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Raag Gauree ਰਾਗੁ ਗਉੜੀ

• ਜਿਉ ਜਨਨੀ ਸੁਤੁ ਜਣਿ ਪਾਲਤੀ ਰਾਖੈ ਨਦਰਿ ਮਝਾਰਿ ॥
  Just as the mother, having given birth to a son, feeds him and keeps him in her vision
  Guru Ramdas Ji · Ang 168 · 15 lines
• ਜਿਸੁ ਮਿਲਿਐ ਮਨਿ ਹੋਇ ਅਨੰਦੁ ਸੋ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਕਹੀਐ ॥
  Meeting Him, the mind is filled with bliss. He is called the True Guru.
  Guru Ramdas Ji · Ang 168 · 11 lines
• ਹਰਿ ਦਇਆਲਿ ਦਇਆ ਪ੍ਰਭਿ ਕੀਨੀ ਮੇਰੈ ਮਨਿ ਤਨਿ ਮੁਖਿ ਹਰਿ ਬੋਲੀ ॥
  The Merciful Lord God showered me with His Mercy; with mind and body and mouth, I chant the Lord's Name.
  Guru Ramdas Ji · Ang 168-169 · 11 lines
• ਜਗਜੀਵਨ ਅਪਰੰਪਰ ਸੁਆਮੀ ਜਗਦੀਸੁਰ ਪੁਰਖ ਬਿਧਾਤੇ ॥
  Life of the World, Infinite Lord and Master, Master of the Universe, All-powerful Architect of Destiny.
  Guru Ramdas Ji · Ang 169 · 11 lines
• ਕਰਹੁ ਕ੍ਰਿਪਾ ਜਗਜੀਵਨ ਦਾਤੇ ਮੇਰਾ ਮਨੁ ਹਰਿ ਸੇਤੀ ਰਾਚੇ ॥
  Show Mercy to me, O Life of the World, O Great Giver, so that my mind may merge with the Lord.
  Guru Ramdas Ji · Ang 169 · 11 lines
• ਤੁਮ ਦਇਆਲ ਸਰਬ ਦੁਖ ਭੰਜਨ ਇਕ ਬਿਨਉ ਸੁਨਹੁ ਦੇ ਕਾਨੇ ॥
  You are Merciful, the Destroyer of all pain. Please give me Your Ear and listen to my prayer.
  Guru Ramdas Ji · Ang 169-170 · 11 lines
• ਮੇਰੇ ਮਨ ਸੋ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਸਦਾ ਨਾਲਿ ਹੈ ਸੁਆਮੀ ਕਹੁ ਕਿਥੈ ਹਰਿ ਪਹੁ ਨਸੀਐ ॥
  O my mind, God is always with you; He is your Lord and Master. Tell me, where could you run to get away from the Lord?
  Guru Ramdas Ji · Ang 170 · 13 lines
• ਹਮਰੇ ਪ੍ਰਾਨ ਵਸਗਤਿ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਤੁਮਰੈ ਮੇਰਾ ਜੀਉ ਪਿੰਡੁ ਸਭ ਤੇਰੀ ॥
  My breath of life is in Your Power, God; my soul and body are totally Yours.
  Guru Ramdas Ji · Ang 170 · 11 lines
• ਇਹੁ ਮਨੂਆ ਖਿਨੁ ਨ ਟਿਕੈ ਬਹੁ ਰੰਗੀ ਦਹ ਦਹ ਦਿਸਿ ਚਲਿ ਚਲਿ ਹਾਢੇ ॥
  This mind does not hold still, even for an instant. Distracted by all sorts of distractions, it wanders around aimlessly in the ten directions.
  Guru Ramdas Ji · Ang 170-171 · 10 lines
• ਕਾਮਿ ਕਰੋਧਿ ਨਗਰੁ ਬਹੁ ਭਰਿਆ ਮਿਲਿ ਸਾਧੂ ਖੰਡਲ ਖੰਡਾ ਹੇ ॥
  The body-village is filled to overflowing with sexual desire and anger, which were broken into bits when I met with the Holy Saint.
  Guru Ramdas Ji · Ang 171 · 11 lines
• ਇਸੁ ਗੜ ਮਹਿ ਹਰਿ ਰਾਮ ਰਾਇ ਹੈ ਕਿਛੁ ਸਾਦੁ ਨ ਪਾਵੈ ਧੀਠਾ ॥
  Within this body-fortress is the Lord, the Sovereign Lord King, but the stubborn ones do not find the taste.
  Guru Ramdas Ji · Ang 171 · 10 lines
• ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਅਰਥਿ ਸਰੀਰੁ ਹਮ ਬੇਚਿਆ ਪੂਰੇ ਗੁਰ ਕੈ ਆਗੇ ॥
  For the sake of the Lord, Har, Har, I have sold my body to the Perfect Guru.
