The Beauty of Jap Ji Sahib
A Poetic Rendition Part 2
Pauri 4
True Master, true thy Name
With unbounded love you communicate
Constant, our begging and supplication
Unremitting, your dispensation
What can we offer to get your glimpse?
What can we say to win your love?
Amrit Vela is the Time,
Meditate on the True Name, contemplate and reflect
Karma brings the cloth of human birth
Liberation obtains through Grace alone
Says Nanak, know this to be the Way.
Pauri 5
Installed not, nor created,
You just are – self-existent, immaculate.
Honored are they, who venerate
Nanak, sing to that treasure-trove
Singing and listening with devotion,
Shed despair and bring joy.
Gurmukh is the primal sound,
Gurmukh is the divine fount.
Gurmukh remains immersed.
The Guru is Destroyer, the Guru is Preserver, the Guru is Creator;
Guru is the Universal Goddess.
Fathom the Guru if I could, remain silent I would – saying would not suffice.
The Guru has revealed this truth
The One Giver lords over all beings – never forget.
Pauri 6
Immerse in a holy dip I would, if only your pleasure is obtained;
Else, to what avail?
In your creation, nothing without your Grace is attained.
To the Guru if I turn, gems of wisdom would I gain.
The Guru has revealed this truth
The One Giver lords over all beings – never forget that.
Pauri 7
Four ages were I to live, even ten times longer,
Known in the nine regions, celebrated by all,
A great reputation, praised by the world,
Without your Grace, all this would be waste.
Among worms, be as a parasite; among sinners, scorned would I be. O Nanak, you bestow virtue on the worthless, the worthy you grow in truth. Who can return this favor?
