Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
I hear the beautiful music playing, ringing and ringing.
Dawn has come, and I see the face of my Beloved. My home is filled with peace and joy.
Listen, and a beautiful music plays; dawn comes, and you see your Beloved's face.
This is the rahaa-o, the "pause" line, the center of the shabad. Sunee-ai baajai baaj suhaavee means a beautiful music is heard playing. It is music heard inside, when you grow very still. Sikh teaching calls it anhad, the sound no one strikes. Hearing it is deep listening, which Japji Sahib calls Suniai.
Bhor bha-i-aa: dawn has come. Mai pari-a mukh paykhay: I see my Beloved's face. It is like the sun rising slowly until you can see the face of someone you love across the room. Garihi mangal suhlaavee: my home is full of joy and peace. The peace inside spills out into the whole house. Listening prepares the ground, and seeing grows from it.
What do you notice when you get very, very quiet?
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