Kabit Savaiye Bhai Gurdas Ji
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ਜਲ ਸੈ ਨਿਕਾਸ ਮੀਨੁ ਰਾਖੀਐ ਪਟੰਬਰਿ ਮੈ ਬਿਨੁ ਜਲ ਤਲਫ ਤਜਤ ਪ੍ਰਿਅ ਪ੍ਰਾਨ ਹੈ ।
jal sai nikaas meen raakheeai pattanbar mai bin jal talaf tajat pria praan hai |A fish removed from water, though kept in silk cloth yet dies having been separated from her beloved water.
ਬਨ ਸੈ ਪਕਰ ਪੰਛੀ ਪਿੰਜਰੀ ਮੈ ਰਾਖੀਐ ਤਉ ਬਿਨੁ ਬਨ ਮਨ ਓਨਮਨੋ ਉਨਮਾਨ ਹੈ ।
ban sai pakar panchhee pinjaree mai raakheeai tau bin ban man onamano unamaan hai |Just as a bird is caught from the jungle and put in a beautiful cage with very delicious food, his mind is seen to be restless without the freedom of the jungle.
ਭਾਮਨੀ ਭਤਾਰਿ ਬਿਛੁਰਤ ਅਤਿ ਛੀਨ ਦੀਨ ਬਿਲਖ ਬਦਨ ਤਾਹਿ ਭਵਨ ਭਇਆਨ ਹੈ ।
bhaamanee bhataar bichhurat at chheen deen bilakh badan taeh bhavan bheaan hai |Just as a pretty woman becomes weak and grieved on separation from her husband. Her face looks perplexed and confused and she feels scared of her own home.
ਤੈਸੇ ਗੁਰਸਿਖ ਬਿਛੁਰਤਿ ਸਾਧਸੰਗਤਿ ਸੈ ਜੀਵਨ ਜਤਨ ਬਿਨੁ ਸੰਗਤ ਨ ਆਨ ਹੈ ।੫੧੪।
taise gurasikh bichhurat saadhasangat sai jeevan jatan bin sangat na aan hai |514|Similarly separated from the saintly congregation of the True Guru, a Sikh of the Guru wails, tosses and turns, feels miserable and perplexed. Without the company of saintly souls of the True Guru, he has no other aim in life. (514)