धनासरी महला १ आरती ॥
Dhanaasaree, First Mehl, Aartee:
ੴ सतिगुर प्रसादि ॥
One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:
गगन मै थालु रवि चंदु दीपक बने तारिका मंडल जनक मोती ॥
In the bowl of the sky, the sun and moon are the lamps; the stars in the constellations are the pearls.
धूपु मलआनलो पवणु चवरो करे सगल बनराइ फूलंत जोती ॥१॥
The fragrance of sandalwood is the incense, the wind is the fan, and all the vegetation are flowers in offering to You, O Luminous Lord. ||1||
कैसी आरती होइ भव खंडना तेरी आरती ॥
What a beautiful lamp-lit worship service this is! O Destroyer of fear, this is Your Aartee, Your worship service.
अनहता सबद वाजंत भेरी ॥१॥ रहाउ ॥
The sound current of the Shabad is the sounding of the temple drums. ||1||Pause||
सहस तव नैन नन नैन है तोहि कउ सहस मूरति नना एक तोही ॥
Thousands are Your eyes, and yet You have no eyes. Thousands are Your forms, and yet You have not even one form.
सहस पद बिमल नन एक पद गंध बिनु सहस तव गंध इव चलत मोही ॥२॥
Thousands are Your lotus feet, and yet You have no feet. Without a nose, thousands are Your noses. I am enchanted with Your play! ||2||
सभ महि जोति जोति है सोइ ॥
The Divine Light is within everyone; You are that Light.
तिस कै चानणि सभ महि चानणु होइ ॥
Yours is that Light which shines within everyone.
गुर साखी जोति परगटु होइ ॥
By the Guru's Teachings, this Divine Light is revealed.
जो तिसु भावै सु आरती होइ ॥३॥
That which pleases the Lord is the true worship service. ||3||
हरि चरण कमल मकरंद लोभित मनो अनदिनो मोहि आही पिआसा ॥
My soul is enticed by the honey-sweet lotus feet of the Lord; night and day, I thirst for them.
क्रिपा जलु देहि नानक सारिंग कउ होइ जा ते तेरै नामि वासा ॥४॥१॥७॥९॥
Bless Nanak, the thirsty song-bird, with the water of Your Mercy, that he may come to dwell in Your Name. ||4||1||7||9||
नामु तेरो आरती मजनु मुरारे ॥
Your Name, Lord, is my adoration and cleansing bath.
हरि के नाम बिनु झूठे सगल पासारे ॥१॥ रहाउ ॥
Without the Name of the Lord, all ostentatious displays are useless. ||1||Pause||
नामु तेरो आसनो नामु तेरो उरसा नामु तेरा केसरो ले छिटकारे ॥
Your Name is my prayer mat, and Your Name is the stone to grind the sandalwood. Your Name is the saffron which I take and sprinkle in offering to You.
नामु तेरा अंभुला नामु तेरो चंदनो घसि जपे नामु ले तुझहि कउ चारे ॥१॥
Your Name is the water, and Your Name is the sandalwood. The chanting of Your Name is the grinding of the sandalwood. I take it and offer all this to You. ||1||
नामु तेरा दीवा नामु तेरो बाती नामु तेरो तेलु ले माहि पसारे ॥
Your Name is the lamp, and Your Name is the wick. Your Name is the oil I pour into it.
नाम तेरे की जोति लगाई भइओ उजिआरो भवन सगलारे ॥२॥
Your Name is the light applied to this lamp, which enlightens and illuminates the entire world. ||2||
नामु तेरो तागा नामु फूल माला भार अठारह सगल जूठारे ॥
Your Name is the thread, and Your Name is the garland of flowers. The eighteen loads of vegetation are all too impure to offer to You.
तेरो कीआ तुझहि किआ अरपउ नामु तेरा तुही चवर ढोलारे ॥३॥
Why should I offer to You, that which You Yourself created? Your Name is the fan, which I wave over You. ||3||
दस अठा अठसठे चारे खाणी इहै वरतणि है सगल संसारे ॥
The whole world is engrossed in the eighteen Puraanas, the sixty-eight sacred shrines of pilgrimage, and the four sources of creation.
कहै रविदासु नामु तेरो आरती सति नामु है हरि भोग तुहारे ॥४॥३॥
Says Ravi Daas, Your Name is my Aartee, my lamp-lit worship-service. The True Name, Sat Naam, is the food which I offer to You. ||4||3||
धूप दीप घ्रित साजि आरती ॥
With incense, lamps and ghee, I offer this lamp-lit worship service.
वारने जाउ कमला पती ॥१॥
I am a sacrifice to the Lord of Lakshmi. ||1||
मंगला हरि मंगला ॥
Hail to You, Lord, hail to You!
