ਹਰਿ ਕੇ ਨਾਮ ਕੀ ਵਡਿਆਈ ॥
har kay naam kee vadi-aa-ee.
This is the glorious greatness of the Naam.
ਆਠ ਪਹਰ ਗੁਣ ਗਾਈ ॥
aath pahar gun gaa-ee.
Twenty-four hours a day, I sing His Glorious Praises.
ਗੁਰ ਪੂਰੇ ਤੇ ਪਾਈ ॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
gur pooray tay paa-ee. rahaa-o.
I obtained this from the Perfect Guru. ||Pause||
ਪ੍ਰਭ ਕੀ ਅਕਥ ਕਹਾਣੀ ॥
parabh kee akath kahaanee.
God's sermon is inexpressible.
ਜਨ ਬੋਲਹਿ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਬਾਣੀ ॥
jan boleh amrit banee.
His humble servants speak words of Ambrosial Nectar.
ਨਾਨਕ ਦਾਸ ਵਖਾਣੀ ॥
naanak daas vakhaanee.
Slave Nanak has spoken.
ਗੁਰ ਪੂਰੇ ਤੇ ਜਾਣੀ ॥੨॥੨॥੬੬॥
gur pooray tay jaanee. ||2||2||66||
Through the Perfect Guru, it is known. ||2||2||66||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Here is the greatness of the Name: all through the day and night I sing it, a gift I received from the teaching.
The One's story is too deep for words, yet those who love Him speak it like sweet nectar -- and through the teaching, it is truly known.
Some things too deep to explain can still be lived and sung.
The Rahau plus verse: aath pahar gun gaa-ee -- through all eight watches, all day and night. Akath kahaanee -- the story that cannot be told; and yet those who love it speak it in amrit banee, sweet life-giving words. The unspeakable is met not by explaining but by loving.
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