ਵਡਹੰਸੁ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ਦਖਣੀ ॥
vaddahans mahalaa 1 dakhanee |
Wadahans, First Mehl, Dakhanee:
ਸਚੁ ਸਿਰੰਦਾ ਸਚਾ ਜਾਣੀਐ ਸਚੜਾ ਪਰਵਦਗਾਰੋ ॥
sach sirandaa sachaa jaaneeai sacharraa paravadagaaro |
The True Creator Lord is True - know this well; He is the True Sustainer.
ਜਿਨਿ ਆਪੀਨੈ ਆਪੁ ਸਾਜਿਆ ਸਚੜਾ ਅਲਖ ਅਪਾਰੋ ॥
jin aapeenai aap saajiaa sacharraa alakh apaaro |
He Himself fashioned His Own Self; the True Lord is invisible and infinite.
ਦੁਇ ਪੁੜ ਜੋੜਿ ਵਿਛੋੜਿਅਨੁ ਗੁਰ ਬਿਨੁ ਘੋਰੁ ਅੰਧਾਰੋ ॥
due purr jorr vichhorrian gur bin ghor andhaaro |
He brought together, and then separated, the two grinding stones of the earth and the sky; without the Guru, there is only pitch darkness.
ਸੂਰਜੁ ਚੰਦੁ ਸਿਰਜਿਅਨੁ ਅਹਿਨਿਸਿ ਚਲਤੁ ਵੀਚਾਰੋ ॥੧॥
sooraj chand sirajian ahinis chalat veechaaro |1|
He created the sun and the moon; night and day, they move according to His Thought. ||1||
ਸਚੜਾ ਸਾਹਿਬੁ ਸਚੁ ਤੂ ਸਚੜਾ ਦੇਹਿ ਪਿਆਰੋ ॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
sacharraa saahib sach too sacharraa dehi piaaro | rahaau |
O True Lord and Master, You are True. O True Lord, bless me with Your Love. ||Pause||
ਤੁਧੁ ਸਿਰਜੀ ਮੇਦਨੀ ਦੁਖੁ ਸੁਖੁ ਦੇਵਣਹਾਰੋ ॥
tudh sirajee medanee dukh sukh devanahaaro |
You created the Universe; You are the Giver of pain and pleasure.
ਨਾਰੀ ਪੁਰਖ ਸਿਰਜਿਐ ਬਿਖੁ ਮਾਇਆ ਮੋਹੁ ਪਿਆਰੋ ॥
naaree purakh sirajiai bikh maaeaa mohu piaaro |
You created woman and man, the love of poison, and emotional attachment to Maya.
ਖਾਣੀ ਬਾਣੀ ਤੇਰੀਆ ਦੇਹਿ ਜੀਆ ਆਧਾਰੋ ॥
khaanee baanee tereea dehi jeea aadhaaro |
The four sources of creation, and the power of the Word, are also of Your making. You give Support to all beings.
ਕੁਦਰਤਿ ਤਖਤੁ ਰਚਾਇਆ ਸਚਿ ਨਿਬੇੜਣਹਾਰੋ ॥੨॥
kudarat takhat rachaaeaa sach niberranahaaro |2|
You have made the Creation as Your Throne; You are the True Judge. ||2||
ਆਵਾ ਗਵਣੁ ਸਿਰਜਿਆ ਤੂ ਥਿਰੁ ਕਰਣੈਹਾਰੋ ॥
aavaa gavan sirajiaa too thir karanaihaaro |
You created comings and goings, but You are ever-stable, O Creator Lord.
ਜੰਮਣੁ ਮਰਣਾ ਆਇ ਗਇਆ ਬਧਿਕੁ ਜੀਉ ਬਿਕਾਰੋ ॥
jaman maranaa aae geaa badhik jeeo bikaaro |
In birth and death, in coming and going, this soul is held in bondage by corruption.
