮਿ ਵਰਸੈ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਧਾਰਾ ਰਾਮ ॥

jhim jhime jhim jhim varasai amrit dhaaraa raam |

Slowly, slowly, slowly, very slowly, the drops of Ambrosial Nectar trickle down.

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