ਸਿਰੀ ਰਾਗੁ
Siri Raag
Steadfast courage and surrender to the Divine will.
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Siri RaagGuru Nanak DevSiri Raag
ਮੋਤੀ ਤ ਮੰਦਰ ਊਸਰਹਿ ਰਤਨੀ ਤ ਹੋਹਿ ਜੜਾਉ ॥
mōtī t mandar ūsarah ratanī t hōh jarāu .
If I had a palace made of pearls, inlaid with jewels,
Siri RaagGuru Nanak DevSiri Raag
ਕੋਟਿ ਕੋਟੀ ਮੇਰੀ ਆਰਜਾ ਪਵਣੁ ਪੀਅਣੁ ਅਪਿਆਉ ॥
kōt kōtī mērī ārajā pavan pīan apiāu .
If I could live for millions and millions of years, and if the air was my food and drink,
Siri RaagGuru Nanak DevSiri Raag
ਲੇਖੈ ਬੋਲਣੁ ਬੋਲਣਾ ਲੇਖੈ ਖਾਣਾ ਖਾਉ ॥
lēkhai bōlan bōlanā lēkhai khānā khāu .
As it is pre-ordained, people speak their words. As it is pre-ordained, they consume their food.
Siri RaagGuru Nanak DevSiri Raag
ਲਬੁ ਕੁਤਾ ਕੂੜੁ ਚੂਹੜਾ ਠਗਿ ਖਾਧਾ ਮੁਰਦਾਰੁ ॥
lab kutā kūr chūharā thag khādhā muradār .
Greed is a dog; falsehood is a filthy street-sweeper. Cheating is eating a rotting carcass.
Siri RaagGuru Nanak DevSiri Raag
ਅਮਲੁ ਗਲੋਲਾ ਕੂੜ ਕਾ ਦਿਤਾ ਦੇਵਣਹਾਰਿ ॥
amal galōlā kūr kā ditā dēvanahār .
The Great Giver has given the intoxicating drug of falsehood.
Siri RaagGuru Nanak DevSiri Raag
ਜਾਲਿ ਮੋਹੁ ਘਸਿ ਮਸੁ ਕਰਿ ਮਤਿ ਕਾਗਦੁ ਕਰਿ ਸਾਰੁ ॥
jāl mōh ghas mas kar mat kāgad kar sār .
Burn emotional attachment, and grind it into ink. Transform your intelligence into the purest of paper.
Siri RaagGuru Nanak DevSiri Raag
ਸਭਿ ਰਸ ਮਿਠੇ ਮੰਨਿਐ ਸੁਣਿਐ ਸਾਲੋਣੇ ॥
sabh ras mithē manniai suniai sālōnē .
Believing, all tastes are sweet. Hearing, the salty flavors are tasted;
Siri RaagGuru Nanak DevSiri Raag
ਕੁੰਗੂ ਕੀ ਕਾਂਇਆ ਰਤਨਾ ਕੀ ਲਲਿਤਾ ਅਗਰਿ ਵਾਸੁ ਤਨਿ ਸਾਸੁ ॥
kungū kī kānhiā ratanā kī lalitā agar vās tan sās .
With the body of saffron, and the tongue a jewel, and the breath of the body pure fragrant incense;
Siri RaagGuru Nanak DevSiri Raag
ਗੁਣਵੰਤੀ ਗੁਣ ਵੀਥਰੈ ਅਉਗੁਣਵੰਤੀ ਝੂਰਿ ॥
gunavantī gun vītharai augunavantī jhūr .
The virtuous wife exudes virtue; the unvirtuous suffer in misery.
Siri RaagGuru Nanak DevSiri Raag
ਆਵਹੁ ਭੈਣੇ ਗਲਿ ਮਿਲਹ ਅੰਕਿ ਸਹੇਲੜੀਆਹ ॥
āvah bhainē gal milah ank sahēlarīāh .
Come, my dear sisters and spiritual companions; hug me close in your embrace.
Siri RaagGuru Nanak DevSiri Raag
ਭਲੀ ਸਰੀ ਜਿ ਉਬਰੀ ਹਉਮੈ ਮੁਈ ਘਰਾਹੁ ॥
bhalī sarī j ubarī haumai muī gharāh .
It all worked out-I was saved, and the egotism within my heart was subdued.
Siri RaagGuru Nanak DevSiri Raag
ਧਾਤੁ ਮਿਲੈ ਫੁਨਿ ਧਾਤੁ ਕਉ ਸਿਫਤੀ ਸਿਫਤਿ ਸਮਾਇ ॥
dhāt milai phun dhāt kau siphatī siphat samāi .
As metal merges with metal, those who chant the Praises of the Lord are absorbed into the Praiseworthy Lord.
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