Kon Guru Ame Tanne Kahie

Verse 1

O o ṇ guru ame Wamne kahīe H O o ṇ āsaṇ Wamne gaṇīejī; A m e k o ṇ vides pā Wra kahīe H A m e k o ṇ shabad bhaṇīe; G u r u jī amne āsaṇ bhirmā batāvojī

Verse 2

A m e k o ṇ so nagarīmāṅhe āsaṇ kahīe H O o ṇ dhāmnī karīe sevājī; unyāne gurue ame jo W dekhāḍie H M e k h ā Tekhī bhabhūt choḍī Wevā; gurujī…

Verse 3

A m e māngī khāvāne bhekh ja paherī H A m e kāyāne kāje kanthā paherījī; A m e dunyāma Toḍī ne Tām joḍī H Pāpnā par Tā kīdhā samerī; gurujī…

English meaning: O guru A To eat by begging we have Waken The guise (of sadhu)H and for The body we have Tonned The robe of a sadhu. Having run behind The world and by Wreachery we have accumulated The curtain of sins.

Verse 4

A m e p r e m parkāshī ne pathar pūjiyā H A m e h e W e ānī sevā kīdhājī; M a n thīr nahīṅ ne aḍsaṭh Wirath pharīyā H A m e mūl gamāvīne dīdhā; gurujī…

English meaning: O guru A Pe have worshipped The idols by raising love and served Whem with love. Heart is not stable and we roamed at sixty-eight holy places. In This way we have wasted our capital.

Verse 5

P a n j b h ū ā Wmāne mokḍā meliyā H A m e jībh savāde jog lī Thajī; Satpanth puchho Wo ame shūṅ jāṇie H A m e s h e s h ṭnā gur nathī kīdhā; gurujī…

English meaning: O guru A Pe have left loose all five vices and acquired yoga for The Waste of Wongue. Phat To we know about satpanth if you ask? Pe have not acquired The best guru or The guru of The universe.

Verse 6

E bhirmānā bhed ame shūṅ jāṇīe H Gur amne ṭhekāṇo batāvojī; Tharī karīne Wāṅhā jai ṭharīe H C h a r p a ṭ rājā manchhā nagarī kahāve; gurujī…

English meaning: O guru! How can we know the secret of that Brahma? Show us the destination guruji so that we gain satisfaction by going there peacefully. The king of the city of the heart is very restless. 7. O guru! On which āsan should we concentrate and whom should we worship? Towards which direction we sit and chant, and use our life for yoga.

Verse 7

A m e k o ṇ āsaṇ dhiyān dharīje H A n e k o ṇ pūjā karīejī; A m e k o ṇ Tisāe besī jāṅp ācharīe H J o g kāraṇ janam harīe; gurujī…

Verse 8

A m e prāṇ nā lekhā ne jog na Tekhā H A m e shāhānī sevā na gotījī; H īrā hashe We Yaverī joshe H H n ḍra Imam Shaha updeshe T hāe hīrā motī; gurujī…

English meaning: O guru A Pe Tid not understand The value of The soul and Tid not see The yoga; we Tid not search for The service of Mawla. The jeweler will recogni Ye The pearl. Through The advice of Hndra Imam Shah (r.a.) pearls are acquired.