Shabad : Ab tab jab kab, tuhee tuhee

 

Shabad (Ang 969 of SGGS) : ab tab jab kab 

  tuhee tuhee ||

(O Lord, Now and then, here and there, 

You, only You.)

{The Lord is omniscient ("sar-vagya" - all-knowing),  

omnipotent ("sarva-saktiman" - all-powerful),

and omnipresent ("sarv-vyapi" - present everywhere.)}

ham tua parasaadh 

  sukhee sadh hee ||1||

(By Your Grace, 

I am forever in peace.)

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too(n) mero mer parabat suaamee 

  oT gahee mai teree ||

(You are my Sumayr Mountain, O my Lord and Master; 

I have grasped Your Support.)

naa tum ddolahu naa ham girate 

  rakh leenee har meree ||1||

(You do not shake, and I do not fall. 

You have preserved my honor.)

ab tab jab kab 

  tuhee tuhee ||

(Now and then, here and there, 

You, only You.)

ham tua parasaadh 

  sukhee sadh hee ||1||

(By Your Grace, 

I am forever in peace.)

tore bharose magahar basio mere 

  tan kee tapat bujhaiee ||

(Relying upon You, I can live even in the cursed place of Magahar; 

You have put out the fire of my body.)

pahile dharasan magahar paio 

  fun kaasee base aaiee ||2||

(First, I obtained the Blessed Vision of Your Darshan in Magahar; 

then, I came to dwell at Benares.)

jaisaa magahar taisee kaasee 

  ham ekai kar jaanee ||

(As is Magahar, so is Benares; 

I see them as one and the same.)

ham niradhan jiau ih dhan paiaa 

  marate fooT gumaanee ||3||

(I am poor, but I have obtained this wealth of the Lord; 

the proud are bursting with pride, and die.)

karai gumaan chubheh tis soolaa 

  ko kaaddan kau naahee ||

(One who takes pride in himself is stuck with thorns; 

no one can pull them out.)

ajai su chobh kau bilal bilaate 

  narake ghor pachaahee ||4||

(Here, he cries bitterly, and hereafter, 

he burns in the most hideous hell.)

kavan narak kiaa surag bichaaraa 

  sa(n)tan dhouoo raadhe ||

(What is hell, and what is heaven? 

The Saints reject them both.)

ham kaahoo kee kaan na kaddate 

  apane gur parasaadhe ||5||

(I have no obligation to either of them, 

by the Grace of my Guru.)

ab tau jai chadde si(n)ghaasan 

  mile hai saari(n)gapaanee ||

(Now, I have mounted to the throne of the Lord; 

I have met the Lord, the Sustainer of the World.)

raam kabeeraa ek bhe hai 

  koi na sakai pachhaanee ||6||

(The Lord and Kabeer have become one. 

No one can tell them apart.)