ਘਰਿ ਘਰਿ ਨਿਰਤਿ ਹੋਵੈ ਦਿਨੁ ਰਾਤੀ ਘਟਿ ਘਟਿ ਵਾਜੈ ਤੂਰਾ ॥
ghar ghar nirat hovai din raatee ghat ghat vaajai tooraa.
In each and every home there is dancing, day and night; in each and every home, the bugles blow.
ਏਕਿ ਨਚਾਵਹਿ ਏਕਿ ਭਵਾਵਹਿ ਇਕਿ ਆਇ ਜਾਇ ਹੋਇ ਧੂਰਾ ॥
ayk nachaaveh ayk bhavaaveh ik aa-ay jaa-ay ho-ay Dhooraa.
Some are made to dance, and some are whirled around; some come and some go, and some are reduced to dust.
ਕਹੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਸੋ ਬਹੁਰਿ ਨ ਨਾਚੈ ਜਿਸੁ ਗੁਰੁ ਭੇਟੈ ਪੂਰਾ ॥੪॥੭॥
kaho naanak so bahur na naachai jis gur bhaytai pooraa. ||4||7||
Says Nanak, one who meets with the True Guru, does not have to dance the dance of reincarnation again. ||4||7||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
In every home there is dancing, day and night; in every heart the trumpets sound.
Some are made to dance, and some are spun around; some come and some go, and some turn to dust.
Nanak says: whoever meets the Perfect Guru does not have to dance this dance of coming and going again.
Meet the Guru, and the restless spinning can finally rest.
Ghar ghar nirat hovai din raatee — the whole world dances, restlessly, day and night. So bahur na naachai jis gur bhaytai pooraa — whoever meets the Perfect Guru no longer dances the round of birth and death; the restless spinning of the heart comes to rest.
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