All of me is Yours, gift after gift — and the company of the good is fortune itself.
The Arc
The rahau gives everything back to the One: friend, companion, breath, and a body stitched whole by kindness — nothing of me that did not come from You. Stanza one marvels at the freely given stream: countless gifts and dignity, honor kept safe by the One who knows the heart. The close lands on gratitude for good company — how blessed the world is for those who know the One, and how fortunate to be near them.
Key Vocabulary
meet sakhaa har paraan — friend, companion, breath of life.
ih tan seeto tumrai dhaan — this body sewn together by Your blessing.
anik parkaaraa — gifts of countless kinds; maan — honor.
antarjaamee — the One who knows the heart.
jan kaa sang / vadbhaagee — the company of the humble, found by great fortune.
Themes and Cross-Connections
Grace-not-earned is stated plainly: the gifts are a freely given stream, never wages. This shabad ends on sangat, a note that recurs throughout Guru Arjan’s Saarang — the company of the good as one of life’s great graces.
For Raag Saarang
The Saarang heart is fully answered here: everything it is comes as gift, and its longing rests in the blessed, fortunate company of those who know the One.
All of me is Yours, gift after gift — and the company of the good is fortune itself.
The Arc
The rahau gives everything back to the One: friend, companion, breath, and a body stitched whole by kindness — nothing of me that did not come from You. Stanza one marvels at the freely given stream: countless gifts and dignity, honor kept safe by the One who knows the heart. The close lands on gratitude for good company — how blessed the world is for those who know the One, and how fortunate to be near them.
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
Grace-not-earned is stated plainly: the gifts are a freely given stream, never wages. This shabad ends on sangat, a note that recurs throughout Guru Arjan’s Saarang — the company of the good as one of life’s great graces.
For Raag Saarang
The Saarang heart is fully answered here: everything it is comes as gift, and its longing rests in the blessed, fortunate company of those who know the One.