ਰਾਮਕਲੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥

raamakalee mahalaa 1 |

Raamkalee, First Mehl:

ਸਾਗਰ ਮਹਿ ਬੂੰਦ ਬੂੰਦ ਮਹਿ ਸਾਗਰੁ ਕਵਣੁ ਬੁਝੈ ਬਿਧਿ ਜਾਣੈ ॥

saagar meh boond boond meh saagar kavan bujhai bidh jaanai |

The drop is in the ocean, and the ocean is in the drop. Who understands, and knows this?

ਉਤਭੁਜ ਚਲਤ ਆਪਿ ਕਰਿ ਚੀਨੈ ਆਪੇ ਤਤੁ ਪਛਾਣੈ ॥੧॥

autabhuj chalat aap kar cheenai aape tat pachhaanai |1|

He Himself creates the wondrous play of the world. He Himself contemplates it, and understands its true essence. ||1||

ਐਸਾ ਗਿਆਨੁ ਬੀਚਾਰੈ ਕੋਈ ॥

aisaa giaan beechaarai koee |

How rare are those who contemplate this spiritual wisdom.

ਤਿਸ ਤੇ ਮੁਕਤਿ ਪਰਮ ਗਤਿ ਹੋਈ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

tis te mukat param gat hoee |1| rahaau |

Through this, the supreme state of liberation is attained. ||1||Pause||

ਦਿਨ ਮਹਿ ਰੈਣਿ ਰੈਣਿ ਮਹਿ ਦਿਨੀਅਰੁ ਉਸਨ ਸੀਤ ਬਿਧਿ ਸੋਈ ॥

din meh rain rain meh dineear usan seet bidh soee |

The night is in the day, and the day is in the night. The same is true of hot and cold.

ਤਾ ਕੀ ਗਤਿ ਮਿਤਿ ਅਵਰੁ ਨ ਜਾਣੈ ਗੁਰ ਬਿਨੁ ਸਮਝ ਨ ਹੋਈ ॥੨॥

taa kee gat mit avar na jaanai gur bin samajh na hoee |2|

No one else knows His state and extent; without the Guru, this is not understood. ||2||

ਪੁਰਖ ਮਹਿ ਨਾਰਿ ਨਾਰਿ ਮਹਿ ਪੁਰਖਾ ਬੂਝਹੁ ਬ੍ਰਹਮ ਗਿਆਨੀ ॥

purakh meh naar naar meh purakhaa boojhahu braham giaanee |

The female is in the male, and the male is in the female. Understand this, O God-realized being!

ਧੁਨਿ ਮਹਿ ਧਿਆਨੁ ਧਿਆਨ ਮਹਿ ਜਾਨਿਆ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਅਕਥ ਕਹਾਨੀ ॥੩॥

dhun meh dhiaan dhiaan meh jaaniaa guramukh akath kahaanee |3|

The meditation is in the music, and knowledge is in meditation. Become Gurmukh, and speak the Unspoken Speech. ||3||

ਮਨ ਮਹਿ ਜੋਤਿ ਜੋਤਿ ਮਹਿ ਮਨੂਆ ਪੰਚ ਮਿਲੇ ਗੁਰ ਭਾਈ ॥

man meh jot jot meh manooaa panch mile gur bhaaee |

The Light is in the mind, and the mind is in the Light. The Guru brings the five senses together, like brothers.

ਨਾਨਕ ਤਿਨ ਕੈ ਸਦ ਬਲਿਹਾਰੀ ਜਿਨ ਏਕ ਸਬਦਿ ਲਿਵ ਲਾਈ ॥੪॥੯॥

naanak tin kai sad balihaaree jin ek sabad liv laaee |4|9|

Nanak is forever a sacrifice to those who enshrine love for the One Word of the Shabad. ||4||9||