Uṭh jaag musaafir bhor bhai
Ab rain kahaa jo sovat hai.
Jo jaagat hai so paavat hai
jo sovat hai so khovat hai.
Ṭuk neend se aȧkhe khol zaraa,
aur apne eesh mė dhyaan lagaa
Yah preet karan kee reet naheė
prabhu jaagat hai too sovat hai.
Jo kal karnaa hai aaj karle
jo aaj karnaa hai ab karle
Jab chiṛiyo ne chug khet liyaa
Phir pachhtaaye kyaa hovat hai.
Naadaan bhugat karnee apnee
ai paapee paap me chain kahaa.
Jab paap kee gaṭhaṛee sees gharee
Phir sees pakaṛ kyoo rovat hai.
Mohamed Rafi, Aankhin Dekhi (1978)
Arise O traveler, awake O brother, to a new dawn. Sleep no more. Awake from your slumber. In slumber, all is lost whereas while alert, you can gain everything.
Open your (inner eyes) and contemplate God with affection. Do not sleep away your time in God’s world.
Whatever you have to do tomorrow, do it today, whatever you have to do today, do it now. Act now so that you do not regret lost opportunity (like regret when birds peck away all the grains in a farm, nothing is left.
What you sow, you shall reap (you will pay for any sinful actions), Why cry when you tightly hold onto your bundle of sins and place them on your head? Let Go, awaken from your slumber.
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