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Ginan: kāyam dāyam tuṅ moro sāmī
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Reciter: Alnoor Saleh , Edmonton, Canada 2016
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1. ejī kāyam dāyam tū moro sāmi
tere nāme bhī koi koi
2. ejī sachā kol patijaṇā
aj sacho muhammad sohi sohi
3. ejī pīr na bandā tolṇa
gur vachan
ādābi ḍhoi ḍhoi
4. ejī sādhū
langhe sādh thayā
tiyāṅ ghāfal baeṭhā roi roi
5. ejī so varas lagi jivṇā
bande ākhar marnā bhī hoi hoi
6. ejī pīr shams kahe dil dariyā chāndrūṇā
je kare kirtār
so hoi hoi
Translation
1. O my Lord! You are Ever-Existing and Ever-Living; none is like you.
2. O brother! Believe in the truth that I am telling; today the true Prophet is the same Hazrat Muhammad (s.a.s.).
3. O brother! Do not try to test the Pir. Follow (accept) the advice of the true guide with absolute respect.
4. O brother! The righteous attained salvation whereas the ignorant remained weeping.
5. O brother! At the most you will live for one hundred years, but eventually you will have to die.
6. Pir Shams (r.a.), whose heart is like ocean and who is bright like moon, says that whatever will my Lord do, will happen.
Glossary
chāndruṇā: the light of the Moonḍhoi ḍhoi: the right to enter
hoi hoi: come to pass
jīvṇā: have life, be alive
kirtār: the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions
patijaṇā: accept as true; take to be true
sādhū: person of exceptional holiness
tolṇā: show consideration for; take into account
vachan: the power or authority to command
Source(s):
- Alwaez Kamaluddin, Muhammad. (2011). 50 Ginans with English Translation and Glossary - Volume 1(Second edition).
- Alwaez Kamaluddin, Muhammad. (1990). Concordance of the Ginans - Volume 1.