ਆਦਿ ਮਧਿ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਅੰਤਿ ਸੁਆਮੀ ਅਪਨਾ ਥਾਟੁ ਬਨਾਇਓ ਆਪਿ ॥
aad maDh parabh ant su-aamee apnaa thaat banaa-i-o aap.
In the beginning, in the middle and in the end, God is our only Lord and Master. He Himself fashioned His Creation.
ਅਪਨੇ ਸੇਵਕ ਕੀ ਆਪੇ ਰਾਖੈ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਮੇਰੇ ਕੋ ਵਡ ਪਰਤਾਪੁ ॥੧॥
apnay sayvak kee aapay raakhai parabh mayray ko vad partaap. ||1||
He Himself saves His servant. Great is the glorious grandeur of my God! ||1||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
At the start, in the middle, and at the finish, the One is there — the One who shaped this whole arrangement.
That One looks after those who belong, and the greatness of it is enormous.
The same steady presence holds the start, the middle, and the end.
aad maDh prabh ant — present at beginning, middle and end; continuity through all of time. apnaa thaat banaa-i-o aap — the One fashioned the whole design. apnay sayvak kee aapay raakhai — the One keeps its own; vad partaap, great glory.
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