ਬਾਬਾ ਦੇਹਿ ਵਸਾ ਸਚ ਗਾਵਾ ॥
baabaa deh vasaa sach gaavaa.
O Baba, while I dwell in this body, let me sing Your True Praises,
ਜਾ ਤੇ ਸਹਜੇ ਸਹਜਿ ਸਮਾਵਾ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
jaa tay sehjay sahj samaavaa. ||1|| rahaa-o.
that I may intuitively merge with You. ||1||Pause||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Dear One, while I live in this body, let me sing of You, the True One,
so that, easily and naturally, I merge into You.
This life is the very time to sing what you love; do not wait.
Deh vasaa, while I live in the body, treats this lifetime as the precious window for praise, a gentle memento-mori turned toward joy rather than dread. The goal is sahj samaavaa, merging effortlessly into the One. The body is not scorned but honored as the place where union happens.
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