Sikhism·Raag Wadahans·Shabad 48
Verse 4 of 4

Even Separated Hearts Are Brought Back Together

ਪਿਰਹੁ ਵਿਛੁੰਨੀਆ ਭੀ ਮਿਲਹ ਜੇ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਲਾਗਹ ਸਾਚੇ ਪਾਏ ॥
pirahu vichhunnee-aa bhee milah jay satgur laagah saachay paa-ay.
The separated ones also meet with their Husband Lord, if they fall at the Feet of the True Guru.
ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਸਦਾ ਦਇਆਲੁ ਹੈ ਅਵਗੁਣ ਸਬਦਿ ਜਲਾਏ ॥
satgur sadaa da-i-aal hai avgun sabad jalaa-ay.
The True Guru is forever merciful; through the Word of His Shabad, demerits are burnt away.
ਅਉਗੁਣ ਸਬਦਿ ਜਲਾਏ ਦੂਜਾ ਭਾਉ ਗਵਾਏ ਸਚੇ ਹੀ ਸਚਿ ਰਾਤੀ ॥
a-ogun sabad jalaa-ay doojaa bhaa-o gavaa-ay sachay hee sach raatee.
Burning away her demerits through the Shabad, the soul-bride eradicates her love of duality, and remains absorbed in the True, True Lord.
ਸਚੈ ਸਬਦਿ ਸਦਾ ਸੁਖੁ ਪਾਇਆ ਹਉਮੈ ਗਈ ਭਰਾਤੀ ॥
sachai sabad sadaa sukh paa-i-aa ha-umai ga-ee bharaatee.
Through the True Shabad, everlasting peace is obtained, and egotism and doubt are dispelled.
ਪਿਰੁ ਨਿਰਮਾਇਲੁ ਸਦਾ ਸੁਖਦਾਤਾ ਨਾਨਕ ਸਬਦਿ ਮਿਲਾਏ ॥
pir nirmaa-il sadaa sukh-daata naanak sabad milaa-ay.
The Immaculate Husband Lord is forever the Giver of peace; O Nanak, through the Word of His Shabad, He is met.
ਪਿਰਹੁ ਵਿਛੁੰਨੀਆ ਭੀ ਮਿਲਹ ਜੇ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਲਾਗਹ ਸਾਚੇ ਪਾਏ ॥੪॥੧॥
pirahu vichhunnee-aa bhee milah jay satgur laagah saachay paa-ay. ||4||1||
The separated ones also meet with their Husband Lord, if they fall at the feet of the True Guru. ||4||1||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

Even hearts that felt cut off and separated can meet their Beloved again.

Real wisdom is endlessly kind, and near it old mistakes melt away.

There the puffed-up feeling and doubt dissolve, and a lasting peace is found.

Even hearts that felt separated and alone can be brought back together with what they love — separation is never the end.
The deeper layer

The shabad closes with the tenderest reversal of all — a direct answer to the grief of the Alaahnian: vichhurhiaa mel milaaey—"the separated ones also meet with their Beloved, if they fall at the Feet of the True Guru." No separation is final; those who felt cut off can be reunited. "The True Guru is forever merciful; through the Word, demerits are burnt away," and "everlasting peace is obtained." The colophon (||4||1||) closes. For a child, gently: even hearts that felt separated and alone can be brought back together with what they love — no separation is the end of the story.

A Question to Sit With

How does it feel to know that being apart from someone doesn't have to be forever?

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