Shabad (from CD Deeply Relax #6) 3rd Part of Kirtan Sohila (Hymn of Praise)- the nightime/death prayer

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The 3rd Part of Kirtan Sohila ("Hymn of Praise")- the nightime/death prayer

 

Rag Dhanasri Mahalla 1

 

1. The sky is the platter

The moon and sun are thy lamp

The stars are thy scattered form

And the waftring scent of sandalwood thy incense

And the breeze is thy fan.

These along with the flowers of vegetation

are laid as offering at thy feet.

What other worship can be compared to

natures own festival of life.

While the divine music resounds within.

 

2. Thousand are thine eyes

and yet thou hast no eyes

Thousand are thy forms

and yet thou hast no form

Thousand are thine feet

and yet thou hast no feet

I'm enchanted with thy play

 

3. It's the light which lives in every heart

and thy light which illumines every soul

It's only through the Guru's Teaching

that the light can be shown.

Whatever is pleasing to thee

that is the True Worship

 

4. And my mind/soul is greedy as the bumble bee,

Night and day I long to drink the ambrosia of your lotus feet

I am like the thirsty bird

Waiting to receive the water

which is the nectar of your kindness.

So that I may live in the ecstasy

So that you may live in the ecstasy

So that we may live in the ecstasy

of Thy Name.