  Guru Ramdas Ji · Ang 171-172 · 12 lines
• ਹਮ ਅਹੰਕਾਰੀ ਅਹੰਕਾਰ ਅਗਿਆਨ ਮਤਿ ਗੁਰਿ ਮਿਲਿਐ ਆਪੁ ਗਵਾਇਆ ॥
  I am egotistical and conceited, and my intellect is ignorant. Meeting the Guru, my selfishness and conceit have been abolished.
  Guru Ramdas Ji · Ang 172 · 10 lines
• ਗੁਰਮਤਿ ਬਾਜੈ ਸਬਦੁ ਅਨਾਹਦੁ ਗੁਰਮਤਿ ਮਨੂਆ ਗਾਵੈ ॥
  Through the Guru's Teachings, the unstruck music resounds; through the Guru's Teachings, the mind sings.
  Guru Ramdas Ji · Ang 172 · 10 lines
• ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਜਿੰਦੂ ਜਪਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਕਰੰਮਾ ॥
  O my soul, as Gurmukh, do this deed: chant the Naam, the Name of the Lord.
  Guru Ramdas Ji · Ang 172-173 · 17 lines
• ਆਉ ਸਖੀ ਗੁਣ ਕਾਮਣ ਕਰੀਹਾ ਜੀਉ ॥
  Come, O sisters - let's make virtue our charms.
  Guru Ramdas Ji · Ang 173 · 17 lines
• ਮਨ ਮਾਹੀ ਮਨ ਮਾਹੀ ਮੇਰੇ ਗੋਵਿੰਦਾ ਹਰਿ ਰੰਗਿ ਰਤਾ ਮਨ ਮਾਹੀ ਜੀਉ ॥
  From within my mind, from within my mind, O my Lord of the Universe, I am imbued with the Love of the Lord, from within my mind.
  Guru Ramdas Ji · Ang 173-174 · 17 lines
• ਚੋਜੀ ਮੇਰੇ ਗੋਵਿੰਦਾ ਚੋਜੀ ਮੇਰੇ ਪਿਆਰਿਆ ਹਰਿ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਮੇਰਾ ਚੋਜੀ ਜੀਉ ॥
  Playful is my Lord of the Universe; playful is my Beloved. My Lord God is wondrous and playful.
  Guru Ramdas Ji · Ang 174-175 · 17 lines
• ਮੈ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੈ ਹਰਿ ਬਿਰਹੁ ਲਗਾਈ ਜੀਉ ॥
  The Lord has implanted a longing for the Lord's Name within me.
  Guru Ramdas Ji · Ang 175 · 17 lines
• ਮੇਰਾ ਬਿਰਹੀ ਨਾਮੁ ਮਿਲੈ ਤਾ ਜੀਵਾ ਜੀਉ ॥
  If I receive my Love, the Naam, then I live.
  Guru Ramdas Ji · Ang 175 · 17 lines
• ਕੁਸਲੁ ਨ ਗ੍ਰਿਹਿ ਮੇਰੀ ਸਭ ਮਾਇਆ ॥
  How can happiness be found, O my Siblings of Destiny?
  Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 175-176 · 18 lines
• ਕਿਉ ਭ੍ਰਮੀਐ ਭ੍ਰਮੁ ਕਿਸ ਕਾ ਹੋਈ ॥
  Why do you doubt? What do you doubt?
  Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 176 · 15 lines
• ਕਈ ਜਨਮ ਭਏ ਕੀਟ ਪਤੰਗਾ ॥
  In so many incarnations, you were a worm and an insect;
  Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 176 · 19 lines
• ਕਰਮ ਭੂਮਿ ਮਹਿ ਬੋਅਹੁ ਨਾਮੁ ॥
  In the field of karma, plant the seed of the Naam.
  Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 176-177 · 19 lines
• ਗੁਰ ਕਾ ਬਚਨੁ ਸਦਾ ਅਬਿਨਾਸੀ ॥
  The Guru's Word is eternal and everlasting.
  Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 177 · 19 lines
• ਜਿਨਿ ਕੀਤਾ ਮਾਟੀ ਤੇ ਰਤਨੁ ॥
  He makes jewels out of the dust,
  Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 177 · 19 lines
• ਤਿਸ ਕੀ ਸਰਣਿ ਨਾਹੀ ਭਉ ਸੋਗੁ ॥
  In His Sanctuary, there is no fear or sorrow.
  Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 177-178 · 19 lines
• ਸੁਣਿ ਹਰਿ ਕਥਾ ਉਤਾਰੀ ਮੈਲੁ ॥
  Listening to the Lord's sermon, my pollution has been washed away.
  Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 178 · 19 lines
• ਅਗਲੇ ਮੁਏ ਸਿ ਪਾਛੈ ਪਰੇ ॥
  Those who have died have been forgotten.
  Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 178 · 23 lines
• ਅਨਿਕ ਜਤਨ ਨਹੀ ਹੋਤ ਛੁਟਾਰਾ ॥
  By all sorts of efforts, people do not find salvation.
  Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 178-179 · 19 lines
• ਬਹੁਤੁ ਦਰਬੁ ਕਰਿ ਮਨੁ ਨ ਅਘਾਨਾ ॥
  Even with vast sums of wealth, the mind is not satisfied.
  Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 179 · 19 lines
• ਬਹੁ ਰੰਗ ਮਾਇਆ ਬਹੁ ਬਿਧਿ ਪੇਖੀ ॥
  I have gazed upon the many forms of Maya, in so many ways.
  Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 179 · 21 lines
• ਪ੍ਰਾਣੀ ਜਾਣੈ ਇਹੁ ਤਨੁ ਮੇਰਾ ॥
  The mortal claims this body as his own.
  Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 179-180 · 19 lines
• ਤਉ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਤੇ ਮਾਰਗੁ ਪਾਈਐ ॥
  By Your Grace, we find the Way.
  Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 180 · 19 lines
• ਆਨ ਰਸਾ ਜੇਤੇ ਤੈ ਚਾਖੇ ॥
  You may taste the other flavors,
  Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 180 · 19 lines
• ਮਨੁ ਮੰਦਰੁ ਤਨੁ ਸਾਜੀ ਬਾਰਿ ॥
  The mind is the temple, and the body is the fence built around it.
  Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 180-181 · 19 lines
• ਰੈਣਿ ਦਿਨਸੁ ਰਹੈ ਇਕ ਰੰਗਾ ॥
  Night and day, they remain in the Love of the One.
  Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 181 · 19 lines
• ਤੂੰ ਮੇਰਾ ਸਖਾ ਤੂੰਹੀ ਮੇਰਾ ਮੀਤੁ ॥
  You are my Companion; You are my Best Friend.
  Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 181 · 19 lines
• ਬਿਆਪਤ ਹਰਖ ਸੋਗ ਬਿਸਥਾਰ ॥
  It torments us with the expression of pleasure and pain.
  Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 181-182 · 23 lines
• ਨੈਨਹੁ ਨੀਦ ਪਰ ਦ੍ਰਿਸਟਿ ਵਿਕਾਰ ॥
  The eyes are asleep in corruption, gazing upon the beauty of another.
  Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 182 · 21 lines
• ਜਾ ਕੈ ਵਸਿ ਖਾਨ ਸੁਲਤਾਨ ॥
  Kings and emperors are under His Power.
  Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 182-183 · 19 lines
• ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਦਰਸਨਿ ਅਗਨਿ ਨਿਵਾਰੀ ॥
  By the Blessed Vision of the True Guru's Darshan, the fire of desire is quenched.
  Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 183 · 19 lines
• ਸਾਧਸੰਗਿ ਜਪਿਓ ਭਗਵੰਤੁ ॥
  In the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, I meditate on the Lord God.
  Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 183 · 19 lines
• ਬੰਧਨ ਤੋੜਿ ਬੋਲਾਵੈ ਰਾਮੁ ॥
  He breaks our bonds, and inspires us to chant the Lord's Name.
  Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 183-184 · 19 lines
• ਜਿਸੁ ਮਨਿ ਵਸੈ ਤਰੈ ਜਨੁ ਸੋਇ ॥
  Those whose minds are filled with the Lord, swim across.
  Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 184 · 19 lines
• ਜੀਅ ਜੁਗਤਿ ਜਾ ਕੈ ਹੈ ਹਾਥ ॥
  Our way of life is in His Hands;
  Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 184 · 19 lines
• ਗੁਰ ਪਰਸਾਦਿ ਨਾਮਿ ਮਨੁ ਲਾਗਾ ॥
  By Guru's Grace, my mind is attached to the Naam, the Name of the Lord.
  Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 184-185 · 19 lines
• ਹਸਤ ਪੁਨੀਤ ਹੋਹਿ ਤਤਕਾਲ ॥
  The hands are sanctified instantly,
  Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 185 · 19 lines
• ਜੋ ਪਰਾਇਓ ਸੋਈ ਅਪਨਾ ॥
  That which belongs to another - he claims as his own.
  Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 185 · 12 lines
• ਕਲਿਜੁਗ ਮਹਿ ਮਿਲਿ ਆਏ ਸੰਜੋਗ ॥
  In the Dark Age of Kali Yuga, they come together through destiny.
  Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Ang 185 · 11 lines