ਭੂਡੜੈ ਨਾਮੁ ਵਿਸਾਰਿਆ ਬੂਡੜੈ ਕਿਆ ਤਿਸੁ ਚਾਰੋ ॥
bhooddarrai naam visaariaa booddarrai kiaa tis chaaro |
The evil person has forgotten the Naam; he has drowned - what can he do now?
ਗੁਣ ਛੋਡਿ ਬਿਖੁ ਲਦਿਆ ਅਵਗੁਣ ਕਾ ਵਣਜਾਰੋ ॥੩॥
gun chhodd bikh ladiaa avagun kaa vanajaaro |3|
Forsaking merit, he has loaded the poisonous cargo of demerits; he is a trader of sins. ||3||
ਸਦੜੇ ਆਏ ਤਿਨਾ ਜਾਨੀਆ ਹੁਕਮਿ ਸਚੇ ਕਰਤਾਰੋ ॥
sadarre aae tinaa jaaneea hukam sache karataaro |
The beloved soul has received the Call, the Command of the True Creator Lord.
ਨਾਰੀ ਪੁਰਖ ਵਿਛੁੰਨਿਆ ਵਿਛੁੜਿਆ ਮੇਲਣਹਾਰੋ ॥
naaree purakh vichhuniaa vichhurriaa melanahaaro |
The soul, the husband, has become separated from the body, the bride. The Lord is the Re-uniter of the separated ones.
ਰੂਪੁ ਨ ਜਾਣੈ ਸੋਹਣੀਐ ਹੁਕਮਿ ਬਧੀ ਸਿਰਿ ਕਾਰੋ ॥
roop na jaanai sohaneeai hukam badhee sir kaaro |
No one cares for your beauty, O beautiful bride.; the Messenger of Death is bound only by the Lord Commander's Command.
ਬਾਲਕ ਬਿਰਧਿ ਨ ਜਾਣਨੀ ਤੋੜਨਿ ਹੇਤੁ ਪਿਆਰੋ ॥੪॥
baalak biradh na jaananee torran het piaaro |4|
He does not distinguish between young children and old people; he tears apart love and affection. ||4||
ਨਉ ਦਰ ਠਾਕੇ ਹੁਕਮਿ ਸਚੈ ਹੰਸੁ ਗਇਆ ਗੈਣਾਰੇ ॥
nau dar tthaake hukam sachai hans geaa gainaare |
The nine doors are closed by the True Lord's Command, and the swan-soul takes flight into the skies.
ਸਾ ਧਨ ਛੁਟੀ ਮੁਠੀ ਝੂਠਿ ਵਿਧਣੀਆ ਮਿਰਤਕੜਾ ਅੰਙਨੜੇ ਬਾਰੇ ॥
saa dhan chhuttee mutthee jhootth vidhaneea miratakarraa anganarre baare |
The body-bride is separated, and defrauded by falsehood; she is now a widow - her husband's body lies dead in the courtyard.
ਸੁਰਤਿ ਮੁਈ ਮਰੁ ਮਾਈਏ ਮਹਲ ਰੁੰਨੀ ਦਰ ਬਾਰੇ ॥
surat muee mar maaeee mehal runee dar baare |
The widow cries out at the door, "The light of my mind has gone out, O my mother, with his death."
ਰੋਵਹੁ ਕੰਤ ਮਹੇਲੀਹੋ ਸਚੇ ਕੇ ਗੁਣ ਸਾਰੇ ॥੫॥
rovahu kant maheleeho sache ke gun saare |5|
So cry out, O soul-brides of the Husband Lord, and dwell on the Glorious Praises of the True Lord. ||5||
ਜਲਿ ਮਲਿ ਜਾਨੀ ਨਾਵਾਲਿਆ ਕਪੜਿ ਪਟਿ ਅੰਬਾਰੇ ॥
jal mal jaanee naavaaliaa kaparr patt anbaare |
Her loved one is cleansed, bathed in water, and dressed in silken robes.
ਵਾਜੇ ਵਜੇ ਸਚੀ ਬਾਣੀਆ ਪੰਚ ਮੁਏ ਮਨੁ ਮਾਰੇ ॥
vaaje vaje sachee baaneea panch mue man maare |
The musicians play, and the Bani of the True Lord's Words are sung; the five relatives feel as if they too are dead, so deadened are their minds.
