ਹਮਰਾ ਮਨੁ ਬੈਰਾਗ ਬਿਰਕਤੁ ਭਇਓ ਹਰਿ ਦਰਸਨ ਮੀਤ ਕੈ ਤਾਈ ॥
hamraa man bairaag birkat bha-i-o har darsan meet kai taa-ee.
My mind has become sad and distant, longing for the Blessed Vision of the Lord's Darshan, my Friend.
ਜੈਸੇ ਅਲਿ ਕਮਲਾ ਬਿਨੁ ਰਹਿ ਨ ਸਕੈ ਤੈਸੇ ਮੋਹਿ ਹਰਿ ਬਿਨੁ ਰਹਨੁ ਨ ਜਾਈ ॥੧॥
jaisay al kamlaa bin reh na sakai taisay mohi har bin rahan na jaa-ee. ||1||
As the bumblebee cannot live without the lotus, I cannot live without the Lord. ||1||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
My mind has grown sad and far-off, longing for the sight of my Beloved, my Friend.
As a bumblebee cannot live without the lotus, I cannot live without the One.
Like a bumblebee to the lotus, the soul is drawn to a beauty it cannot stay away from.
Another nature-simile: the bumblebee and the lotus — the bee drawn irresistibly to the flower, unable to stay away. The mind is "sad and distant," aching for Darshan (the sight of the Beloved). This is viraha at its most lyrical: the soul pictured as a small creature helplessly drawn to the beauty it cannot live without.
A Question to Sit With
What beauty draws you so strongly that you can't stay away from it?
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