ਪ੍ਰੀਤਮ ਭਾਨੀ ਤਾਂ ਰੰਗਿ ਗੁਲਾਲ ॥
pareetam bhaanee taaN rang gulaal.
I am pleasing to my Beloved, and so I am imbued with the deep red color.
ਕਹੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਸੁਭ ਦ੍ਰਿਸਟਿ ਨਿਹਾਲ ॥੪॥
kaho naanak subh darisat nihaal. ||4||
Says Nanak, I have been totally blessed with the Lord's Glance of Grace. ||4||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
I am pleasing to my Beloved, and so I am dyed in this deep red.
Says Nanak: I have been wholly blessed by the Glance of Grace.
The color came because you are loved — the whole thing is grace.
Now the bride speaks for herself: "I am pleasing to my Beloved, and so I am imbued with the deep red color." The crimson came because she is loved — and the whole thing is credited to nadar, the Glance of Grace. The dye, the beauty, the pleasing: all grace.
A Question to Sit With
What good in your life came simply from being loved, not from being earned?
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