ਰਾਖਿ ਲੇਹੁ ਗੋਬਿੰਦ ਦਇਆਲ ॥
raakh layho gobind da-i-aal.
Please save me, O Merciful Lord of the Universe!
ਤੇਰੀ ਸਰਣਿ ਪੂਰਨ ਕ੍ਰਿਪਾਲ ॥
tayree saran pooran kirpaal.
I seek Your Sanctuary, O Perfect Compassionate Lord.
ਤੁਝ ਬਿਨੁ ਦੂਜਾ ਨਹੀ ਠਾਉ ॥
tujh bin doojaa nahee thaa-o.
Without You, I have no other place of rest.
ਕਰਿ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਦੇਹੁ ਨਾਉ ॥੭॥
kar kirpaa parabh dayh naa-o. ||7||
Please take pity on me, God, and bless me with Your Name. ||7||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Save me, kind Lord of the World!
I come to Your shelter, O perfect, kind One.
Without You, I have no other place to rest.
Be kind to me, my Master, and give me Your Naam.
The way home is simply to rest in the One's shelter and ask to be held.
After all the wandering, the heart asks to be held and given the Naam.
Raakh layho gobind da-i-aal: save me, kind One. Tayree saran: I take Your shelter. Tujh bin doojaa nahee thaa-o: without You there is no other place to rest. The one gift asked for is the Naam. Here the ache of the long wandering finds its answer: coming home and asking to be held.
A Question to Sit With
Where do you go, or who do you go to, when you just need to feel safe?
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