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Ang 794 · Guru Granth Sahib Ji

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Bhagat Ravidas Ji · Raag Soohee

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ਕਿਆ ਤੂ ਸੋਇਆ ਜਾਗੁ ਇਆਨਾ ॥

kiaa too soeaa jaag eaanaa |

Why are you asleep? Wake up, you ignorant fool!

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ਤੈ ਜੀਵਨੁ ਜਗਿ ਸਚੁ ਕਰਿ ਜਾਨਾ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

tai jeevan jag sach kar jaanaa |1| rahaau |

You believe that your life in the world is true. ||1||Pause||

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ਜਿਨਿ ਜੀਉ ਦੀਆ ਸੁ ਰਿਜਕੁ ਅੰਬਰਾਵੈ ॥

jin jeeo deea su rijak anbaraavai |

The One who gave you life shall also provide you with nourishment.

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ਸਭ ਘਟ ਭੀਤਰਿ ਹਾਟੁ ਚਲਾਵੈ ॥

sabh ghatt bheetar haatt chalaavai |

In each and every heart, He runs His shop.

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ਕਰਿ ਬੰਦਿਗੀ ਛਾਡਿ ਮੈ ਮੇਰਾ ॥

kar bandigee chhaadd mai meraa |

Meditate on the Lord, and renounce your egotism and self-conceit.

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ਹਿਰਦੈ ਨਾਮੁ ਸਮੑਾਰਿ ਸਵੇਰਾ ॥੨॥

hiradai naam samaar saveraa |2|

Within your heart, contemplate the Naam, the Name of the Lord, sometime. ||2||

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ਜਨਮੁ ਸਿਰਾਨੋ ਪੰਥੁ ਨ ਸਵਾਰਾ ॥

janam siraano panth na savaaraa |

Your life has passed away, but you have not arranged your path.

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ਸਾਂਝ ਪਰੀ ਦਹ ਦਿਸ ਅੰਧਿਆਰਾ ॥

saanjh paree deh dis andhiaaraa |

Evening has set in, and soon there will be darkness on all sides.

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ਕਹਿ ਰਵਿਦਾਸ ਨਿਦਾਨਿ ਦਿਵਾਨੇ ॥

keh ravidaas nidaan divaane |

Says Ravi Daas, O ignorant mad-man,

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ਚੇਤਸਿ ਨਾਹੀ ਦੁਨੀਆ ਫਨ ਖਾਨੇ ॥੩॥੨॥

chetas naahee duneea fan khaane |3|2|

don't you realize, that this world is the house of death?! ||3||2||

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Bhagat Ravidas Ji · Raag Soohee

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ਸੂਹੀ ॥

soohee |

Soohee:

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ਊਚੇ ਮੰਦਰ ਸਾਲ ਰਸੋਈ ॥

aooche mandar saal rasoee |

You may have lofty mansions, halls and kitchens.

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ਏਕ ਘਰੀ ਫੁਨਿ ਰਹਨੁ ਨ ਹੋਈ ॥੧॥

ek gharee fun rehan na hoee |1|

But you cannot stay in them, even for an instant, after death. ||1||

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ਇਹੁ ਤਨੁ ਐਸਾ ਜੈਸੇ ਘਾਸ ਕੀ ਟਾਟੀ ॥

eihu tan aisaa jaise ghaas kee ttaattee |

This body is like a house of straw.

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ਜਲਿ ਗਇਓ ਘਾਸੁ ਰਲਿ ਗਇਓ ਮਾਟੀ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

jal geo ghaas ral geo maattee |1| rahaau |

When it is burnt, it mixes with dust. ||1||Pause||

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ਭਾਈ ਬੰਧ ਕੁਟੰਬ ਸਹੇਰਾ ॥

bhaaee bandh kuttanb saheraa |

Even relatives, family and friends begin to say,

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ਓਇ ਭੀ ਲਾਗੇ ਕਾਢੁ ਸਵੇਰਾ ॥੨॥

oe bhee laage kaadt saveraa |2|

"Take his body out, immediately!" ||2||

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ਘਰ ਕੀ ਨਾਰਿ ਉਰਹਿ ਤਨ ਲਾਗੀ ॥

ghar kee naar ureh tan laagee |

And the wife of his house, who was so attached to his body and heart,

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ਉਹ ਤਉ ਭੂਤੁ ਭੂਤੁ ਕਰਿ ਭਾਗੀ ॥੩॥

