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Verse 3 of 4

It's a Gift to Have Someone Lead You Toward Wisdom

ਕੋਈ ਆਣਿ ਕੋਈ ਆਣਿ ਮਿਲਾਵੈ ਮੇਰਾ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਪੂਰਾ ਰਾਮ ॥
ko-ee aan ko-ee aan milaavai mayraa satgur pooraa raam.
If only someone would come, if only someone would come, and lead me to meet my Perfect True Guru.
ਹਉ ਮਨੁ ਤਨੁ ਹਉ ਮਨੁ ਤਨੁ ਦੇਵਾ ਤਿਸੁ ਕਾਟਿ ਸਰੀਰਾ ਰਾਮ ॥
ha-o man tan ha-o man tan dayvaa tis kaat sareeraa raam.
My mind and body, my mind and body - I cut my body into pieces, and I dedicate these to Him.
ਹਉ ਮਨੁ ਤਨੁ ਕਾਟਿ ਕਾਟਿ ਤਿਸੁ ਦੇਈ ਜੋ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਬਚਨ ਸੁਣਾਏ ॥
ha-o man tan kaat kaat tis day-ee jo satgur bachan sunaa-ay.
Cutting my mind and body apart, cutting them into pieces, I offer these to the one, who recites to me the Words of the True Guru.
ਮੇਰੈ ਮਨਿ ਬੈਰਾਗੁ ਭਇਆ ਬੈਰਾਗੀ ਮਿਲਿ ਗੁਰ ਦਰਸਨਿ ਸੁਖੁ ਪਾਏ ॥
mayrai man bairaag bha-i-aa bairaagee mil gur darsan sukh paa-ay.
My unattached mind has renounced the world; obtaining the Blessed Vision of the Guru's Darshan, it has found peace.
ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਕ੍ਰਿਪਾ ਕਰਹੁ ਸੁਖਦਾਤੇ ਦੇਹੁ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਚਰਨ ਹਮ ਧੂਰਾ ॥
har har kirpaa karahu sukh-daatay dayh satgur charan ham Dhooraa.
O Lord, Har, Har, O Giver of Peace, please, grant Your Grace, and bless me with the dust of the feet of the True Guru.
ਕੋਈ ਆਣਿ ਕੋਈ ਆਣਿ ਮਿਲਾਵੈ ਮੇਰਾ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਪੂਰਾ ॥੩॥
ko-ee aan ko-ee aan milaavai mayraa satgur pooraa. ||3||
If only someone would come, if only someone would come, and lead me to meet my Perfect True Guru. ||3||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

I'd love for someone to come along and lead me to real wisdom.

I'd give my whole heart to the one who shares good, true words with me.

'Please, be kind, and let me learn from the humblest, wisest hearts.'

It's a gift to have someone lead you toward wisdom — and worth giving your whole heart to learn from them.
The deeper layer

The verse longs for a guide: "if only someone would come and lead me to my Perfect True Guru." Following the wellbeing rules, the intense literal ("I cut my body into pieces") is not rendered to a child — it's a stylized figure for total devotion; the qMonk voice carries only "I'd give my whole heart." The wish is to "be blessed with the dust of the feet of the True Guru" — humbly learning from the wise. For a child: it's a gift to have someone lead you toward wisdom, and worth giving your whole heart to learn from them.

A Question to Sit With

Who has led you toward something wise, and how could you thank them?

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa·How we use AI

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