Kabit Savaiye Bhai Gurdas Ji
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ਸੰਗਮ ਸੰਜੋਗ ਪ੍ਰੇਮ ਨੇਮ ਕਉ ਪਤੰਗੁ ਜਾਨੈ ਬਿਰਹ ਬਿਓਗ ਸੋਗ ਮੀਨ ਭਲ ਜਾਨਈ ।
sangam sanjog prem nem kau patang jaanai birah biog sog meen bhal jaanee |The loving atmosphere that gets generated when a lover is about to meet his beloved can best be known by a moth. The pang of separation is best described by a fish that has been separated from its beloved water.
ਇਕ ਟਕ ਦੀਪਕ ਧਿਆਨ ਪ੍ਰਾਨ ਪਰਹਰੈ ਸਲਿਲ ਬਿਓਗ ਮੀਨ ਜੀਵਨ ਨ ਮਾਨਈ ।
eik ttak deepak dhiaan praan paraharai salil biog meen jeevan na maanee |A moth burns itself for the love of the flame that he keeps watching and playing with. Similarly a fish separated from water has no meaning of life. She dies when out of it.
ਚਰਨ ਕਮਲ ਮਿਲਿ ਬਿਛੁਰੈ ਮਧੁਪ ਮਨੁ ਕਪਟ ਸਨੇਹ ਧ੍ਰਿਗੁ ਜਨਮੁ ਅਗਿਆਨਈ ।
charan kamal mil bichhurai madhup man kapatt saneh dhrig janam agiaanee |These living beings i.e. moth and fish lay down their lives in love of their beloveds. On the other hand an evil person's mind is like a black bee that hops from one flower to the other. It separates from the holy feet of True Guru, even after meeting Him
ਨਿਹਫਲ ਜੀਵਨ ਮਰਨ ਗੁਰ ਬਿਮੁਖ ਹੁਇ ਪ੍ਰੇਮ ਅਰੁ ਬਿਰਹ ਨ ਦੋਊ ਉਰ ਆਨਈ ।੩੦੦।
nihafal jeevan maran gur bimukh hue prem ar birah na doaoo ur aanee |300|A follower of his own heart turned away from the refuge of the Guru, who does not feel the pangs of separation and love of the holy feet of the. True Guru, has wasted away his birth and death thus living a worthless life. (300)