ਜਾਗੁ ਰੇ ਮਨ ਜਾਗਨਹਾਰੇ ॥
jaag ray man jaaganhaaray.
Be wakeful, O my awakening mind!
ਬਿਨੁ ਹਰਿ ਅਵਰੁ ਨ ਆਵਸਿ ਕਾਮਾ ਝੂਠਾ ਮੋਹੁ ਮਿਥਿਆ ਪਸਾਰੇ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
bin har avar na aavas kaamaa jhoothaa moh mithi-aa pasaaray. ||1|| rahaa-o.
Without the Lord, nothing else shall be of use to you; false is emotional attachment, and useless are worldly entanglements. ||1||Pause||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Be wakeful, O my awakening mind!
Without the One, nothing else will help you; attachment is false, and worldly tangles are useless.
Wake up — for in the end, only the One truly helps.
The Pause rouses the soul: "be wakeful, O my awakening mind!" The call to wake (cf. Shabad 130) comes with a sober reminder: "without the Lord, nothing else shall be of use," for "emotional attachment" is false and "worldly entanglements" useless. Wake up, because only the One finally helps.
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What keeps you 'asleep,' and what would help you wake up to what matters?
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