ਜਾਨੀ ਵਿਛੁੰਨੜੇ ਮੇਰਾ ਮਰਣੁ ਭਇਆ ਧ੍ਰਿਗੁ ਜੀਵਣੁ ਸੰਸਾਰੇ ॥
jaanee vichhunarre meraa maran bheaa dhrig jeevan sansaare |
"Separation from my beloved is like death to me!" cries the widow. "My life in this world is cursed and worthless!"
ਜੀਵਤੁ ਮਰੈ ਸੁ ਜਾਣੀਐ ਪਿਰ ਸਚੜੈ ਹੇਤਿ ਪਿਆਰੇ ॥੬॥
jeevat marai su jaaneeai pir sacharrai het piaare |6|
But she alone is approved, who dies, while yet still alive; she lives for the sake of the Love of her Beloved. ||6||
ਤੁਸੀ ਰੋਵਹੁ ਰੋਵਣ ਆਈਹੋ ਝੂਠਿ ਮੁਠੀ ਸੰਸਾਰੇ ॥
tusee rovahu rovan aaeeho jhootth mutthee sansaare |
So cry out in mourning, you who have come to mourn; this world is false and fraudulent.
ਹਉ ਮੁਠੜੀ ਧੰਧੈ ਧਾਵਣੀਆ ਪਿਰਿ ਛੋਡਿਅੜੀ ਵਿਧਣਕਾਰੇ ॥
hau muttharree dhandhai dhaavaneea pir chhoddiarree vidhanakaare |
I too have been defrauded, chasing after worldly entanglements; my Husband Lord has forsaken me - I practice the evil deeds of a wife without a spouse.
ਘਰਿ ਘਰਿ ਕੰਤੁ ਮਹੇਲੀਆ ਰੂੜੈ ਹੇਤਿ ਪਿਆਰੇ ॥
ghar ghar kant maheleea roorrai het piaare |
In each and every home, are the brides of the Husband Lord; they gaze upon their Handsome Lord with love and affection.
ਮੈ ਪਿਰੁ ਸਚੁ ਸਾਲਾਹਣਾ ਹਉ ਰਹਸਿਅੜੀ ਨਾਮਿ ਭਤਾਰੇ ॥੭॥
mai pir sach saalaahanaa hau rahasiarree naam bhataare |7|
I sing the Praises of my True Husband Lord, and through the Naam, the Name of my Husband Lord, I blossom forth. ||7||
ਗੁਰਿ ਮਿਲਿਐ ਵੇਸੁ ਪਲਟਿਆ ਸਾ ਧਨ ਸਚੁ ਸੀਗਾਰੋ ॥
gur miliai ves palattiaa saa dhan sach seegaaro |
Meeting with the Guru, the soul-bride's dress is transformed, and she is adorned with Truth.
ਆਵਹੁ ਮਿਲਹੁ ਸਹੇਲੀਹੋ ਸਿਮਰਹੁ ਸਿਰਜਣਹਾਰੋ ॥
aavahu milahu saheleeho simarahu sirajanahaaro |
Come and meet with me, O brides of the Lord; let's meditate in remembrance on the Creator Lord.
ਬਈਅਰਿ ਨਾਮਿ ਸੋੁਹਾਗਣੀ ਸਚੁ ਸਵਾਰਣਹਾਰੋ ॥
beear naam souhaaganee sach savaaranahaaro |
Through the Naam, the soul-bride becomes the Lord's favorite; she is adorned with Truth.
ਗਾਵਹੁ ਗੀਤੁ ਨ ਬਿਰਹੜਾ ਨਾਨਕ ਬ੍ਰਹਮ ਬੀਚਾਰੋ ॥੮॥੩॥
gaavahu geet na biraharraa naanak braham beechaaro |8|3|
Do not sing the songs of separation, O Nanak; reflect upon God. ||8||3||