ਬਲਿਹਾਰੀ ਗੁਰ ਆਪਣੇ ਸਦ ਸਦ ਕੁਰਬਾਨਾ ॥
balihaaree gur aapnay sad sad kurbaanaa.
I am a sacrifice to my Guru; I am forever and ever a sacrifice to Him.
ਨਾਮੁ ਨ ਵਿਸਰਉ ਇਕੁ ਖਿਨੁ ਚਸਾ ਇਹੁ ਕੀਜੈ ਦਾਨਾ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
naam na visra-o ik khin chasaa ih keejai daanaa. ||1|| rahaa-o.
Please, grant me this one blessing, that I may never, even for an instant, forget Your Name. ||1||Pause||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
I am a sacrifice to my Guru, forever and ever a sacrifice.
Grant me this one blessing: that I may never, even for an instant, forget Your Name.
Of all things to ask for, the deepest is simply: never to forget what matters most.
The Pause holds the soul's one request: "that I may never... forget Your Name." Of all things one could ask, the soul asks only for unbroken remembrance — because forgetting is the one real danger, and remembering is the one real good (cf. Shabad 27, the Name as breath).
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