ਰਾਮਕਲੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ॥
raamkalee mehlaa 5.
Raamkalee, Fifth Mehl:
ਕਰ ਕਰਿ ਤਾਲ ਪਖਾਵਜੁ ਨੈਨਹੁ ਮਾਥੈ ਵਜਹਿ ਰਬਾਬਾ ॥
kar kar taal pakhaavaj nainhu maathai vajeh rabaabaa.
Make your hands the cymbals, your eyes the tambourines, and your forehead the guitar you play.
ਕਰਨਹੁ ਮਧੁ ਬਾਸੁਰੀ ਬਾਜੈ ਜਿਹਵਾ ਧੁਨਿ ਆਗਾਜਾ ॥
karnahu maDh baasuree baajai jihvaa Dhun aagaajaa.
Let the sweet flute music resound in your ears, and with your tongue, vibrate this song.
ਨਿਰਤਿ ਕਰੇ ਕਰਿ ਮਨੂਆ ਨਾਚੈ ਆਣੇ ਘੂਘਰ ਸਾਜਾ ॥੧॥
nirat karay kar manoo-aa naachai aanay ghooghar saajaa. ||1||
Move your mind like the rhythmic hand-motions; do the dance, and shake your ankle bracelets. ||1||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Make your hands the cymbals, your eyes the tambourines, and your forehead the guitar you play.
Let sweet flute music ring in your ears, and let your tongue sing this song.
Let your mind move like dancing hands; dance, and shake your ankle bells.
Your whole self can become one song of joy.
The body becomes the instruments of an inward kirtan: hands for cymbals, eyes for the drum, the tongue for song. Nirat karay... manoo-aa naachai — even the mind dances. The sacred dance is pure joy.
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