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The Unstruck Music at Home

ਸੂਹੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੩ ॥
soohee mehlaa 3.
Soohee, Third Mehl:
ਹਰਿ ਹਰੇ ਹਰਿ ਗੁਣ ਗਾਵਹੁ ਹਰਿ ਗੁਰਮੁਖੇ ਪਾਏ ਰਾਮ ॥
har haray har gun gaavhu har gurmukhay paa-ay raam.
Sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord, Har, Har, Har; the Gurmukh obtains the Lord.
ਅਨਦਿਨੋ ਸਬਦਿ ਰਵਹੁ ਅਨਹਦ ਸਬਦ ਵਜਾਏ ਰਾਮ ॥
andino sabad ravhu anhad sabad vajaa-ay raam.
Night and day, chant the Word of the Shabad; night and day, the Shabad shall vibrate and resound.
ਅਨਹਦ ਸਬਦ ਵਜਾਏ ਹਰਿ ਜੀਉ ਘਰਿ ਆਏ ਹਰਿ ਗੁਣ ਗਾਵਹੁ ਨਾਰੀ ॥
anhad sabad vajaa-ay har jee-o ghar aa-ay har gun gaavhu naaree.
The unstruck melody of the Shabad vibrates, and the Dear Lord comes into the home of my heart; O ladies, sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord.
ਅਨਦਿਨੁ ਭਗਤਿ ਕਰਹਿ ਗੁਰ ਆਗੈ ਸਾ ਧਨ ਕੰਤ ਪਿਆਰੀ ॥
an-din bhagat karahi gur aagai saa Dhan kant pi-aaree.
That soul-bride, who performs devotional worship service to the Guru night and day, becomes the Beloved bride of her Lord.
ਗੁਰ ਕਾ ਸਬਦੁ ਵਸਿਆ ਘਟ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਸੇ ਜਨ ਸਬਦਿ ਸੁਹਾਏ ॥
gur kaa sabad vasi-aa ghat antar say jan sabad suhaa-ay.
Those humble beings, whose hearts are filled with the Word of the Guru's Shabad, are adorned with the Shabad.
ਨਾਨਕ ਤਿਨ ਘਰਿ ਸਦ ਹੀ ਸੋਹਿਲਾ ਹਰਿ ਕਰਿ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਘਰਿ ਆਏ ॥੧॥
naanak tin ghar sad hee sohilaa har kar kirpaa ghar aa-ay. ||1||
O Nanak, their hearts are forever filled with happiness; the Lord, in His Mercy, enters into their hearts. ||1||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

Sing the One's praises, again and again — facing the Teacher, you find the One. All day and night dwell in the Word, and a soundless music begins to ring.

That unstruck music sounds, and the One comes home to the heart; so sing His praises together.

A heart that lives its love before the Teacher day and night becomes dear to the Beloved. Where the Teacher's Word settles inside, those hearts grow beautiful in the Word. In their homes there is always a song of joy, for the One in His kindness has come home.

Steady, glad remembrance turns the heart into a home where the One comes to stay.
The deeper layer

anhad sabad vajaa-ay — the anhad, the unstruck sound, plays: the inner music a settled heart senses, needing no instrument. har jee-o ghar aa-ay — the One comes ghar, home, into the heart. The repeated invitation to sing, har gun gaavhu, frames devotion as gladness, never a grim duty. saa dhan kant pi-aaree — the heart that lives its love day and night becomes beloved; closeness grows from steady, joyful practice.

A Question to Sit With

Is there a kind of music or quiet you can feel inside, even when everything is silent?

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