Chhant:
Listen, O my intimate friend - I have just one prayer to make.
I have been wandering around, searching for that enticing, sweet Beloved.
Whoever leads me to my Beloved - I would cut off my head and offer it to him, even if I were granted the Blessed Vision of His Darshan for just an instant.
My eyes are drenched with the Love of my Beloved; without Him, I do not have even a moment's peace.
My mind is attached to the Lord, like the fish to the water, and the rainbird, thirsty for the raindrops.
Servant Nanak has found the Perfect Guru; his thirst is totally quenched. ||1||
O intimate friend, my Beloved has all these loving companions; I cannot compare to any of them.
O intimate friend, each of them is more beautiful than the others; who could consider me?
Each of them is more beautiful than the others; countless are His lovers, constantly enjoying bliss with Him.
Beholding them, desire wells up in my mind; when will I obtain the Lord, the treasure of virtue?
I dedicate my mind to those who please and attract my Beloved.
Says Nanak, hear my prayer, O happy soul-brides; tell me, what does my Husband Lord look like? ||2||
O intimate friend, my Husband Lord does whatever He pleases; He is not dependent on anyone.
O intimate friend, you have enjoyed your Beloved; please, tell me about Him.
They alone find their Beloved, who eradicate self-conceit; such is the good destiny written on their foreheads.
Taking me by the arm, the Lord and Master has made me His own; He has not considered my merits or demerits.
She, whom You have adorned with the necklace of virtue, and dyed in the deep crimson color of His Love - everything looks beautiful on her.
O servant Nanak, blessed is that happy soul-bride, who dwells with her Husband Lord. ||3||
O intimate friend, I have found that peace which I sought.
My sought-after Husband Lord has come home, and now, congratulations are pouring in.
Great joy and happiness welled up, when my Husband Lord, of ever-fresh beauty, showed mercy to me.
By great good fortune, I have found Him; the Guru has united me with Him, through the Saadh Sangat, the True Congregation of the Holy.
My hopes and desires have all been fulfilled; my Beloved Husband Lord has hugged me close in His embrace.
Prays Nanak, I have found that peace which I sought, meeting with the Guru. ||4||1||
Jaitsiri conveys the heartfelt emotion of not being able to live without someone. Its mood is preoccupied with feelings of dependence and an overwhelming sense of desperately reaching out to be with that person.