har bin ki-o rahee-ai dukh bi-aapai

swrg mhlw 1 ] (1197-9)
saarag mehlaa 1.
Saarang, First Mehl:


hir ibnu ikau rhIAY duKu ibAwpY ]
har bin ki-o rahee-ai dukh bi-aapai.
How can I survive without the Lord? I am suffering in pain.

ijhvw swdu n PIkI rs ibnu ibnu pRB kwlu sMqwpY ]1] rhwau ]
jihvaa saad na feekee ras bin bin parabh kaal santaapai. ||1|| rahaa-o.
My tongue does not taste - all is bland without the Lord's sublime essence. Without God, I suffer and die. ||1||Pause||

jb lgu drsu n prsY pRIqm qb lgu BUK ipAwsI ]
jab lag daras na parsai pareetam tab lag bhookh pi-aasee.
As long as I do not attain the Blessed Vision of my Beloved, I remain hungry and thirsty.

drsnu dyKq hI mnu mwinAw jl ris kml ibgwsI ]1]
darsan daykhat hee man maani-aa jal ras kamal bigaasee. ||1||
Gazing upon the Blessed Vision of His Darshan, my mind is pleased and appeased. The lotus blossoms forth in the water. ||1||

aUniv Gnhru grjY brsY koikl mor bYrwgY ]
oonav ghanhar garjai barsai kokil mor bairaagai.
The low-hanging clouds crack with thunder and burst. The cuckoos and the peacocks are filled with passion,

qrvr ibrK ibhMg BuieAMgm Gir ipru Dn sohwgY ]2]
tarvar birakh bihang bhu-i-angam ghar pir Dhan sohaagai. ||2||
along with the birds in the trees, the bulls and the snakes. The soul-bride is happy when her Husband Lord returns home. ||2||

kuicl kurUip kunwir kulKnI ipr kw shju n jwinAw ]
kuchil kuroop kunaar kulakhnee pir kaa sahj na jaani-aa.
She is filthy and ugly, unfeminine and ill-mannered - she has no intuitive understanding of her Husband Lord.

hir rs rMig rsn nhI iqRpqI durmiq dUK smwinAw ]3]
har ras rang rasan nahee tariptee durmat dookh samaani-aa. ||3||
She is not satisfied by the sublime essence of her Lord's Love; she is evil-minded, immersed in her pain. ||3||

Awie n jwvY nw duKu pwvY nw duK drdu srIry ]
aa-ay na jaavai naa dukh paavai naa dukh darad sareeray.
The soul-bride does not come and go in reincarnation or suffer in pain; her body is not touched by the pain of disease.

nwnk pRB qy shj suhylI pRB dyKq hI mnu DIry ]4]2]
naanak parabh tay sahj suhaylee parabh daykhat hee man Dheeray. ||4||2||
O Nanak, she is intuitively embellished by God; seeing God, her mind is encouraged. ||4||2||