Aava Gur-Nar Sami ne - Jaferali Surmawala

Eji Aava Gur-Nar Swaami ne sireviye Te to huada Shahna didaariya Tamshu(n) preet bandhaañi Evi preet bandhaañi mitha Shyaam su(n) Tamshu(n) nehdo laago mora naathji Tamshu(n) preet bandhaañi.. ..1 Eji Aava Gur-Nar Swaami saathe Jeñe jive yaariya Teñe dil thaki duniya visaariya.. ..Tamshu(n)..2 Eji Aava panj-bhoo vash kari Chaare joogni kala gurni joyla Karodi tetris devta-na mela maa(n)he hoyela.. ..Tamshu(n)..3 Eji Aava paachham dise Swaami raajo aaviya Eva gur mukhe ginan sambhlaaviya.. ..Tamshu(n)..4 Eji Pir boliya Satgur Sohodev saariya Maare momaneku(n) bahesht didaariya.. ..Tamshu(n)..5 Devotedly worship such a Guide and Master, that you may achieve the Shah’s didar. I am bound to You by love. I am bound by so great a love to You, my sweet Shyam. It is with you that my ties are formed. O my Creator, I am bound to You by love.. ..1 The one whose loving friendship is given to such a Guide and Lord, the Master, has abandoned all memory of the world in his heart.. ..2 By thus abandoning the five vices, the Guru’s supremacy that endures throughout the four epochs is seen, and one enters the company of the thirty-three crores of deities.. ..3 Thus has the Spiritual Emperor appeared in the western hemisphere. This gnosis is brought to us by the Guru.. ..4 The Pir has said: Satgur Sohodev has remembered you and said, “My believers will be granted the vision of paradise”.. ..5 Translation adapted from Ismaili Hymns from South Asia by Zawahir Moir & Christopher Shackle