Je ithe nahi taa mili mainu ruhaani duniyaa vich
me padeyaa si othe mohobat poori hundi e eh kitaaba vich
me siweyaa vich intezaar karanga tera
asi fir ik ho jaana ee har janamaa vich
ਜੇ ਇਥੇ ਨਹੀਂ ਤਾਂ ਮਿਲੀ ਮੈਨੂੰ ਰੁਹਾਨੀਂ ਦੁਨੀਆਂ ਵਿੱਚ
ਮੈਂ ਪੜੇਆ ਸੀ ਓਥੇ ਮਹੋਬਤ ਪੂਰੀ ਹੁੰਦੀ ਐਂ ਏਹ ਕਿਤਾਬਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ
ਮੈਂ ਸਿਵਿਆਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਇੰਤਜ਼ਾਰ ਕਰਾਂਗਾ ਤੇਰਾਂ
ਅਸੀਂ ਫਿਰ ਇੱਕ ਹੋਜਾਣਾ ਐਂ ਹਰ ਜਨਮਾ ਵਿਚ
—ਗੁਰੂ ਗਾਬਾ 🌷
Dil saade ne kita ae saanu majboor bada
teriyaan yaadan vich ro ro k
apne aap nu hi kitaa choor choor bada
Every morning this dog, very attached to me,
Quietly keeps sitting near my seat
Till touching its head
I recognize its company.
This recognition gives it so much joy
Pure delight ripples through its entire body.
Among all dumb creatures
It is the only living being
That has seen the whole man
Beyond what is good or bad in him
It has seen
For his love it can sacrifice its life
It can love him too for the sake of love alone
For it is he who shows the way
To the vast world pulsating with life.
When I see its deep devotion
The offer of its whole being
I fail to understand
By its sheer instinct
What truth it has discovered in man.
By its silent anxious piteous looks
It cannot communicate what it understands
But it has succeeded in conveying to me
Among the whole creation
What is the true status of man.
✍ Tagore
