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Ang 1Vaar 4Bhai Gurdas

ਹੋਇ ਵੜੇਵਾਂ ਜਗ ਵਿਚਿ ਬੀਜੇ ਤਨੁ ਖੇਹ ਨਾਲਿ ਰਲਾਇਆ ।

hoe varrevaan jag vich beeje tan kheh naal ralaaeaa |

The cotton seed got itself mixed with dust.

ਬੂਟੀ ਹੋਇ ਕਪਾਹ ਦੀ ਟੀਂਡੇ ਹਸਿ ਹਸਿ ਆਪੁ ਖਿੜਾਇਆ ।

boottee hoe kapaah dee tteendde has has aap khirraaeaa |

From that very seed the plant of cotton emerged on which the balls smiled unobstructed.

ਦੁਹੁ ਮਿਲਿ ਵੇਲਣੁ ਵੇਲਿਆ ਲੂੰ ਲੂੰ ਕਰਿ ਤੁੰਬੁ ਤੁੰਬਾਇਆ ।

duhu mil velan veliaa loon loon kar tunb tunbaaeaa |

The cotton got ginned by the ginning machine and after carding.

ਪਿੰਞਣਿ ਪਿੰਞ ਉਡਾਇਆ ਕਰਿ ਕਰਿ ਗੋੜੀ ਸੂਤ ਕਤਾਇਆ ।

pinyan piny uddaaeaa kar kar gorree soot kataaeaa |

Making rolls and spinning, the thread was made from it.

ਤਣਿ ਵੁਣਿ ਖੁੰਬਿ ਚੜਾਇ ਕੈ ਦੇ ਦੇ ਦੁਖੁ ਧੁਆਇ ਰੰਗਾਇਆ ।

tan vun khunb charraae kai de de dukh dhuaae rangaaeaa |

Then through its warp and waft it was woven and made to suffer getting dyed in boiling cauldron.

ਕੈਚੀ ਕਟਣਿ ਕਟਿਆ ਸੂਈ ਧਾਗੇ ਜੋੜਿ ਸੀਵਾਇਆ ।

kaichee kattan kattiaa sooee dhaage jorr seevaaeaa |

The scissors cut it and it was stiched with the help of needle and thread.

ਲੱਜਣੁ ਕੱਜਣੁ ਹੋਇ ਕਜਾਇਆ ।੧੦।

lajan kajan hoe kajaaeaa |10|

Thus it became cloth, the means for the covering up of others nudity.