auh tau bhoot bhoot kar bhaagee |3|

runs away, crying out, "Ghost! Ghost!" ||3||

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ਕਹਿ ਰਵਿਦਾਸ ਸਭੈ ਜਗੁ ਲੂਟਿਆ ॥

keh ravidaas sabhai jag loottiaa |

Says Ravi Daas, the whole world has been plundered,

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ਹਮ ਤਉ ਏਕ ਰਾਮੁ ਕਹਿ ਛੂਟਿਆ ॥੪॥੩॥

ham tau ek raam keh chhoottiaa |4|3|

but I have escaped, chanting the Name of the One Lord. ||4||3||

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Sheikh Farid Ji · Raag Soohee

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ੴ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥

ik oankaar satigur prasaad |

Raag Soohee, The Word Of Shaykh Fareed Jee:

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ਰਾਗੁ ਸੂਹੀ ਬਾਣੀ ਸੇਖ ਫਰੀਦ ਜੀ ਕੀ ॥

raag soohee baanee sekh fareed jee kee |

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

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ਤਪਿ ਤਪਿ ਲੁਹਿ ਲੁਹਿ ਹਾਥ ਮਰੋਰਉ ॥

tap tap luhi luhi haath marorau |

Burning and burning, writhing in pain, I wring my hands.

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ਬਾਵਲਿ ਹੋਈ ਸੋ ਸਹੁ ਲੋਰਉ ॥

baaval hoee so sahu lorau |

I have gone insane, seeking my Husband Lord.

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ਤੈ ਸਹਿ ਮਨ ਮਹਿ ਕੀਆ ਰੋਸੁ ॥

tai seh man meh keea ros |

O my Husband Lord, You are angry with me in Your Mind.

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ਮੁਝੁ ਅਵਗਨ ਸਹ ਨਾਹੀ ਦੋਸੁ ॥੧॥

mujh avagan seh naahee dos |1|

The fault is with me, and not with my Husband Lord. ||1||

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ਤੈ ਸਾਹਿਬ ਕੀ ਮੈ ਸਾਰ ਨ ਜਾਨੀ ॥

tai saahib kee mai saar na jaanee |

O my Lord and Master, I do not know Your excellence and worth.

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ਜੋਬਨੁ ਖੋਇ ਪਾਛੈ ਪਛੁਤਾਨੀ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

joban khoe paachhai pachhutaanee |1| rahaau |

Having wasted my youth, now I come to regret and repent. ||1||Pause||

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ਕਾਲੀ ਕੋਇਲ ਤੂ ਕਿਤ ਗੁਨ ਕਾਲੀ ॥

kaalee koeil too kit gun kaalee |

O black bird, what qualities have made you black?

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ਅਪਨੇ ਪ੍ਰੀਤਮ ਕੇ ਹਉ ਬਿਰਹੈ ਜਾਲੀ ॥

apane preetam ke hau birahai jaalee |

"I have been burnt by separation from my Beloved."

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ਪਿਰਹਿ ਬਿਹੂਨ ਕਤਹਿ ਸੁਖੁ ਪਾਏ ॥

pireh bihoon kateh sukh paae |

Without her Husband Lord, how can the soul-bride ever find peace?

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ਜਾ ਹੋਇ ਕ੍ਰਿਪਾਲੁ ਤਾ ਪ੍ਰਭੂ ਮਿਲਾਏ ॥੨॥

jaa hoe kripaal taa prabhoo milaae |2|

When He becomes merciful, then God unites us with Himself. ||2||

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ਵਿਧਣ ਖੂਹੀ ਮੁੰਧ ਇਕੇਲੀ ॥

vidhan khoohee mundh ikelee |

The lonely soul-bride suffers in the pit of the world.

