ਪ੍ਰਭ ਤੂ ਠਾਕੁਰੁ ਸਰਬ ਪ੍ਰਤਿਪਾਲਕੁ ਮੋਹਿ ਕਲਤ੍ਰ ਸਹਿਤ ਸਭਿ ਗੋਲਾ ॥
parabh too thaakur sarab partipaalak mohi kaltar sahit sabh golaa.
O God, You are my Lord and Master; You are the Cherisher of all. My wife and I are totally Your slaves.
ਮਾਣੁ ਤਾਣੁ ਸਭੁ ਤੂਹੈ ਤੂਹੈ ਇਕੁ ਨਾਮੁ ਤੇਰਾ ਮੈ ਓਲ੍ਹ੍ਹਾ ॥੧॥
maan taan sabh toohai toohai ik naam tayraa mai olHaa. ||1||
You are all my honor and power - You are. Your Name is my only Support. ||1||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
You take care of everyone, and everything I have — even my own family — is in Your hands.
Whatever strength or good name I seem to have is all You; Your Name is the one shelter I stand under.
The good in you and the strength you lean on are gifts from the One, and you can rest inside them.
Ol'haa means shelter, a covering overhead. Status (maan) and power (taan), the usual sources of pride, are handed back: toohai toohai, it is You, it is You. What stands over the person is the Name. With kaltar sahit, family too, even those we love rest inside the same care.
A Question to Sit With
What is a shelter in your life — a person or place you can always stand under when it storms?
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