Wednesday, January 21, 2015

 

Ang 636 • Guru Nanak Dev Ji • Raag Sorath

English Translation:

Sorat’h, First Mehl: Those who serve the True Guru, O Beloved, their companions are saved as well. No one blocks their way, O Beloved, and the Lord’s Ambrosial Nectar is on their tongue. Without the Fear of God, they are so heavy that they sink and drown, O Beloved; but the Lord, casting His Glance of Grace, carries them across. ||1|| I ever praise You, O Beloved, I ever sing Your Praises. Without the boat, one is drowned in the sea of fear, O Beloved; how can I reach the distant shore? ||1||Pause|| I praise the Praiseworthy Lord, O Beloved; there is no other one to praise. Those who praise my God are good, O Beloved; they are imbued with the Word of the Shabad, and His Love. If I join them, O Beloved, I can churn the essence and so find joy. ||2|| The gateway to honor is Truth, O Beloved; it bears the Insignia of the True Name of the Lord. We come into the world, and we depart, with our destiny written and pre-ordained, O Beloved; realize the Command of the Commander. Without the Guru, this Command is not understood, O Beloved; True is the Power of the True Lord. ||3|| By His Command, we are conceived, O Beloved, and by His Command, we grow in the womb. By His Command, we are born, O Beloved, head-first, and upside-down. The Gurmukh is honored in the Court of the Lord, O Beloved; he departs after resolving his affairs. ||4|| By His Command, one comes into the world, O Beloved, and by His Will, he goes. By His Will, some are bound and gagged and driven away, O Beloved; the self-willed manmukhs suffer their punishment. By His Command, the Word of the Shabad, is realized, O Beloved, and one goes to the Court of the Lord robed in honor. ||5|| By His Command, some accounts are accounted for, O Beloved; by His Command, some suffer in egotism and duality. By His Command, one wanders in reincarnation, O Beloved; deceived by sins and demerits, he cries out in his suffering. If he comes to realize the Command of the Lord’s Will, O Beloved, then he is blessed with Truth and Honor. ||6|| It is so difficult to speak it, O Beloved; how can we speak, and hear, the True Name? I am a sacrifice to those who praise the Lord, O Beloved. I have obtained the Name, and I am satisfied, O Beloved; by His Grace, I am united in His Union. ||7|| If my body were to become the paper, O Beloved, and my mind the inkpot; and if my tongue became the pen, O Beloved, I would write, and contemplate, the Glorious Praises of the True Lord. Blessed is that scribe, O Nanak, who writes the True Name, and enshrines it within his heart. ||8||3||

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Spanish Translation:

Sorath, Mejl Guru Nanak, Primer Canal Divino. De aquéllos que sirvieron al Guru, hasta sus socios fueron salvados. Nadie puede bloquear su entrada en la Corte del Señor, y el Néctar del Nombre endulza sus labios. Sin la Reverencia del Señor muchos se han ahogado; es por Su Gracia que uno es salvado. (1) Te voy a alabar siempre, oh Dios, en cualquier estado de mi mente, pues sin Ti uno se ahoga en el mar del miedo. ¿Cómo puede uno llegar hasta la otra orilla sin Ti? (1‑Pausa) Te alabo, pues no hay nadie más que lo merezca. Benditos son aquéllos que alaban a mi Señor imbuidos en la Palabra del Shabd. Si fuera bendecido pudiendo unirme a ellos, batiría la Crema de la Palabra del Shabd para encontrar Su Quintaesencia. (2 La verdadera autoridad viene del Honor que uno obtiene y sobre ese Honor está el Sello del Nombre del Señor. Uno viene al mundo a ser bendecido por Él, viviendo en la Voluntad del Señor Todopoderoso, pero sin el Santo Guru, uno no conoce la Voluntad ni el poder del Verdadero Señor. (3) Por la Voluntad del Señor uno es concebido y progresa en el vientre volteado de cabeza. Por la Voluntad del Señor uno nace, y sometido a Su Voluntad, es aclamado en la Corte del Cielo y liberado. (4) Por la Voluntad del Señor uno viene al mundo; por Su Voluntad uno se va. Por la Voluntad del Señor la Palabra del Shabd es concebida y uno es investido en la Corte del Señor. (5) Por la Voluntad del Señor uno cuenta y busca la recompensa de las acciones. Por la Voluntad del Señor uno es maldecido con el ego y con la idea del otro. Por la Voluntad del Señor uno está siempre en la ronda, y engañado por el demérito se aflige. Si uno, en Conciencia, concibe la Voluntad del Señor, es bendecido con la Gloria de la Verdad. (6) Lo difícil es recitar o escuchar sin distracción el Nombre de Dios; ofrezco mi ser en sacrificio a aquél que vive en Su Alabanza. Si soy bendecido con el Naam, el Nombre del Señor, soy liberado; es por Su Gracia que pudiera ser tan bendecido. (7) Si mi cuerpo fuera el papel, mi mente el tintero y mis labios la pluma, escribiría pensamientos de los Méritos del Señor. Dice Nanak, bendito es el escritor que escribe la Verdad en su corazón. (8‑3)

Source : Sikhnet