When the thunder rolls, the peacock sings; when the Beloved draws near, so does your heart.
The Arc
This partaal, a hymn set to shifting rhythms, is the monsoon of the raag made vivid. It opens on the rahau, the loving heart singing the Name and joining the company of the truthful. Then: gather the one wealth no thief can steal; the rain-birds and peacocks cry out at the thunder of the rain-clouds, longing turned to joy; every creature, deer, fish and bird, is singing to the same One; and at the close, the song quiets even the old fear of endings into stillness.
Key Vocabulary
partaal — a form set to changing rhythmic cycles; lively and song-like.
har dhan — the wealth of the Name; the one treasure no thief can take.
chaatrik mor / ghanihar — the rain-bird and peacock / the thunder-cloud.
jam kaa sor — the noise and fear of death; here quieted by song.
Themes and Cross-Connections
The chaatrik and peacock crying at the thunder are Malaar's defining images, echoing the rain-bird landmark elsewhere in this batch. That every creature's voice is one song turned to the single Source is Ik Onkar heard as sound.
For Raag Malaar
This is the raag's monsoon at its most vivid: thunder, rain-clouds, the peacock's cry and the rain-bird's call, all longing transformed into a chorus of homecoming. It is the emotional summit of the Fourth Mehl's Malaar.
Translation Notes
The partaal form places the rahau in the opening file, with the numbered padas following. jam kaa sor (the noise and fury of death) is rendered as the old fear of endings growing quiet, softened per the wellbeing lens.
When the thunder rolls, the peacock sings; when the Beloved draws near, so does your heart.
The Arc
This partaal, a hymn set to shifting rhythms, is the monsoon of the raag made vivid. It opens on the rahau, the loving heart singing the Name and joining the company of the truthful. Then: gather the one wealth no thief can steal; the rain-birds and peacocks cry out at the thunder of the rain-clouds, longing turned to joy; every creature, deer, fish and bird, is singing to the same One; and at the close, the song quiets even the old fear of endings into stillness.
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
The chaatrik and peacock crying at the thunder are Malaar's defining images, echoing the rain-bird landmark elsewhere in this batch. That every creature's voice is one song turned to the single Source is Ik Onkar heard as sound.
For Raag Malaar
This is the raag's monsoon at its most vivid: thunder, rain-clouds, the peacock's cry and the rain-bird's call, all longing transformed into a chorus of homecoming. It is the emotional summit of the Fourth Mehl's Malaar.
Translation Notes
The partaal form places the rahau in the opening file, with the numbered padas following. jam kaa sor (the noise and fury of death) is rendered as the old fear of endings growing quiet, softened per the wellbeing lens.