ਕਿਰਤਮ ਨਾਮ ਕਥੇ ਤੇਰੇ ਜਿਹਬਾ ॥
kirtam naam kathay tayray jihbaa.
With my tongue I chant the Names given to You.
ਸਤਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਤੇਰਾ ਪਰਾ ਪੂਰਬਲਾ ॥
sat naam tayraa paraa poorbalaa.
'Sat Naam' is Your perfect, primal Name.
ਕਹੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਭਗਤ ਪਏ ਸਰਣਾਈ ਦੇਹੁ ਦਰਸੁ ਮਨਿ ਰੰਗੁ ਲਗਾ ॥੨੦॥
kaho naanak bhagat pa-ay sarnaa-ee dayh daras man rang lagaa. ||20||
Says Nanak, Your devotees have entered Your Sanctuary. Please bestow the Blessed Vision of Your Darshan; their minds are filled with love for You. ||20||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
All the names my tongue can say are names that people made, out of love, to point at You.
But your True Name, Sat Naam, was there before all of them, before anything began.
Nanak says, your loving ones have come to your shelter; let us see you, our hearts already coloured with love.
Every loving name for the One is welcome; behind them all is the True Name that was always there.
Every name we sing is a name people made; the True Name was there before them all.
Kirtam naam means the made names, every name sung through this whole Solhe. Sat naam paraa poorbalaa means the True Name, older than all of them. Every loving name is honored, and all of them rest beneath the One they point to, Ik Onkar.
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