ਹਰਿ ਜੀਉ ਆਪੇ ਲੈਹੁ ਮਿਲਾਇ ॥
har jee-o aapay laihu milaa-ay.
O Dear Lord, please blend me with Yourself;
ਗੁਰ ਕੈ ਸਬਦਿ ਸਚ ਨਾਮਿ ਸਮਾਇ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
gur kai sabad sach naam samaa-ay. ||1|| rahaa-o.
let me merge in the True Name, through the Word of the Guru's Shabad. ||1||Pause||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
O dear One, bring me close and make me one with You.
Through the Guru's Word, let me melt into the True Naam.
A drop's deepest wish is to rejoin the ocean.
Ask the One to hold you close, and melt into the True Naam through the Guru's Word.
This is the rahaa-o, the "pause" line, the center of the shabad. Har jee-o aapay laihu milaa-ay: dear One, unite me with Yourself. Sach naam samaa-ay: merging into the True Naam.
Think of a raindrop falling into the ocean. It becomes part of something without edges, and it was water all along.
A Question to Sit With
What does it feel like to belong so fully you forget you were ever apart?
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