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The awakening of the soul bride

In the embrace of night, adorned with dewdrops,
and in the tender arms of day's delight,
her love shines through the soul window  
and stirs the slumbering soul-bride.

The young bride awakens from love's light
she finds herself imbued with the essence truth.
She is fortunate to have her lovers' love. 
She foresakes the veils of falsehood and deceit,
she casts away the allure of dualistic love,
and relinquishes slavery of others. 

She wears the necklace of truth
around her neck.  With palms pressed together, 
she asks for the precious gift of the True Name:

"I am blessed with what you please. 
Now my day is beautiful and my night is auspicious" 




#singingwithnanak
Shyam Sundar Taj Neend Kyun Aai
New Composition: 21034 (Feb 28, 2021)
Raag Suhi
Inspired by listening to Asa ki vaar by Bhai Dharam Singh Zakhmi this morning, but changed considerably.




Sūhī mėhlā 5.

Ḏarsan ko locẖai sabẖ koī.
Pūrai bẖāg parāpaṯ hoī. Rahā▫o.

Shyām sunḏar ṯaj nīḏ kyun āī.
Mahā mohnī ḏūṯā lāī. ||1||

Parem bicẖẖohā karaṯ kasāī.
Nirḏai janṯ ṯis ḏayā na pāī. ||2||

Anik janam bīṯīan bẖarmāī.
Gẖar vās na ḏevai ḏuṯar māī. ||3||

Ḏin rain apnā kyā pāī.
Kis ḏos na ḏījai kiraṯ bẖavāī. ||4||

Suṇ sājan sanṯ jan bẖāī.
Cẖaraṇ saraṇ Nānak gaṯ pāī. ||5||34||40||


Bhai Manmohan Singh's Translation: 

All long for the Lord's vision.
Through perfect good destiny, the Lord's vision is obtained. Pause

Forsaking her Beauteous sable Krishan (Lord) why has the bride gone to sleep?
The great mammon has made the bride follow the path of sins.

This butcher (mammon) has separated the bride from her Beloved,
This merciless (mammon)takes not pity on the poor mortal.

Good many lives have passed away in wandering about,
and the terrible mammon permits not mortal to abide in his own home.

Day and night, the mortal to abide in his own actions.
Blame thou not another. Thine own actions lead thee astray, O mortal.

Hearken, O holy man, my friend and my brother;
seeking the refuge of the Lord's feet, Nanak has obtained emancipation.


Lyrics in Punjabi

ਸੂਹੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ॥

ਦਰਸਨ ਕਉ ਲੋਚੈ ਸਭੁ ਕੋਈ ॥
ਪੂਰੈ ਭਾਗਿ ਪਰਾਪਤਿ ਹੋਈ ॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

ਸਿਆਮ ਸੁੰਦਰ ਤਜਿ ਨੀਦ ਕਿਉ ਆਈ ॥
ਮਹਾ ਮੋਹਨੀ ਦੂਤਾ ਲਾਈ ॥੧॥

ਪ੍ਰੇਮ ਬਿਛੋਹਾ ਕਰਤ ਕਸਾਈ ॥
ਨਿਰਦੈ ਜੰਤੁ ਤਿਸੁ ਦਇਆ ਨ ਪਾਈ ॥੨॥

ਅਨਿਕ ਜਨਮ ਬੀਤੀਅਨ ਭਰਮਾਈ ॥
ਘਰਿ ਵਾਸੁ ਨ ਦੇਵੈ ਦੁਤਰ ਮਾਈ ॥੩॥

ਦਿਨੁ ਰੈਨਿ ਅਪਨਾ ਕੀਆ ਪਾਈ ॥
ਕਿਸੁ ਦੋਸੁ ਨ ਦੀਜੈ ਕਿਰਤੁ ਭਵਾਈ ॥੪॥

ਸੁਣਿ ਸਾਜਨ ਸੰਤ ਜਨ ਭਾਈ ॥
ਚਰਣ ਸਰਣ ਨਾਨਕ ਗਤਿ ਪਾਈ ॥੫॥੩੪॥੪੦॥




ਸੂਹੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ॥
सूही महला ५ ॥
Sūhī mėhlā 5.
Soohee, Fifth Mehl:

ਦਰਸਨ ਕਉ ਲੋਚੈ ਸਭੁ ਕੋਈ ॥
दरसन कउ लोचै सभु कोई ॥
Ḏarsan ka▫o locẖai sabẖ ko▫ī.
Everyone longs for the Blessed Vision of the Lord's Darshan.

ਪੂਰੈ ਭਾਗਿ ਪਰਾਪਤਿ ਹੋਈ ॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
पूरै भागि परापति होई ॥ रहाउ ॥
Pūrai bẖāg parāpaṯ ho▫ī. Rahā▫o.
By perfect destiny, it is obtained. ||Pause||

ਸਿਆਮ ਸੁੰਦਰ ਤਜਿ ਨੀਦ ਕਿਉ ਆਈ ॥
सिआम सुंदर तजि नीद किउ आई ॥
Si▫ām sunḏar ṯaj nīḏ ki▫o ā▫ī.
Forsaking the Beautiful Lord, how can they go to sleep?

