Engagement Shabads of Guru Ram Das

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It's been a long time coming. This particular translation. Not

because it took a very long time to do. But just because it took a

very very very long time to find out that this even existed.

Lifetimes, probably, when you get right down to it.

Sat Nam.

 

In the last year, there have been a few people who have asked if I

had translated the Lavaan yet. Because they wanted to use the

translation for their wedding. Once you've heard a request three

times from three entirely different people - one begins to get the

feeling that the Universe is trying to tell you something.

 

Whenever embarking on a new translation project, I like to discuss

the subject with my Gurbani instructor, Dr. Balkar Singh. When I

asked him about the Lavaan, what he told me was that I couldn't

translate the Lavaan first. What he taught me was that there are four

Shabads right before the Lavaan in the Siri Guru Granth Sahib.

(Starting on page 772). These shabads are written by Guru Ram Das.

And they are the called the Engagement Shabads.

 

" You have to understand the Engagement Shabads before you can

translate the Lavaan, " he told me.

 

That was almost a year ago.

 

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All Love in the Divine,

 

Ek Ong Kaar Kaur