Sikhism·Raag Soohee·Shabad 98
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Friends Have Come Into My Home

ਰਾਗੁ ਸੂਹੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ਛੰਤੁ ਘਰੁ ੨
raag soohee mehlaa 1 chhant ghar 2
Raag Soohee, First Mehl, Chhant, Second House:
ੴ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥
ik-oNkaar satgur parsaad.
One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:
ਹਮ ਘਰਿ ਸਾਜਨ ਆਏ ॥
ham ghar saajan aa-ay.
My friends have come into my home.
ਸਾਚੈ ਮੇਲਿ ਮਿਲਾਏ ॥
saachai mayl milaa-ay.
The True Lord has united me with them.
ਸਹਜਿ ਮਿਲਾਏ ਹਰਿ ਮਨਿ ਭਾਏ ਪੰਚ ਮਿਲੇ ਸੁਖੁ ਪਾਇਆ ॥
sahj milaa-ay har man bhaa-ay panch milay sukh paa-i-aa.
The Lord automatically united me with them when it pleased Him; uniting with the chosen ones, I have found peace.
ਸਾਈ ਵਸਤੁ ਪਰਾਪਤਿ ਹੋਈ ਜਿਸੁ ਸੇਤੀ ਮਨੁ ਲਾਇਆ ॥
saa-ee vasat paraapat ho-ee jis saytee man laa-i-aa.
I have obtained that thing, which my mind desired.
ਅਨਦਿਨੁ ਮੇਲੁ ਭਇਆ ਮਨੁ ਮਾਨਿਆ ਘਰ ਮੰਦਰ ਸੋਹਾਏ ॥
an-din mayl bha-i-aa man maani-aa ghar mandar sohaa-ay.
Meeting with them, night and day, my mind is pleased; my home and mansion are beautified.
ਪੰਚ ਸਬਦ ਧੁਨਿ ਅਨਹਦ ਵਾਜੇ ਹਮ ਘਰਿ ਸਾਜਨ ਆਏ ॥੧॥
panch sabad Dhun anhad vaajay ham ghar saajan aa-ay. ||1||
The unstruck sound current of the Panch Shabad, the Five Primal Sounds, vibrates and resounds; my friends have come into my home. ||1||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

There is only One. And the One is found by the True Guru's grace — a gift that is always here, waiting for an open heart.

Friends have come into my home — the truest company, brought to me by the One. It happened gently, all on its own, exactly when the time was right, and meeting them I found real peace.

The very thing my heart had been reaching for, I finally received. Now, day and night, that closeness stays, and my whole home feels beautiful.

Inside me a soundless music began to play — the kind you feel more than hear — because the friends I longed for have come home.

The deepest company I long for arrives quietly, on its own time, and fills the whole house.
The deeper layer

ham ghar saajan aa-ay — my friends have come into my home. saajan means the truest companion, and here it is the divine presence itself arriving within. sahj milaa-ay — the meeting comes naturally, in sahaj, effortless ease, not by forcing. The panch sabad, the five primal sounds, and the anhad, the unstruck melody, are old images for the deep inner music a settled heart begins to sense — a joy that rises from inside rather than from anything outside.

A Question to Sit With

Who are the friends whose visit makes your whole home feel warmer?

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