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Sikhism·Raag Raamkalee·Shabad 108
Verse 4 of 4

Never to Grieve Again

ਰਾਖਿ ਲੀਏ ਪ੍ਰਭਿ ਭਗਤ ਜਨਾ ਅਪਣੀ ਚਰਣੀ ਲਾਏ ਰਾਮ ॥
raakh lee-ay parabh bhagat janaa apnee charnee laa-ay raam.
God saves His humble devotees, attaching them to His feet.
ਆਠ ਪਹਰ ਅਪਨਾ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਸਿਮਰਹ ਏਕੋ ਨਾਮੁ ਧਿਆਏ ਰਾਮ ॥
aath pahar apnaa parabh simreh ayko naam Dhi-aa-ay raam.
Twenty-four hours a day, they meditate in remembrance on their God; they meditae on the One Name.
ਧਿਆਇ ਸੋ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਤਰੇ ਭਵਜਲ ਰਹੇ ਆਵਣ ਜਾਣਾ ॥
Dhi-aa-ay so parabh taray bhavjal rahay aavan jaanaa.
Meditating on that God, they cross over the terrifying world-ocean, and their comings and goings cease.
ਸਦਾ ਸੁਖੁ ਕਲਿਆਣ ਕੀਰਤਨੁ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਲਗਾ ਮੀਠਾ ਭਾਣਾ ॥
sadaa sukh kali-aan keertan parabh lagaa meethaa bhaanaa.
They enjoy eternal peace and pleasure, singing the Kirtan of God's Praises; His Will seems so sweet to them.
ਸਭ ਇਛ ਪੁੰਨੀ ਆਸ ਪੂਰੀ ਮਿਲੇ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਪੂਰਿਆ ॥
sabh ichh punnee aas pooree milay satgur poori-aa.
All my desires are fulfilled, meeting with the Perfect True Guru.
ਬਿਨਵੰਤਿ ਨਾਨਕ ਪ੍ਰਭਿ ਆਪਿ ਮੇਲੇ ਫਿਰਿ ਨਾਹੀ ਦੂਖ ਵਿਸੂਰਿਆ ॥੪॥੩॥
binvant naanak parabh aap maylay fir naahee dookh visoori-aa. ||4||3||
Prays Nanak, God has blended me with Himself; I shall never suffer pain or sorrow again. ||4||3||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

The One protects those who love the One, holding them close at the One's feet.

All day and all night they remember their One; they keep the one Naam in mind.

Remembering that One, they cross the frightening world-ocean, and their coming and going ends.

Singing the One's praise, they have lasting peace and joy, and the flow of life the One sends tastes sweet to them.

Every wish is fulfilled and every hope met, meeting the perfect True Guru.

Nanak prays: the One has joined me to the One's own self; I will never suffer pain or sorrow again.

When you stop fighting the flow of life, even its turns begin to taste sweet.
The deeper layer

Aath pahar — all eight watches, the whole day and night: continuous remembrance. Meethaa bhaanaa — the divine Will (Hukam, the flow of existence) becomes sweet, no longer resisted. The closing fir naahee dookh visoori-aa — "never to grieve again" — is the Chhant's promise of a settled heart that has stopped being tossed by loss.

A Question to Sit With

Is there something you have been resisting that might feel lighter if you let it flow?

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