Sikhism·Raag Kaanraa·Shabad 5
Verse 4 of 5

A Color That Never Fades

ਹਰਿ ਕੇ ਸੰਤ ਸੰਤ ਜਨ ਨੀਕੇ ਜਿਨ ਮਿਲਿਆਂ ਮਨੁ ਰੰਗਿ ਰੰਗੀਤਿ ॥
har kay sant sant jan neekay jin mili-aaN man rang rangeet.
The humble Saints, the Saints of the Lord, are noble and sublime; meeting them, the mind is tinged with love and joy.
ਹਰਿ ਰੰਗੁ ਲਹੈ ਨ ਉਤਰੈ ਕਬਹੂ ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਜਾਇ ਮਿਲੈ ਹਰਿ ਪ੍ਰੀਤਿ ॥੩॥
har rang lahai na utrai kabhoo har har jaa-ay milai har pareet. ||3||
The Lord's Love never fades away, and it never wears off. Through the Lord's Love, one goes and meets the Lord, Har, Har. ||3||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

The saints of the One, the humble saints, are noble and good. Meeting them, my mind is dyed in the color of love.

The color of the One's love never fades and never wears off. Through the One's love, I go and meet the One, Har, Har.

The color love leaves on a heart never fades or washes out.
The deeper layer

Meeting the saints, your mind takes on the One's love, a color that never fades and leads you to the One.

Jin mili-aa(N) man rang rangeet means "meeting them, the mind is dyed with love." Har rang lahai na utrai kabhoo means "the One's color never comes off, never wears away." Some dyes run in the first wash. This one stays bright for good.

Har har jaa-ay milai har pareet means "through the One's love, you go and meet the One." The love itself is the road.

A Question to Sit With

What is a feeling that has stayed bright in you for a very long time?

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