Sikhism·Raag Sorath·Shabad 142
Verse 3 of 10

Beautiful, Beautiful — Crimson as the Poppy

ਰੂੜੌ ਰੂੜੌ ਆਖੀਐ ਭਾਈ ਰੂੜੌ ਲਾਲ ਚਲੂਲੁ ॥
roorhou roorhou aakhee-ai bhaa-ee roorhou laal chalool.
Beautiful, beautiful, the Lord is called, O Siblings of Destiny; beautiful, like the deep crimson color of the poppy.
ਜੇ ਮਨੁ ਹਰਿ ਸਿਉ ਬੈਰਾਗੀਐ ਭਾਈ ਦਰਿ ਘਰਿ ਸਾਚੁ ਅਭੂਲੁ ॥੩॥
jay man har si-o bairaagee-ai bhaa-ee dar ghar saach abhool. ||3||
If man loves the Lord with detachment, O Siblings of Destiny, he is judged to be true and infallible in the Lord's court and home. ||3||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

Beautiful, beautiful, that is what people say about the One, glowing like a poppy in the deepest, richest red.

When you love that beauty freely, without grabbing or clinging, something in you rings true.

And a heart that rings true is welcomed, exactly as it is, into the home of the Real.

Love the beauty of the One freely, and your own heart rings true.
The deeper layer

roorhou roorhou aakhee-ai — beautiful, beautiful; roorhou laal chalool — crimson-red like the poppy, a vivid Sorath color-image for the beauty of the divine and the dye of love. jay man har si-o bairaageeai... dar ghar saach abhool — loving with detachment, one is found true and unerring. Bairaag here is free, non-grasping love.

A Question to Sit With

What is something beautiful you love without needing to own it?

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