ਸਬਦ ॥
sabad.
Shabad:
ਪਿਛਹੁ ਰਾਤੀ ਸਦੜਾ ਨਾਮੁ ਖਸਮ ਕਾ ਲੇਹਿ ॥
pichhahu raatee sad-rhaa naam khasam kaa layhi.
Those who receive the call in the last hours of the night, chant the Name of their Lord and Master.
ਖੇਮੇ ਛਤ੍ਰ ਸਰਾਇਚੇ ਦਿਸਨਿ ਰਥ ਪੀੜੇ ॥
khaymay chhatar saraa-ichay disan rath peerhay.
Tents, canopies, pavilions and carriages are prepared and made ready for them.
ਜਿਨੀ ਤੇਰਾ ਨਾਮੁ ਧਿਆਇਆ ਤਿਨ ਕਉ ਸਦਿ ਮਿਲੇ ॥੧॥
jinee tayraa naam Dhi-aa-i-aa tin ka-o sad milay. ||1||
You send out the call, Lord, to those who meditate on Your Name. ||1||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
When the quiet hours before dawn come, some hearts wake and turn softly toward the Name.
For them a welcome is made ready, like bright tents and canopies set up for honored guests coming home.
You send out the call, and those who hold Your Name in their thoughts hear it and come.
The One is not waiting to test you; the One is waiting to welcome you.
The image is of a royal camp prepared for arriving guests: the soul is expected, wanted, welcomed. The call in the last hours of the night is the amrit vela, the quiet hours before dawn when the mind is still enough to listen. Homecoming, not judgment, is the promise.
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