नित मंगलु राजा राम राइ को ॥१॥ रहाउ ॥
Again and again, hail to You, Lord King, Ruler of all! ||1||Pause||
ऊतमु दीअरा निरमल बाती ॥
Sublime is the lamp, and pure is the wick.
तुहीं निरंजनु कमला पाती ॥२॥
You are immaculate and pure, O Brilliant Lord of Wealth! ||2||
रामा भगति रामानंदु जानै ॥
Raamaanand knows the devotional worship of the Lord.
पूरन परमानंदु बखानै ॥३॥
He says that the Lord is all-pervading, the embodiment of supreme joy. ||3||
मदन मूरति भै तारि गोबिंदे ॥
The Lord of the world, of wondrous form, has carried me across the terrifying world-ocean.
सैनु भणै भजु परमानंदे ॥४॥२॥
Says Sain, remember the Lord, the embodiment of supreme joy! ||4||2||
सुंन संधिआ तेरी देव देवाकर अधपति आदि समाई ॥
Hear my prayer, Lord; You are the Divine Light of the Divine, the Primal, All-pervading Master.
सिध समाधि अंतु नही पाइआ लागि रहे सरनाई ॥१॥
The Siddhas in Samaadhi have not found Your limits. They hold tight to the Protection of Your Sanctuary. ||1||
लेहु आरती हो पुरख निरंजन सतिगुर पूजहु भाई ॥
Worship and adoration of the Pure, Primal Lord comes by worshipping the True Guru, O Siblings of Destiny.
ठाढा ब्रहमा निगम बीचारै अलखु न लखिआ जाई ॥१॥ रहाउ ॥
Standing at His Door, Brahma studies the Vedas, but he cannot see the Unseen Lord. ||1||Pause||
ततु तेलु नामु कीआ बाती दीपकु देह उज्यारा ॥
With the oil of knowledge about the essence of reality, and the wick of the Naam, the Name of the Lord, this lamp illluminates my body.
जोति लाइ जगदीस जगाइआ बूझै बूझनहारा ॥२॥
I have applied the Light of the Lord of the Universe, and lit this lamp. God the Knower knows. ||2||
पंचे सबद अनाहद बाजे संगे सारिंगपानी ॥
The Unstruck Melody of the Panch Shabad, the Five Primal Sounds, vibrates and resounds. I dwell with the Lord of the World.
कबीर दास तेरी आरती कीनी निरंकार निरबानी ॥३॥५॥
Kabeer, Your slave, performs this Aartee, this lamp-lit worship service for You, O Formless Lord of Nirvaanaa. ||3||5||
गोपाल तेरा आरता ॥
O Lord of the world, this is Your lamp-lit worship service.
जो जन तुमरी भगति करंते तिन के काज सवारता ॥१॥ रहाउ ॥
You are the Arranger of the affairs of those humble beings who perform Your devotional worship service. ||1||Pause||
दालि सीधा मागउ घीउ ॥
Lentils, flour and ghee - these things, I beg of You.
हमरा खुसी करै नित जीउ ॥
My mind shall ever be pleased.
पनीआ छादनु नीका ॥
Shoes, fine clothes,
अनाजु मगउ सत सी का ॥१॥
And grain of seven kinds - I beg of You. ||1||
गऊ भैस मगउ लावेरी ॥
A milk cow, and a water buffalo, I beg of You,
इक ताजनि तुरी चंगेरी ॥
and a fine Turkestani horse.
घर की गीहनि चंगी ॥
A good wife to care for my home
जनु धंना लेवै मंगी ॥२॥४॥
- Your humble servant Dhanna begs for these things, Lord. ||2||4||
पांइ गहे जब ते तुमरे तब ते कोऊ आंख तरे नहीं आन्यो ॥
O God! the day when I caught hold of your feet, I do not bring anyone else under my sight
राम रहीम पुरान कुरान अनेक कहैं मत एक न मान्यो ॥
None other is liked by me now the Puranas and the Quran try to know Thee by the names of Ram and Rahim and talk about you through several stories,
सिंम्रित सासत्र बेद सभै बहु भेद कहैं हम एक न जान्यो ॥
The Simritis, Shastras and Vedas describe several mysteries of yours, but I do not agree with any of them.
स्री असिपान क्रिपा तुमरी करि मै न कह्यो सभ तोहि बखान्यो ॥८६३॥
O sword-wielder God! This all has been described by Thy Grace, what power can I have to write all this?.863.
सगल दुआर कउ छाडि कै गहिओ तुहारो दुआर ॥
O Lord! I have forsaken all other doors and have caught hold of only Thy door. O Lord! Thou has caught hold of my arm
बांहि गहे की लाज अस गोबिंद दास तुहार ॥८६४॥
I, Govind, am Thy serf, kindly take (care of me and) protect my honour.864.