ਬਲਿਹਾਰੀ ਗੁਰ ਆਪਣੇ ਸਦ ਸਦ ਬਲਿ ਜਾਉ ॥
balihaaree gur aapnay sad sad bal jaa-o.
I am a sacrifice to my Guru; forever and ever, I am a sacrifice to Him.
ਗੁਰੂ ਵਿਟਹੁ ਹਉ ਵਾਰਿਆ ਜਿਸੁ ਮਿਲਿ ਸਚੁ ਸੁਆਉ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
guroo vitahu ha-o vaari-aa jis mil sach su-aa-o. ||1|| rahaa-o.
I am a sacrifice to the Guru; meeting Him, I am absorbed into the True Lord. ||1||Pause||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
I am a sacrifice to my Guru, forever and ever a sacrifice.
Meeting Him, I am absorbed into the True One.
Meeting the Guru ends in being absorbed into the One.
The Pause is pure devotion — "a sacrifice to the Guru" — and its fruit: "meeting Him, I am absorbed into the True Lord." Meeting the Guru ends in merger.
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