ਸੁਣਿ ਸੁਣਿ ਜੀਵਾ ਸੋਇ ਤੁਮਾਰੀ ॥
sun sun jeevaa so-ay tumaaree.
Listening, listening to Your Glory, I live.
ਸਦਾ ਸਦਾ ਜਾਈ ਬਲਿਹਾਰੀ ॥
sadaa sadaa jaa-ee balihaaree.
Forever and ever, I am a sacrifice to You.
ਦੁਇ ਕਰ ਜੋੜਿ ਸਿਮਰਉ ਦਿਨੁ ਰਾਤੀ ਮੇਰੇ ਸੁਆਮੀ ਅਗਮ ਅਪਾਰਣਾ ॥੧੦॥
du-ay kar jorh simra-o din raatee mayray su-aamee agam apaaranaa. ||10||
With my palms pressed together, I meditate in remembrance on You, day and night, O my inaccessible, infinite Lord and Master. ||10||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Listening and listening to Your praises, I live.
Forever and ever, I give myself to You.
With my palms pressed together, I remember You day and night, my Master, beyond reach and without end.
Listening to the One's praises, again and again, keeps you alive.
Sun sun jeevaa — I live by listening: Suniai, deep listening, is named as the very source of life. The self-giving here (balihaaree) is glad devotion, not self-erasure. With palms pressed together, one remembers the One day and night.
A Question to Sit With
What words, when you hear them, make you feel more alive?
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