ਸੋਰਠਿ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ॥
sorath mehlaa 5.
Sorat'h, Fifth Mehl:
ਭਏ ਕ੍ਰਿਪਾਲ ਸੁਆਮੀ ਮੇਰੇ ਤਿਤੁ ਸਾਚੈ ਦਰਬਾਰਿ ॥
bha-ay kirpaal su-aamee mayray tit saachai darbaar.
My Lord and Master has become Merciful, in His True Court.
ਸਤਿਗੁਰਿ ਤਾਪੁ ਗਵਾਇਆ ਭਾਈ ਠਾਂਢਿ ਪਈ ਸੰਸਾਰਿ ॥
satgur taap gavaa-i-aa bhaa-ee thaaNdh pa-ee sansaar.
The True Guru has taken away the fever, and the whole world is at peace, O Siblings of Destiny.
ਅਪਣੇ ਜੀਅ ਜੰਤ ਆਪੇ ਰਾਖੇ ਜਮਹਿ ਕੀਓ ਹਟਤਾਰਿ ॥੧॥
apnay jee-a jant aapay raakhay jameh kee-o hattaar. ||1||
The Lord Himself protects His beings and creatures, and the Messenger of Death is out of work. ||1||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
My Beloved grew kind in His true and gentle court.
The Teacher lifted the fever away, my friends, and a cool calm settled over the whole world.
The One keeps every being and creature safe — here, even death has nothing left to do.
In the One’s care, there is finally nothing left to fear.
Thaanadh pa-ee sansaar — a cooling spreads over the world, the perfect image for the moment a fever breaks. The line jameh kee-o hattaar (“the messenger of death is out of work”) is rendered as “even death has nothing left to do” — the fear-picture set down, the reassurance kept: in the One’s care, there is nothing to dread.
A Question to Sit With
What does a cool calm after a fever feel like to you?
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa·How we use AI
Use ← → to navigate