ਪਸੂ-ਪੰਛੀ (Animals-Birds)

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ਨਾਗਨਿ ਹੋਵਾ ਧਰ ਵਸਾ ਸਬਦੁ ਵਸੈ ਭਉ ਜਾਇ ॥

If I were to become a snake, living in the ground, the Word [Shabad] would still dwell in my mind, and my fears would go away.

ਜਉ ਮਿਲਿ ਬਛਰੇ ਗਊ ਪ੍ਰੀਤਿ ਲਗਾਵੈ ॥

As a cow shows love to her strayed calf on meeting it.

ਸਾਰਿੰਗ ਪ੍ਰੀਤਿ ਬਸੈ ਜਲ ਧਾਰਾ ॥

The pied-cuckoo loves the rainwater, falling in torrents;

ਚਕਵੀ ਪ੍ਰੀਤਿ ਸੂਰਜੁ ਮੁਖਿ ਲਾਗੈ ॥

The ruddy-shelduck loves the sun shining in her face.

ਬਛਰੇ ਪ੍ਰੀਤਿ ਖੀਰੁ ਮੁਖਿ ਖਾਇ ॥

The calf loves to suck [mother's] milk with mouth.

ਬਿਸੀਅਰ ਕਉ ਬਹੁ ਦੂਧੁ ਪੀਆਈਐ ਬਿਖੁ ਨਿਕਸੈ ਫੋਲਿ ਫੁਲੀਠਾ ॥

If we feed a serpent upon much milk, on investigation, only poison shall come out of it.

ਮਨੁ ਮੋਰੁ ਕੁਹੁਕਿਅੜਾ ਸਬਦੁ ਮੁਖਿ ਪਾਇਆ ॥

By tasting the Word [Shabad] Nectar, peacock of my mind has begun to chirp.

ਕਈ ਜਨਮ ਭਏ ਕੀਟ ਪਤੰਗਾ ॥ ਕਈ ਜਨਮ ਗਜ ਮੀਨ ਕੁਰੰਗਾ ॥ ਕਈ ਜਨਮ ਪੰਖੀ ਸਰਪ ਹੋਇਓ ॥ ਕਈ ਜਨਮ ਹੈਵਰ ਬ੍ਰਿਖ ਜੋਇਓ ॥

In so many incarnations, you were a worm and a moth; in so many incarnations, you were an elephant, a fish and a deer. In so many incarnations, you were a bird and a snake. In so many incarnations, you were a horse and yoked as an ox.

ਜਿਨਿ ਦੀਏ ਤਿਸਹਿ ਨ ਜਾਨਹਿ ਸੁਆਨ ।।

But the dog does not know the One who has bestowed these.

ਮਨ ਅਸਵਾਰ ਜੈਸੇ ਤੁਰੀ ਸੀਗਾਰੀ ॥ ਜਿਉ ਕਾਪੁਰਖੁ ਪੁਚਾਰੈ ਨਾਰੀ ॥ ਬੈਲ ਕਉ ਨੇਤ੍ਰਾ ਪਾਇ ਦੁਹਾਵੈ ॥ ਗਊ ਚਰੁ ਸਿੰਘ ਪਾਛੈ ਪਾਵੈ ॥ ਗਾਡਰ ਲੈ ਕਾਮਧੇਨੁ ਕਰਿ ਪੂਜੀ ॥

It would be like an imaginary rider on a decorated horse, or a eunuch caressing a woman. ||1|| It would be like tying up an ox and trying to milk it, or riding a cow to chase a tiger. ||2|| It would be like taking a sheep and worshipping it as the wish fulfilling cow.