Kabit Savaiye Bhai Gurdas Ji

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ਬਿਰਹ ਬਿਓਗ ਸੋਗ ਸੇਤ ਰੂਪ ਹੁਇ ਕ੍ਰਿਤਾਸ ਟੂਕ ਟੂਕ ਭਏ ਪਾਤੀ ਲਿਖੀਐ ਬਿਦੇਸ ਤੇ ।
birah biog sog set roop hue kritaas ttook ttook bhe paatee likheeai bides te |

A sentient woman (devoted Sikh) separated from her beloved True Guru writes letter to her beloved stating that his separation and long disjunction has made her complexion paper white while her limbs are losing their strength to the extent of falling apart

ਬਿਰਹ ਅਗਨਿ ਸੇ ਸਵਾਨੀ ਮਾਸੁ ਕ੍ਰਿਸਨ ਹੁਇ ਬਿਰਹਨੀ ਭੇਖ ਲੇਖ ਬਿਖਮ ਸੰਦੇਸ ਤੇ ।
birah agan se savaanee maas krisan hue birahanee bhekh lekh bikham sandes te |

The separated woman writes the state of her distress and the pangs she has been bearing. She wails that his separation has virtually turned the colour of her skin black.

ਬਿਰਹ ਬਿਓਗ ਰੋਗ ਲੇਖਨਿ ਕੀ ਛਾਤੀ ਫਾਟੀ ਰੁਦਨ ਕਰਤ ਲਿਖੈ ਆਤਮ ਅਵੇਸ ਤੇ ।
birah biog rog lekhan kee chhaatee faattee rudan karat likhai aatam aves te |

Crying from the core of her heart, the separated woman writes that because of the distress of bearing separation, even the breast of the pen that she is writing with has cracked.

ਬਿਰਹ ਉਸਾਸਨ ਪ੍ਰਗਾਸਨ ਦੁਖਿਤ ਗਤਿ ਬਿਰਹਨੀ ਕੈਸੇ ਜੀਐ ਬਿਰਹ ਪ੍ਰਵੇਸ ਤੇ ।੨੧੦।
birah usaasan pragaasan dukhit gat birahanee kaise jeeai birah praves te |210|

Heaving cold sighs and lamenting, she expresses her distressed state and asks how could anyone live when the weapon of separation had penetrated deep into her heart. (210)