ਰਿਧਿ ਨ ਬੁਧਿ ਨ ਸਿਧਿ ਪ੍ਰਗਾਸੁ ॥
riDh na buDh na siDh pargaas.
I have no wealth, no intelligence, no miraculous spiritual powers; I am not enlightened.
ਬਿਖੈ ਬਿਆਧਿ ਕੇ ਗਾਵ ਮਹਿ ਬਾਸੁ ॥
bikhai bi-aaDh kay gaav meh baas.
I dwell in the village of corruption and sickness.
ਕਰਣਹਾਰ ਮੇਰੇ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਏਕ ॥
karanhaar mayray parabh ayk.
O my One Creator Lord God,
ਨਾਮ ਤੇਰੇ ਕੀ ਮਨ ਮਹਿ ਟੇਕ ॥੨॥
naam tayray kee man meh tayk. ||2||
Your Name is the support of my mind. ||2||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
I have no riches, no cleverness, no special powers, and no light of wisdom.
I live in a village of wrong wants and sickness.
O my one Maker,
Your Name is the thing my mind leans on.
When you have nothing else to lean on, the Name is a support that holds.
Ridh na budh na sidh — no wealth, wit, or powers. Bikhai bi-aadh kay gaav meh baas: living in the village of trouble and sickness — the ordinary human condition. Naam tayree kee man meh tayk: the Name as tayk, the prop the mind rests on when nothing else holds.
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