ਸਲੋਕੁ ਮਃ ੫ ॥
salok mehlaa 5.
Shalok, Fifth Mehl:
ਵਿਛੋਹੇ ਜੰਬੂਰ ਖਵੇ ਨ ਵੰਞਨਿ ਗਾਖੜੇ ॥
vichhohay jamboor khavay na vanjan gaakh-rhay.
The pincers of separation are so painful to endure.
ਜੇ ਸੋ ਧਣੀ ਮਿਲੰਨਿ ਨਾਨਕ ਸੁਖ ਸੰਬੂਹ ਸਚੁ ॥੧॥
jay so Dhanee milann naanak sukh sambooh sach. ||1||
If only the Master would come to meet me! O Nanak, I would then obtain all the true comforts. ||1||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The pincers of separation are so hard to bear.
If only the Master would come to meet me! Nanak says, then I would have every true comfort.
You only ache for what you love — so even the pain of separation is a form of love, turned toward the reunion that would heal it.
A raw Shalok of longing — "the pincers of separation" is a fierce image for the pain of distance from the One. Goojaree is the raag of separation, and here the ache is not softened: it hurts like being gripped by pincers. But even the pain is a form of love — you only ache for what you love — and the whole comfort waits in one reunion: "if only the Master would come." The longing itself is turned toward the meeting that would heal it.
A Question to Sit With
Is there an ache in you that is really a sign of how much you love something?
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