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Ang 879Raag RaamkaleeGuru Guru Nanak

ਰਾਮਕਲੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥

raamakalee mahalaa 1 |

Raamkalee, First Mehl:

ਜਾ ਹਰਿ ਪ੍ਰਭਿ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਧਾਰੀ ॥

jaa har prabh kirapaa dhaaree |

When the Lord God showered His Mercy,

ਤਾ ਹਉਮੈ ਵਿਚਹੁ ਮਾਰੀ ॥

taa haumai vichahu maaree |

egotism was eradicated from within me.

ਸੋ ਸੇਵਕਿ ਰਾਮ ਪਿਆਰੀ ॥

so sevak raam piaaree |

That humble servant who contemplates the

ਜੋ ਗੁਰਸਬਦੀ ਬੀਚਾਰੀ ॥੧॥

jo gurasabadee beechaaree |1|

Word of the Guru's Shabad, is very dear to the Lord. ||1||

ਸੋ ਹਰਿ ਜਨੁ ਹਰਿ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਭਾਵੈ ॥

so har jan har prabh bhaavai |

That humble servant of the Lord is pleasing to his Lord God;

ਅਹਿਨਿਸਿ ਭਗਤਿ ਕਰੇ ਦਿਨੁ ਰਾਤੀ ਲਾਜ ਛੋਡਿ ਹਰਿ ਕੇ ਗੁਣ ਗਾਵੈ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

ahinis bhagat kare din raatee laaj chhodd har ke gun gaavai |1| rahaau |

day and night, he performs devotional worship, day and night. Disregarding his own honor, he sings the Glorious Praises of the Lord. ||1||Pause||

ਧੁਨਿ ਵਾਜੇ ਅਨਹਦ ਘੋਰਾ ॥

dhun vaaje anahad ghoraa |

The unstruck melody of the sound current resonates and resounds;

ਮਨੁ ਮਾਨਿਆ ਹਰਿ ਰਸਿ ਮੋਰਾ ॥

man maaniaa har ras moraa |

my mind is appeased by the subtle essence of the Lord.

ਗੁਰ ਪੂਰੈ ਸਚੁ ਸਮਾਇਆ ॥

gur poorai sach samaaeaa |

Through the Perfect Guru, I am absorbed in Truth.

ਗੁਰੁ ਆਦਿ ਪੁਰਖੁ ਹਰਿ ਪਾਇਆ ॥੨॥

gur aad purakh har paaeaa |2|

Through the Guru, I have found the Lord, the Primal Being. ||2||

ਸਭਿ ਨਾਦ ਬੇਦ ਗੁਰਬਾਣੀ ॥

sabh naad bed gurabaanee |

Gurbani is the sound current of the Naad, the Vedas, everything.

ਮਨੁ ਰਾਤਾ ਸਾਰਿਗਪਾਣੀ ॥

man raataa saarigapaanee |

My mind is attuned to the Lord of the Universe.

ਤਹ ਤੀਰਥ ਵਰਤ ਤਪ ਸਾਰੇ ॥

teh teerath varat tap saare |

He is my sacred shrine of pilgrimage, fasting and austere self-discipline.

ਗੁਰ ਮਿਲਿਆ ਹਰਿ ਨਿਸਤਾਰੇ ॥੩॥

gur miliaa har nisataare |3|

The Lord saves, and carries across, those who meet with the Guru. ||3||

ਜਹ ਆਪੁ ਗਇਆ ਭਉ ਭਾਗਾ ॥

jeh aap geaa bhau bhaagaa |

One whose self-conceit is gone, sees his fears run away.

ਗੁਰ ਚਰਣੀ ਸੇਵਕੁ ਲਾਗਾ ॥

gur charanee sevak laagaa |

That servant grasps the Guru's feet.

ਗੁਰਿ ਸਤਿਗੁਰਿ ਭਰਮੁ ਚੁਕਾਇਆ ॥

gur satigur bharam chukaaeaa |

The Guru, the True Guru, has expelled my doubts.

ਕਹੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਸਬਦਿ ਮਿਲਾਇਆ ॥੪॥੧੦॥

kahu naanak sabad milaaeaa |4|10|

Says Nanak, I have merged into the Word of the Shabad. ||4||10||