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maaroo mehalaa 5 ||

Maaroo, Fifth Mehl:

aleh agam khudhaaee ba(n)dhae ||

O slave of the inaccessible Lord God Allah,

shhodd khiaal dhuneeaa kae dhha(n)dhhae ||

forsake thoughts of worldly entanglements.

hoe pai khaak fakeer musaafar eihu dharavaes kabool dharaa ||1||

Become the dust of the feet of the humble fakeers, and consider yourself a traveller on this journey. O saintly dervish, you shall be approved in the Court of the Lord. ||1||

sach nivaaj yakeen musalaa ||

Let Truth be your prayer, and faith your prayer-mat.

manasaa maar nivaarihu aasaa ||

Subdue your desires, and overcome your hopes.

dhaeh maseeth man moulaanaa kalam khudhaaee paak kharaa ||2||

Let your body be the mosque, and your mind the priest. Let true purity be God's Word for you. ||2||

saraa sareeath lae ka(n)maavahu ||

Let your practice be to live the spiritual life.

thareekath tharak khoj ttolaavahu ||

Let your spiritual cleansing be to renounce the world and seek God.

maarafath man maarahu abadhaalaa milahu hakeekath jith fir n maraa ||3||

Let control of the mind be your spiritual wisdom, O holy man; meeting with God, you shall never die again. ||3||

kuraan kathaeb dhil maahi kamaahee ||

Practice within your heart the teachings of the Koran and the Bible;

dhas aouraath rakhahu badh raahee ||

restrain the ten sensory organs from straying into evil.

pa(n)ch maradh sidhak lae baadhhahu khair sabooree kabool paraa ||4||

Tie up the five demons of desire with faith, charity and contentment, and you shall be acceptable. ||4||

makaa mihar rojaa pai khaakaa ||

Let compassion be your Mecca, and the dust of the feet of the holy your fast.

bhisath peer lafaj kamaae a(n)dhaajaa ||

Let Paradise be your practice of the Prophet's Word.

hoor noor musak khudhaaeiaa ba(n)dhagee aleh aalaa hujaraa ||5||

God is the beauty, the light and the fragrance. Meditation on Allah is the secluded meditation chamber. ||5||

sach kamaavai soee kaajee ||

He alone is a Qazi, who practices the Truth.

jo dhil sodhhai soee haajee ||

He alone is a Haji, a pilgrim to Mecca, who purifies his heart.

so mulaa maloon nivaarai so dharavaes jis sifath dhharaa ||6||

He alone is a Mullah, who banishes evil; he alone is a saintly dervish, who takes the Support of the Lord's Praise. ||6||

sabhae vakhath sabhae kar vaelaa || khaalak yaadh dhilai mehi moulaa ||

Always, at every moment, remember God, the Creator within your heart.

thasabee yaadh karahu dhas maradhan su(n)nath seel ba(n)dhhaan baraa ||7||

Let your meditation beads be the subjugation of the ten senses. Let good conduct and self-restraint be your circumcision. ||7||

dhil mehi jaanahu sabh filehaalaa ||

You must know in your heart that everything is temporary.

khilakhaanaa biraadhar hamoo ja(n)jaalaa ||

Family, household and siblings are all entanglements.

meer malak oumarae faanaaeiaa eaek mukaam khudhaae dharaa ||8||

Kings, rulers and nobles are mortal and transitory; only God's Gate is the permanent place. ||8||

aval sifath dhoojee saabooree ||

First, is the Lord's Praise; second, contentment;

theejai halaemee chouthhai khairee ||

third, humility, and fourth, giving to charities.

pa(n)javai pa(n)jae eikath mukaamai eaehi pa(n)j vakhath thaerae aparaparaa ||9||

Fifth is to hold one's desires in restraint. These are the five most sublime daily prayers. ||9||

sagalee jaan karahu moudheefaa ||

Let your daily worship be the knowledge that God is everywhere.

badh amal shhodd karahu hathh koojaa ||

Let renunciation of evil actions be the water-jug you carry.

khudhaae eaek bujh dhaevahu baa(n)gaa(n) buragoo barakhuradhaar kharaa ||10||

Let realization of the One Lord God be your call to prayer; be a good child of God - let this be your trumpet. ||10||

hak halaal bakhorahu khaanaa ||

Let what is earned righteously be your blessed food.

dhil dhareeaao dhhovahu mailaanaa ||

Wash away pollution with the river of your heart.

peer pashhaanai bhisathee soee ajaraaeel n dhoj t(h)araa ||11||

One who realizes the Prophet attains heaven. Azraa-eel, the Messenger of Death, does not cast him into hell. ||11||

kaaeiaa kiradhaar aourath yakeenaa ||

Let good deeds be your body, and faith your bride.

ra(n)g thamaasae maan hakeenaa ||

Play and enjoy the Lord's love and delight.

naapaak paak kar hadhoor hadheesaa saabath soorath dhasathaar siraa ||12||

Purify what is impure, and let the Lord's Presence be your religious tradition. Let your total awareness be the turban on your head. ||12||

musalamaan mom dhil hovai ||

To be Muslim is to be kind-hearted,

a(n)thar kee mal dhil thae dhhovai ||

and wash away pollution from within the heart.

dhuneeaa ra(n)g n aavai naerrai jio kusam paatt ghio paak haraa ||13||

He does not even approach worldly pleasures; he is pure, like flowers, silk, ghee and the deer-skin. ||13||

jaa ko mihar mihar miharavaanaa ||

One who is blessed with the mercy and compassion of the Merciful Lord,

soee maradh maradh maradhaanaa ||

is the manliest man among men.

soee saekh masaaeik haajee so ba(n)dhaa jis najar naraa ||14||

He alone is a Shaykh, a preacher, a Haji, and he alone is God's slave, who is blessed with God's Grace. ||14||

kudharath kaadhar karan kareemaa ||

The Creator Lord has Creative Power; the Merciful Lord has Mercy.

sifath muhabath athhaah reheemaa ||

The Praises and the Love of the Merciful Lord are unfathomable.

hak hukam sach khudhaaeiaa bujh naanak ba(n)dh khalaas tharaa ||15||3||12||

Realize the True Hukam, the Command of the Lord, O Nanak; you shall be released from bondage, and carried across. ||15||3||12||

I guess its like u both meet at the gurdwara, infront of family n friends. Do lavan da paath, with just u n ur partner to be, no brothers etc!

Then the married couple do a shabad!Dunno if thats necessary!

erm.. More keertan from family etc

Then eat langar n go home!

My parents chose the morning after a rehinsbhai lol! Man they must have been sooo tired

Guru Arjan Dev Ji in Raag Maaroo on Pannaa 1083

naapaak paak kar hadhoor hadheesaa saabath soorath dhasathaar siraa

Purify what is impure, and let the Lord's Presence be your religious tradition. Let your total awareness be the turban on your head

This is before guru gobind singh ji's time!

yeah no matter how bad the 5 vices are, we cannot live without them.

We try to control them, but they are always there, coz without them we can live.

WJKK WJKF

Gurpreet Singh