ਤੁਮ ਧਨ ਧਨੀ ਉਦਾਰ ਤਿਆਗੀ ਸ੍ਰਵਨਨ੍ਹ੍ਹ ਸੁਨੀਅਤੁ ਸੁਜਸੁ ਤੁਮ੍ਹ੍ਹਾਰ ॥
tum Dhan Dhanee udaar ti-aagee saravnanH sunee-at sujas tumHaar.
You are the richest of the rich, generous and unattached. With my ears, I listen to Your Praises.
ਮਾਗਉ ਕਾਹਿ ਰੰਕ ਸਭ ਦੇਖਉ ਤੁਮ੍ਹ੍ਹ ਹੀ ਤੇ ਮੇਰੋ ਨਿਸਤਾਰੁ ॥੧॥
maaga-o kaahi rank sabh daykh-a-u tumH hee tay mayro nistaar. ||1||
From whom should I beg? I see that all are beggars. My salvation comes only from You. ||1||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
You are the richest of all, giving freely and holding onto nothing. My ears fill up with good things said about You.
Who else would I even ask? Look around — everyone is a beggar, needing something. Only You can carry me across.
Everyone is needy in some way — the One alone gives freely.
tum dhan dhanee udaar ti-aagee — rich, generous, unattached. maaga-o kaahi rank sabh daykh-a-u — "whom should I beg? all are beggars." A leveling insight: rich and poor alike are needy before the One; only the Source gives freely.
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