I am celebrating a colorful Holi with this new shabad by Guru Arjan Dev in Raag Asa. Really a question answer with the soul bride ... How did you become so beautifully crimson, asks the seeker. The answer is shared by Guru Arjan at the end of the shabad. Share with you minds, hearts, souls, friends and family!
Happy Holi from California!
More on this shabad: https://www.shivpreetsingh.com/2021/03/kavan-bani-ri-teri-laali.html
More on this shabad: https://www.shivpreetsingh.com/2021/03/kavan-bani-ri-teri-laali.html
Lyrics in English
Rāg āsā gẖar 7 mėhlā 5.
Asa Measure 5th Guru.
Lāl cẖolnā ṯai ṯan sohiā.
Surjan bẖānī ṯāʼn man mohiā. ||1||
Kavan banī rī ṯerī lālī.
Kavan rang ṯūʼn bẖaī gulālī. ||1|| rahāo.
Ŧum hī sunḏar ṯumėh suhāg.
Ŧum gẖar lālan ṯum gẖar bẖāg. ||2||
Ŧūʼn saṯvanṯī ṯūʼn parḏẖān.
Ŧūʼn parīṯam bẖānī ṯuhī sur giān. ||3||
Parīṯam bẖānī ṯāʼn rang gulāl.
Kaho Nānak subẖ ḏarisat nihāl. ||4||
Sun rī sakẖī ih hamrī gẖāl.
Listen thou, O my mate, this is the only toil of mine.
Parabẖ āp sīgār savāranhār. ||1|| rahāo ḏūjā. ||1||52||
The Lord himself is the Decker and Adorner. Pause second.
Translation by Bhai Manmohan Singh
The red gown looks beautiful on thy body.
When thou became pleasing to the Lord, then, is His heart bewitched.
What has given thee this red bloom?
Whose love has rendered thee tulip-crimsons. Pause.
Thou art beautiful and thou the happy wife.
In thy home is the beloved and in thy home is good fortune.
Thou art chaste and thou the most distinguished.
Thou art pleasing to thy beloved and thou possesseth superior understanding.
I am pleasing to my darling, therefore I have assumed tulip-red dye.
Say Nanak that the Lord has looked on me with a favouring glance.
Translation by Sant Singh Khalsa
That red dress looks so beautiful on your body.
Your Husband Lord is pleased, and His heart is enticed. ||1||
Whose handiwork is this red beauty of yours?
Whose love has rendered the poppy so red? ||1||Pause||
You are so beautiful; you are the happy soul-bride.
Your Beloved is in your home; good fortune is in your home. ||2||
You are pure and chaste, you are most distinguished.
You are pleasing to Your Beloved, and you have sublime understanding. ||3||
I am pleasing to my Beloved, and so I am imbued with the deep red color.
Says Nanak, I have been totally blessed with the Lord's Glance of Grace. ||4||
Translation
What makes you bloom in red?
Who's color of love has made you so crimson? [rahao]
Your red robe beautifies your body
It pleases your love, it entices the mind [1]
You are beautiful
You are beautiful
You are soul's bride.
Your Beloved is in your home
Your Beloved is in your home
good fortune is in your home. [2]
You are true, you are distinguished
You are pleasing to love, you hold divine wisdom
You are true, you are distinguished
You are pleasing to love, you hold divine wisdom
