Gun Gobind Gaayo Nahi - Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji - RSSB Shabad

These shabads are hymns or spiritual poems written by saints and mystics from different spiritual traditions of the Indian subcontinent. The shabads convey a deep message of truth and are sung with heartfelt devotion. They express the intense longing of the soul for union with the Lord. These songs of devotion are prayers that inspire the true seeker to turn inwards to contact the ultimate Truth - the inner divine music that reverberates within every being.
English Translation:
You have not sung the praises of God -
you have rendered your life fruitless.
Says Nanak: be devoted to God, O my mind,
as a fish is to water.
Why are you so engrossed in evil passions
that not even for a moment do you cease from them?
Says Nanak: meditate on God, O my mind,
lest you be caught in Yama’s noose.
Your youth has gone by in vain
and old age has weighed down your body.
Says Nanak: meditate on God, O my mind -
life is ebbing away!
You have grown old, yet do not realize
that Death is knocking at your door.
Says Nanak: O foolish one,
why do you not meditate on God?
You deem wife, wealth and all possessions
to be your own.
But know this for a fact, O Nanak,
that none of these is your real companion.
God is the redeemer of sinners, destroyer of fear
and guardian of the destitute.
Says Nanak: know the Lord,
who always abides with you.
You never loved the Lord,
who gave you the human form and wealth.
Says Nanak: O foolish one,
why do you feel shaken and helpless now?
Listen, O mind, says Nanak:
why do you not engage in the simran of God,
who gave you a human form, wealth, property,
all comforts and beautiful dwellings?
The Lord is the giver of all comforts -
there is no one other than God!
Listen, O mind, says Nanak:
his simran brings liberation.
My friend, repeat the Nam of God,
whose remembrance brings salvation.
Listen, O mind, says Nanak:
your life is constantly ebbing away.
Understand, O wise, clever one,
that your body was created from five elements.
Accept the fact, O Nanak,
that it will finally blend with the same elements.
God dwells in all hearts,
proclaim the Saints!
Says Nanak: meditate on him, O my mind,
so that you sail across the ocean of existence.
This shabad is published by Radha Soami Satsang Beas.
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