By the Pleasure of Your Will, one crosses over the terrifying world-ocean; by the Pleasure of Your Will, he sinks down into it.
ਭਾਣੈ ਸੋ ਸਹੁ ਰੰਗੁਲਾ ਸਿਫਤਿ ਰਤਾ ਗੁਣਤਾਸਿ ਜੀਉ ॥
bhaanai so saho rangulaa sifat rataa guntaas jee-o.
By the Pleasure of His Will, that Lord becomes my Husband, and I am imbued with the Praises of the Lord, the treasure of virtue.
ਭਾਣੈ ਸਹੁ ਭੀਹਾਵਲਾ ਹਉ ਆਵਣਿ ਜਾਣਿ ਮੁਈਆਸਿ ਜੀਉ ॥
bhaanai saho bheehaavalaa ha-o aavan jaan mu-ee-aas jee-o.
By the Pleasure of Your Will, O my Husband Lord, I am afraid of You, and I come and go, and die.
ਤੂ ਸਹੁ ਅਗਮੁ ਅਤੋਲਵਾ ਹਉ ਕਹਿ ਕਹਿ ਢਹਿ ਪਈਆਸਿ ਜੀਉ ॥
too saho agam atolvaa ha-o kahi kahi dheh pa-ee-aas jee-o.
You, O my Husband Lord, are inaccessible and immeasurable; talking and speaking of You, I have fallen at Your Feet.
ਕਿਆ ਮਾਗਉ ਕਿਆ ਕਹਿ ਸੁਣੀ ਮੈ ਦਰਸਨ ਭੂਖ ਪਿਆਸਿ ਜੀਉ ॥
ki-aa maaga-o ki-aa kahi sunee mai darsan bhookh pi-aas jee-o.
What should I beg for? What should I say and hear? I am hungry and thirsty for the Blessed Vision of Your Darshan.
ਗੁਰ ਸਬਦੀ ਸਹੁ ਪਾਇਆ ਸਚੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਕੀ ਅਰਦਾਸਿ ਜੀਉ ॥੨॥
gur sabdee saho paa-i-aa sach naanak kee ardaas jee-o. ||2||
Through the Word of the Guru's Teachings, I have found my Husband Lord. This is Nanak's true prayer. ||2||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
In plain words
When I have You, I have everything. You are my treasure — the one wealth I never lose. Held inside You, I rest easy and unafraid.
Everything unfolds by the flow of Your will. In that flow, deserts fill with water and lotus flowers bloom in the sky — anything can happen, nothing is fixed by me. So what should I even ask for? I am simply hungry and thirsty to see You.
Through the Guru's word, I found the One I was longing for. That is my true prayer.
When my heart rests in the One, I stop counting what I lack and simply want to be near.
The deeper layer
This is the Suchajee, the companion song to the Kuchajee — the same soul, now resting. Suchajee means the graceful, well-arranged one. Where the Kuchajee named her faults, the Suchajee leans entirely on bhaanai — by Your will, by the flow of existence. Thrones and simple bowls, crossing the waters or sinking in them: all of it moves in that one current, so the ego stops keeping score. jaa too taa mai sabh ko — when I have You, I have everyone and everything. Placing these two songs side by side shows the whole path: first you honestly own where you fall short, then you let yourself be carried. Faults are never the last word.
A Question to Sit With
What is something that makes you feel like you have everything you need, even when other things are missing?
