Sikhism·Raag Basant·Shabad 51
Verse 4 of 5

The Room Grows Beautiful

ਸੇਜ ਸੁਹਾਵੀ ਰਸਿ ਬਨੀ ॥
sayj suhaavee ras banee.
My bed has been beautified by His Love.
ਆਇ ਮਿਲੇ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਸੁਖ ਧਨੀ ॥੩॥
aa-ay milay parabh sukh Dhanee. ||3||
God, the Giver of Peace, has come to meet me. ||3||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

My resting place has been made beautiful by love.

The One, the Giver of peace, has come to meet me.

Love has a way of making an ordinary place feel beautiful.
The deeper layer

Love makes an ordinary place beautiful.

Sayj suhaavee ras banee — my bed has been made lovely by love. The sayj, the bed or resting place, stands for the heart. Aa-ay milay parabh sukh Dhanee — the One, the Giver of peace, has come to meet me.

Think of a plain room decorated for a birthday. It is the same room, but now it feels full of warmth, because someone who loves you is coming.

A Question to Sit With

What ordinary place feels beautiful to you because of who you share it with?

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