Let Us Sing Together

ਸੁਣਿ ਸਖੀਅ ਸਹੇਲੜੀਹੋ ਮਿਲਿ ਮੰਗਲੁ ਗਾਵਹ ਰਾਮ ॥

sun sakhee-a sahaylrheeho mil mangal gaavah raam.

Listen, O my companions, and sister soul-brides, let's join together and sing the songs of joy.

ਮਨਿ ਤਨਿ ਪ੍ਰੇਮੁ ਕਰੇ ਤਿਸੁ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਕਉ ਰਾਵਹ ਰਾਮ ॥

man tan paraym karay tis parabh ka-o raavah raam.

Loving our God with mind and body, let's ravish and enjoy Him.

ਕਰਿ ਪ੍ਰੇਮੁ ਰਾਵਹ ਤਿਸੈ ਭਾਵਹ ਇਕ ਨਿਮਖ ਪਲਕ ਨ ਤਿਆਗੀਐ ॥

kar paraym raavah tisai bhaavah ik nimakh palak na ti-aagee-ai.

Lovingly enjoying Him, we become pleasing to Him; let's not reject Him, for a moment, even for an instant.

ਗਹਿ ਕੰਠਿ ਲਾਈਐ ਨਹ ਲਜਾਈਐ ਚਰਨ ਰਜ ਮਨੁ ਪਾਗੀਐ ॥

geh kanth laa-ee-ai nah lajaa-ee-ai charan raj man paagee-ai.

Let's hug Him close in our embrace, and not feel shy; let's bathe our minds in the dust of His feet.

ਭਗਤਿ ਠਗਉਰੀ ਪਾਇ ਮੋਹਹ ਅਨਤ ਕਤਹੂ ਨ ਧਾਵਹ ॥

bhagat thag-uree paa-ay mohah anat kathoo na Dhaavah.

With the intoxicating drug of devotional worship, let's entice Him, and not wander anywhere else.

ਬਿਨਵੰਤਿ ਨਾਨਕ ਮਿਲਿ ਸੰਗਿ ਸਾਜਨ ਅਮਰ ਪਦਵੀ ਪਾਵਹ ॥੨॥

binvant naanak mil sang saajan amar padvee paavah. ||2||

Prays Nanak, meeting with our True Friend, we attain the immortal status. ||2||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

Listen, dear friends — let us gather and sing songs of joy, and love the One with all our heart and body.

Loving it, we grow dear to it. Let us not turn away, not even for a blink. Let us hold it close and not feel shy, and rest our minds in humble reverence.

With the happy medicine of devotion, let us stay near and not go wandering off. Nanak prays: meeting our truest Friend, we come into something that never dies.

Some joys grow bigger when we sing them together.

The deeper layer

Sun sakhee-a sahaylReeho — listen, companion-hearts: this is communal singing, mil mangal gaavah. The literal raavah (enjoy) means loving and holding close. Charan raj: the dust of the feet, reverence. Bhagat thag-uree (the intoxicating drug of devotion) is the happy medicine of devotion. Amar padvee: the immortal status, something that never dies. Saajan: friend.

A Question to Sit With

What is something better done with friends than alone?

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