ਸਾਰੰਗ ਮਹਲਾ ੯ ॥
saarang mehlaa 9.
Saarang, Ninth Mehl:
ਕਹਾ ਨਰ ਅਪਨੋ ਜਨਮੁ ਗਵਾਵੈ ॥
kahaa nar apno janam gavaavai.
O mortal, why have you wasted your life?
ਮਾਇਆ ਮਦਿ ਬਿਖਿਆ ਰਸਿ ਰਚਿਓ ਰਾਮ ਸਰਨਿ ਨਹੀ ਆਵੈ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
maa-i-aa mad bikhi-aa ras rachi-o raam saran nahee aavai. ||1|| rahaa-o.
Intoxicated with Maya and its riches, involved in corrupt pleasures, you have not sought the Sanctuary of the Lord. ||1||Pause||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Why let your life slip through your fingers?
Swept up in chasing things and shallow thrills, you do not come to the shelter of the One.
The days are precious; do not let them slip by unnoticed.
Kahaa nar apno janam gavaavai — why let a life slip away? The mad, the intoxication of Maya, is named as what makes the time run out unnoticed. The warning is gentle: the days are precious.
A Question to Sit With
What is one thing you would be sad to look back and realize you never made time for?
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