ਮਹਾ ਮੋਹਨੀ ਦੂਤਾ ਲਾਈ ॥੧॥
महा मोहनी दूता लाई ॥१॥
Mahā mohnī ḏūṯā lā▫ī. ||1||
The great enticer Maya has led them down the path of sin. ||1||

ਪ੍ਰੇਮ ਬਿਛੋਹਾ ਕਰਤ ਕਸਾਈ ॥
प्रेम बिछोहा करत कसाई ॥
Parem bicẖẖohā karaṯ kasā▫ī.
This butcher has separated them from the Beloved Lord.

ਨਿਰਦੈ ਜੰਤੁ ਤਿਸੁ ਦਇਆ ਨ ਪਾਈ ॥੨॥
निरदै जंतु तिसु दइआ न पाई ॥२॥
Nirḏai janṯ ṯis ḏa▫i▫ā na pā▫ī. ||2||
This merciless one shows no mercy at all to the poor beings. ||2||

ਅਨਿਕ ਜਨਮ ਬੀਤੀਅਨ ਭਰਮਾਈ ॥
अनिक जनम बीतीअन भरमाई ॥
Anik janam bīṯī▫an bẖarmā▫ī.
Countless lifetimes have passed away, wandering aimlessly.

ਘਰਿ ਵਾਸੁ ਨ ਦੇਵੈ ਦੁਤਰ ਮਾਈ ॥੩॥
घरि वासु न देवै दुतर माई ॥३॥
Gẖar vās na ḏevai ḏuṯar mā▫ī. ||3||
The terrible, treacherous Maya does not even allow them to dwell in their own home. ||3||

ਦਿਨੁ ਰੈਨਿ ਅਪਨਾ ਕੀਆ ਪਾਈ ॥
दिनु रैनि अपना कीआ पाई ॥
Ḏin rain apnā kī▫ā pā▫ī.
Day and night, they receive the rewards of their own actions.

ਕਿਸੁ ਦੋਸੁ ਨ ਦੀਜੈ ਕਿਰਤੁ ਭਵਾਈ ॥੪॥
किसु दोसु न दीजै किरतु भवाई ॥४॥
Kis ḏos na ḏījai kiraṯ bẖavā▫ī. ||4||
Don't blame anyone else; your own actions lead you astray. ||4||

ਸੁਣਿ ਸਾਜਨ ਸੰਤ ਜਨ ਭਾਈ ॥
सुणि साजन संत जन भाई ॥
Suṇ sājan sanṯ jan bẖā▫ī.
Listen, O Friend, O Saint, O humble Sibling of Destiny:

ਚਰਣ ਸਰਣ ਨਾਨਕ ਗਤਿ ਪਾਈ ॥੫॥੩੪॥੪੦॥
चरण सरण नानक गति पाई ॥५॥३४॥४०॥
Cẖaraṇ saraṇ Nānak gaṯ pā▫ī. ||5||34||40||
in the Sanctuary of the Lord's Feet, Nanak has found Salvation. ||5||34||40||
"When you do something beautiful and nobody noticed, do not be sad. For the sun every morning is a beautiful spectacle yet most of the audience still sleeps." - John Lennon

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WHERE THE MIND IS WITHOUT FEAR

Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high

Where knowledge is free

Where the world has not been broken up into fragments

By narrow domestic walls

Where words come out from the depth of truth

Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection

Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way

Into the dreary desert sand of dead habit

Where the mind is led forward by thee

Into ever-widening thought and action

Into that heaven of freedom, my Father, let my country awake.

- Rabindranath Tagore

"The beautiful night is lit by stars and only the loved ones who are awake can see." - Guru Arjan



Here is a poem by one of my favorite teachers, Emily Dickinson:

The spider as an artist
Has never been employed
Though his surpassing merit
Is freely certified

By every broom and Bridget
Throughout a Christian land.
Neglected son of genius,
I take thee by the hand.

The spider is an artist, a creator. He makes this intricate web. The web is symmetrical and beautiful. Often we don't even see what he is doing. We do not notice. It is when we have to clean the web with our brooms that we get to know he has weaved his web. It is the exalted design, the bridget, he leaves behind that he is known by.

No one pays the spider. He is not employed. The spider works on his own will. It is a creation of love.

The spider is often neglected. Not liked. No one is grateful for his work even in Emily's Christian land. His genius is not realized. But he is the son of genius -- akin to the son of God. Loving, weaving, creating.

Emily not only accepts the spider's genius, she wants to take his exalted being by the hand. There is a marriage of the creator and the lover of creation, a coming together of the genius and the grateful.

Emily notices. Emily is awake.
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