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Ang 708Raag JaithsreeGuru Guru Arjan

ਪਉੜੀ ॥

paurree |

Pauree:

ਜਿਉ ਮਛੁਲੀ ਬਿਨੁ ਪਾਣੀਐ ਕਿਉ ਜੀਵਣੁ ਪਾਵੈ ॥

jiau machhulee bin paaneeai kiau jeevan paavai |

How can the fish live without water?

ਬੂੰਦ ਵਿਹੂਣਾ ਚਾਤ੍ਰਿਕੋ ਕਿਉ ਕਰਿ ਤ੍ਰਿਪਤਾਵੈ ॥

boond vihoonaa chaatriko kiau kar tripataavai |

Without the raindrops, how can the rainbird be satisfied?

ਨਾਦ ਕੁਰੰਕਹਿ ਬੇਧਿਆ ਸਨਮੁਖ ਉਠਿ ਧਾਵੈ ॥

naad kurankeh bedhiaa sanamukh utth dhaavai |

The deer, entranced by the sound of the hunter's bell, runs straight to him;

ਭਵਰੁ ਲੋਭੀ ਕੁਸਮ ਬਾਸੁ ਕਾ ਮਿਲਿ ਆਪੁ ਬੰਧਾਵੈ ॥

bhavar lobhee kusam baas kaa mil aap bandhaavai |

the bumble bee is greedy for the flower's fragrance; finding it, he traps himself in it.

ਤਿਉ ਸੰਤ ਜਨਾ ਹਰਿ ਪ੍ਰੀਤਿ ਹੈ ਦੇਖਿ ਦਰਸੁ ਅਘਾਵੈ ॥੧੨॥

tiau sant janaa har preet hai dekh daras aghaavai |12|

Just so, the humble Saints love the Lord; beholding the Blessed Vision of His Darshan, they are satisfied and satiated. ||12||