ਸੇ ਗੁਣ ਗਾਵਹਿ ਸਾਚੇ ਭਾਵਹਿ ॥
say gun gaavahi saachay bhaaveh.
They alone sing Your Glorious Praises, who are pleasing to You, O True Lord.
ਤੁਝ ਤੇ ਉਪਜਹਿ ਤੁਝ ਮਾਹਿ ਸਮਾਵਹਿ ॥
tujh tay upjahi tujh maahi samaaveh.
They issue forth from You, and merge again into You.
ਨਾਨਕੁ ਸਾਚੁ ਕਹੈ ਬੇਨੰਤੀ ਮਿਲਿ ਸਾਚੇ ਸੁਖੁ ਪਾਇਦਾ ॥੧੬॥੨॥੧੪॥
naanak saach kahai baynantee mil saachay sukh paa-idaa. ||16||2||14||
Nanak offers this true prayer; meeting with the True Lord, peace is obtained. ||16||2||14||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Those whose hearts please the One sing with joy.
They came out from the One, and back into the One they return, like waves rising and settling in the sea.
Nanak says this honest prayer: meeting the One is where all peace is found.
We rise from the One and settle back into the One, like waves in the sea.
'Tujh tay upjahi tujh maahi samaaveh': beings rise from the One and merge back into the One, the classic wave-and-ocean image of non-separation. Then comes a humble prayer for peace.
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