Sikhism·Raag Malaar·Shabad 41
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Rain Down, Peace-Giving Cloud

ਮਲਾਰ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ॥
malaar mehlaa 5.
Malaar, Fifth Mehl:
ਅਬ ਅਪਨੇ ਪ੍ਰੀਤਮ ਸਿਉ ਬਨਿ ਆਈ ॥
ab apnay pareetam si-o ban aa-ee.
Now, I have become just like my Beloved.
ਰਾਜਾ ਰਾਮੁ ਰਮਤ ਸੁਖੁ ਪਾਇਓ ਬਰਸੁ ਮੇਘ ਸੁਖਦਾਈ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
raajaa raam ramat sukh paa-i-o baras maygh sukh-daa-ee. ||1|| rahaa-o.
Dwelling on my Sovereign Lord King, I have found peace. Rain down, O peace-giving cloud. ||1||Pause||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

Now I have become just like my Beloved.

Remembering the Sovereign King, I have found peace. Rain down, cloud that brings peace!

Stay close to what's good, and you slowly become like it.
The deeper layer

Stay close to the One you love, and you grow alike, and peace rains down.

This is the rahaa-o, the "pause" line, the center of the shabad. Ab apnay pareetam si-o ban aa-ee: now I have become one with my Beloved, grown alike. We grow like what we love.

Raajaa raam ramat sukh paa-i-o: remembering Raam, the Sovereign King, I found peace. Baras maygh sukh-daa-ee: rain down, peace-giving cloud. The Malaar rain is in the pause line itself. The soul is already at home, and still it welcomes the rain.

A Question to Sit With

What good quality in someone you love do you notice growing in you?

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