Wake gently to this precious, passing day — and trust the One who gave you life to feed you.
The Arc
A wake-up shabad, warm rather than scolding. Days come and go like travelers passing through (Pauri0); the keynote is a soft nudge to wake to the aliveness of the moment (Pauri1, rahaao); the Provider who gave us life feeds every heart, so we can loosen the grip of me and mine (verse 2); and we are urged to ready our path while the light is still good (verse 3).
Key Vocabulary
rijak — nourishment; the One who gave life also provides it, from within every heart.
bandagee — loving devotion; here paired with dropping me and mine.
savayraa — early; keep the Name close from early and often.
i-aanaa / divaanay — the unknowing or bewildered one; softened to dear one.
Themes and Cross-Connections
The carefree-Provider theme — who made you will feed you — echoes across the tradition (Tilang's carefree Provider, Goojaree's You Are Already Fed). The days-as-travelers image belongs to the Alaahnian's the-world-is-a-visit.
For Raag Soohee
Soohee's love becomes trust: to love the One is to rest in the care of the One who provides for every heart.
Translation Notes
The literal death-hovers-overhead (verse 1) and the-world-is-the-house-of-death (verse 3) are rendered per the Alaahnian as a place we pass through, not settle in — honest about impermanence, free of dread. The scolding i-aanaa and divaanay are softened.
Wake gently to this precious, passing day — and trust the One who gave you life to feed you.
The Arc
A wake-up shabad, warm rather than scolding. Days come and go like travelers passing through (Pauri0); the keynote is a soft nudge to wake to the aliveness of the moment (Pauri1, rahaao); the Provider who gave us life feeds every heart, so we can loosen the grip of me and mine (verse 2); and we are urged to ready our path while the light is still good (verse 3).
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
The carefree-Provider theme — who made you will feed you — echoes across the tradition (Tilang's carefree Provider, Goojaree's You Are Already Fed). The days-as-travelers image belongs to the Alaahnian's the-world-is-a-visit.
For Raag Soohee
Soohee's love becomes trust: to love the One is to rest in the care of the One who provides for every heart.
Translation Notes
The literal death-hovers-overhead (verse 1) and the-world-is-the-house-of-death (verse 3) are rendered per the Alaahnian as a place we pass through, not settle in — honest about impermanence, free of dread. The scolding i-aanaa and divaanay are softened.
Last updated: 2026-07-08