ਤਾ ਸੋਹਾਗਣਿ ਜਾਣੀਐ ਗੁਰ ਸਬਦੁ ਬੀਚਾਰੇ ॥੩॥
tā sōhāgan jānīai gur sabad bīchārē .3.
Then she is known as the happy soul-bride, if she contemplates the Word of the Guru's Shabad. ||3||
ਕਿਰਤ ਕੀ ਬਾਂਧੀ ਸਭ ਫਿਰੈ ਦੇਖਹੁ ਬੀਚਾਰੀ ॥
kirat kī bānhdhī sabh phirai dēkhah bīchārī .
Bound by the actions she has committed, she wanders around - see this and understand.
ਏਸ ਨੋ ਕਿਆ ਆਖੀਐ ਕਿਆ ਕਰੇ ਵਿਚਾਰੀ ॥੪॥
ēs nō kiā ākhīai kiā karē vichārī .4.
What can we say to her? What can the poor soul-bride do? ||4||
ਭਈ ਨਿਰਾਸੀ ਉਠਿ ਚਲੀ ਚਿਤ ਬੰਧਿ ਨ ਧੀਰਾ ॥
bhaī nirāsī uth chalī chit bandh n dhīrā .
Disappointed and hopeless, she gets up and departs. There is no support or encouragement in her consciousness.
ਹਰਿ ਕੀ ਚਰਣੀ ਲਾਗਿ ਰਹੁ ਭਜੁ ਸਰਣਿ ਕਬੀਰਾ ॥੫॥੬॥੫੦॥
har kī charanī lāg rah bhaj saran kabīrā .5.6.50.
So remain attached to the Lord's Lotus Feet, and hurry to His Sanctuary, Kabeer! ||5||6||50||
ਗਉੜੀ ਪੰਚਪਦਾ ॥
gaurī panchapadā .
Gauree, Panch-Padas:
ਪੇਵਕੜੈ ਦਿਨ ਚਾਰਿ ਹੈ ਸਾਹੁਰੜੈ ਜਾਣਾ ॥
pēvakarai din chār hai sāhurarai jānā .
For a few short days, the soul-bride stays in her parent's house; then, she must go to her in-laws.
ਅੰਧਾ ਲੋਕੁ ਨ ਜਾਣਈ ਮੂਰਖੁ ਏਆਣਾ ॥੧॥
andhā lōk n jānaī mūrakh ēānā .1.
The blind, foolish and ignorant people do not know this. ||1||
ਕਹੁ ਡਡੀਆ ਬਾਧੈ ਧਨ ਖੜੀ ॥
kah dadīā bādhai dhan kharī .
Tell me, why is the bride wearing her ordinary clothes?
ਪਾਹੂ ਘਰਿ ਆਏ ਮੁਕਲਾਊ ਆਏ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
pāhū ghar āē mukalāū āē .1. rahāu .
The guests have arrived at her home, and her Husband has come to take her away. ||1||Pause||
ਓਹ ਜਿ ਦਿਸੈ ਖੂਹੜੀ ਕਉਨ ਲਾਜੁ ਵਹਾਰੀ ॥
ōh j disai khūharī kaun lāj vahārī .
Who has lowered the rope of the breath down, into the well of the world which we see?
ਲਾਜੁ ਘੜੀ ਸਿਉ ਤੂਟਿ ਪੜੀ ਉਠਿ ਚਲੀ ਪਨਿਹਾਰੀ ॥੨॥
lāj gharī siu tūt parī uth chalī panihārī .2.
The rope of the breath breaks away from the pitcher of the body, and the water-carrier gets up and departs. ||2||
ਸਾਹਿਬੁ ਹੋਇ ਦਇਆਲੁ ਕ੍ਰਿਪਾ ਕਰੇ ਅਪੁਨਾ ਕਾਰਜੁ ਸਵਾਰੇ ॥
sāhib hōi daiāl kripā karē apunā kāraj savārē .
When the Lord and Master is kind and grants His Grace, then her affairs are all resolved.