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Verse 2 of 4

Wonder-Struck at the Sight

ਹਉ ਬਿਸਮੁ ਭਈ ਜੀ ਹਰਿ ਦਰਸਨੁ ਦੇਖਿ ਅਪਾਰਾ ॥
ha-o bisam bha-ee jee har darsan daykh apaaraa.
I am wonder-struck, gazing upon the incomparable Blessed Vision of the Lord's Darshan.
ਮੇਰਾ ਸੁੰਦਰੁ ਸੁਆਮੀ ਜੀ ਹਉ ਚਰਨ ਕਮਲ ਪਗ ਛਾਰਾ ॥
mayraa sundar su-aamee jee ha-o charan kamal pag chhaaraa.
My Dear Lord and Master is so beautiful; I am the dust of His Lotus Feet.
ਪ੍ਰਭ ਪੇਖਤ ਜੀਵਾ ਠੰਢੀ ਥੀਵਾ ਤਿਸੁ ਜੇਵਡੁ ਅਵਰੁ ਨ ਕੋਈ ॥
parabh paykhat jeevaa thadhee theevaa tis jayvad avar na ko-ee.
Gazing upon God, I live, and I am at peace; no one else is as great as He is.
ਆਦਿ ਅੰਤਿ ਮਧਿ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਰਵਿਆ ਜਲਿ ਥਲਿ ਮਹੀਅਲਿ ਸੋਈ ॥
aad ant maDh parabh ravi-aa jal thal mahee-al so-ee.
Present at the beginning, end and middle of time, He pervades the sea, the land and the sky.
ਚਰਨ ਕਮਲ ਜਪਿ ਸਾਗਰੁ ਤਰਿਆ ਭਵਜਲ ਉਤਰੇ ਪਾਰਾ ॥
charan kamal jap saagar tari-aa bhavjal utray paaraa.
Meditating on His Lotus Feet, I have crossed over the sea, the terrifying world-ocean.
ਨਾਨਕ ਸਰਣਿ ਪੂਰਨ ਪਰਮੇਸੁਰ ਤੇਰਾ ਅੰਤੁ ਨ ਪਾਰਾਵਾਰਾ ॥੨॥
naanak saran pooran parmaysur tayraa ant na paaraavaaraa. ||2||
Nanak seeks the Sanctuary of the Perfect Transcendent Lord; You have no end or limitation, Lord. ||2||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

I am wonder-struck, taking in the boundless sight of the One.

My Master is so beautiful; I am glad just to be the dust at His feet.

Beholding the One, I come alive and cool and calm — no one anywhere is as great. Present at the beginning, middle, and end, He fills sea and land and sky; keeping Him in mind, I crossed the wide waters. I take shelter in the Perfect One, who has no end and no edge.

Really seeing the One leaves you wonder-struck and cool and calm.
The deeper layer

bisam bha-ee — wonder-struck, the awe (bismaad) of really seeing. thandhee theevaa, I became cool: inner heat quieted into calm. aad ant madh, beginning, end, and middle: the One present through all of time. tayraa ant na paaraavaaraa, no end, no far shore — the boundlessness that fills the wonder.

A Question to Sit With

What sight has ever left you completely wonder-struck?

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