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ਨਾ ਕੋ ਸਾਥੀ ਨਾ ਕੋ ਬੇਲੀ ॥

naa ko saathee naa ko belee |

She has no companions, and no friends.

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ਕਰਿ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਪ੍ਰਭਿ ਸਾਧਸੰਗਿ ਮੇਲੀ ॥

kar kirapaa prabh saadhasang melee |

In His Mercy, God has united me with the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy.

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ਜਾ ਫਿਰਿ ਦੇਖਾ ਤਾ ਮੇਰਾ ਅਲਹੁ ਬੇਲੀ ॥੩॥

jaa fir dekhaa taa meraa alahu belee |3|

And when I look again, then I find God as my Helper. ||3||

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ਵਾਟ ਹਮਾਰੀ ਖਰੀ ਉਡੀਣੀ ॥

vaatt hamaaree kharee uddeenee |

The path upon which I must walk is very depressing.

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ਖੰਨਿਅਹੁ ਤਿਖੀ ਬਹੁਤੁ ਪਿਈਣੀ ॥

khaniahu tikhee bahut pieenee |

It is sharper than a two-edged sword, and very narrow.

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ਉਸੁ ਊਪਰਿ ਹੈ ਮਾਰਗੁ ਮੇਰਾ ॥

aus aoopar hai maarag meraa |

That is where my path lies.

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ਸੇਖ ਫਰੀਦਾ ਪੰਥੁ ਸਮੑਾਰਿ ਸਵੇਰਾ ॥੪॥੧॥

sekh fareedaa panth samaar saveraa |4|1|

O Shaykh Fareed, think of that path early on. ||4||1||

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Sheikh Farid Ji · Raag Soohee

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ਸੂਹੀ ਲਲਿਤ ॥

soohee lalit |

Soohee, Lalit:

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ਬੇੜਾ ਬੰਧਿ ਨ ਸਕਿਓ ਬੰਧਨ ਕੀ ਵੇਲਾ ॥

berraa bandh na sakio bandhan kee velaa |

You were not able to make yourself a raft when you should have.

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ਭਰਿ ਸਰਵਰੁ ਜਬ ਊਛਲੈ ਤਬ ਤਰਣੁ ਦੁਹੇਲਾ ॥੧॥

bhar saravar jab aoochhalai tab taran duhelaa |1|

When the ocean is churning and over-flowing, then it is very difficult to cross over it. ||1||

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ਹਥੁ ਨ ਲਾਇ ਕਸੁੰਭੜੈ ਜਲਿ ਜਾਸੀ ਢੋਲਾ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

hath na laae kasunbharrai jal jaasee dtolaa |1| rahaau |

Do not touch the safflower with your hands; its color will fade away, my dear. ||1||Pause||

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ਇਕ ਆਪੀਨੑੈ ਪਤਲੀ ਸਹ ਕੇਰੇ ਬੋਲਾ ॥

eik aapeenai patalee seh kere bolaa |

First, the bride herself is weak, and then, her Husband Lord's Order is hard to bear.

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ਦੁਧਾ ਥਣੀ ਨ ਆਵਈ ਫਿਰਿ ਹੋਇ ਨ ਮੇਲਾ ॥੨॥

dudhaa thanee na aavee fir hoe na melaa |2|

Milk does not return to the breast; it will not be collected again. ||2||

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ਕਹੈ ਫਰੀਦੁ ਸਹੇਲੀਹੋ ਸਹੁ ਅਲਾਏਸੀ ॥

kahai fareed saheleeho sahu alaaesee |

Says Fareed, O my companions, when our Husband Lord calls,

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ਹੰਸੁ ਚਲਸੀ ਡੁੰਮਣਾ ਅਹਿ ਤਨੁ ਢੇਰੀ ਥੀਸੀ ॥੩॥੨॥

hans chalasee ddunmanaa eh tan dteree theesee |3|2|

the soul departs, sad at heart, and this body returns to dust. ||3||2||

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