ਪ੍ਰਭ ਤੁਝ ਬਿਨਾ ਨਹੀ ਹੋਰ ॥
parabh tujh binaa nahee hor.
Without You, God, there is no other at all.
ਮਨਿ ਪ੍ਰੀਤਿ ਚੰਦ ਚਕੋਰ ॥
man pareet chand chakor.
My mind loves You, as the partridge loves the moon,
ਜਿਉ ਮੀਨ ਜਲ ਸਿਉ ਹੇਤੁ ॥
ji-o meen jal si-o hayt.
as the fish loves the water,
ਅਲਿ ਕਮਲ ਭਿੰਨੁ ਨ ਭੇਤੁ ॥
al kamal bhinn na bhayt.
as the bee and the lotus cannot be separated.
ਜਿਉ ਚਕਵੀ ਸੂਰਜ ਆਸ ॥
ji-o chakvee sooraj aas.
As the chakvi bird longs for the sun,
ਨਾਨਕ ਚਰਨ ਪਿਆਸ ॥੬॥
naanak charan pi-aas. ||6||
so does Nanak thirst for the Lord's feet. ||6||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Without You there is nothing else for me at all.
My heart loves You the way the partridge loves the moon, the way a fish loves the water, the way a bee and a flower can't be pulled apart, the way the little bird longs for the sun. Nanak says: that is how I thirst for the feet of the One.
*Love can be as natural as a fish loving the water.*
The first wave of similes. chand chakor, meen jal, al kamal, chakvi sooraj -- classic images of love that cannot be separated. What matters is how natural the love is: as native as breathing.
A Question to Sit With
What do you love so naturally you never even have to try?
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