ਤ੍ਰਾਹਿ ਤ੍ਰਾਹਿ ਕਰਿ ਸਰਨੀ ਆਏ ਜਲਤਉ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕੀਜੈ ॥
taraahi taraahi kar sarnee aa-ay jalta-o kirpaa keejai.
Begging and pleading, I have come to Your Sanctuary; I am on fire - please shower me with Your Mercy!
ਕਰੁ ਗਹਿ ਲੇਹੁ ਦਾਸ ਅਪੁਨੇ ਕਉ ਨਾਨਕ ਅਪੁਨੋ ਕੀਜੈ ॥੨॥੧੩॥੧੭॥
kar geh layho daas apunay ka-o naanak apuno keejai. ||2||13||17||
Please give me Your Hand - I am Your slave, O Lord. Please make Nanak Your Own. ||2||13||17||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Crying "Save me, save me!" I have come to Your shelter. I am burning up inside, so please pour Your kindness over me.
Take my hand; I am Yours to serve. Nanak says: make me Your own.
When you feel parched and worn, ask for kindness to pour over you, and let it.
When you feel burned up and worn out, you can come to the One's shelter and ask to be held.
Traahi traahi is a cry for help: "save me, save me." Jaltau kirpaa keejai: I am burning, have mercy. The heat is the dry, scorching feeling before the monsoon, and mercy comes like the rain Malaar sings about. Kar geh layho: take hold of my hand. Naanak apuno keejai: make Nanak Your own. The prayer ends in belonging.
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