ਬਿਲਾਵਲੁ ਮਹਲਾ ੪ ॥
bilaaval mehlaa 4.
Bilaaval, Fourth Mehl:
ਅੰਤਰਿ ਪਿਆਸ ਉਠੀ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਕੇਰੀ ਸੁਣਿ ਗੁਰ ਬਚਨ ਮਨਿ ਤੀਰ ਲਗਈਆ ॥
antar pi-aas uthee parabh kayree sun gur bachan man teer laga-ee-aa.
The thirst for God has welled up deep within me; hearing the Word of the Guru's Teachings, my mind is pierced by His arrow.
ਮਨ ਕੀ ਬਿਰਥਾ ਮਨ ਹੀ ਜਾਣੈ ਅਵਰੁ ਕਿ ਜਾਣੈ ਕੋ ਪੀਰ ਪਰਈਆ ॥੧॥
man kee birthaa man hee jaanai avar ke jaanai ko peer para-ee-aa. ||1||
The pain of my mind is known only to my own mind; who can know the pain of another? ||1||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
A deep thirst for the One has welled up inside me, and hearing the Guru's words lands in my heart like an arrow finding its mark.
What my heart feels, only my heart knows. When you ache for something true, that ache is your own -- and it is the beginning of finding it.
*Aching for something true is the beginning of finding it.*
antar pi-aas -- thirst rising within. man teer laga-ee-aa -- the Word strikes like an arrow. man kee birthaa man hee jaanai -- the heart's ache is known only to itself, an honoring of inner experience as real and private.
A Question to Sit With
What is something you have wanted so deeply that only you know how it feels?
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