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<blockquote data-quote="singhbj" data-source="post: 77426" data-attributes="member: 5360"><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: blue">Vaisakhi Poem </span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: darkorange">by Raminder Kaur, London</span></span><span style="color: darkorange">.</span> </p><p></p><p> </p><p style="text-align: center">Most people cannot recall their birth. </p> <p style="text-align: center">I remember it as if it just happened yesterday.</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">The day when I was blessed with taking Amrit.</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">The day I was blessed to be born into the Khalsa Panth.</span></span></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">I stood in front of my Panj Piaare,</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">As they did before Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji on 30th March</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">1699.</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Uttering the Guru's Fateh,</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">"Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa, Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh..."</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">I took each ambrosial sip of Amrit.</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">I felt honoured.</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Honoured to be present among my fellow Sikh Brothers and</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Sisters.</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">As we all made this magical step together.</span></span></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">As I sat there listening to my Panj Piaare recite Nitnem,</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">My thoughts took me back to Anandpur Sahib over 300</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">years ago.</span></span></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji proudly stood in front of thousands</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">of Sikhs.</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Requesting the head of one.</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">One Sikh willing to give up their life.</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Five humble Sikhs made this sacrifice:</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Bhai Daya Singh Ji,</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Bhai Dharam Singh Ji,</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Bhai Himmat Singh Ji,</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Bhai Mokam Singh Ji and</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Bhai Sahib Singh Ji.</span></span></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji initiated these five Sikhs into the</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Khalsa Panth...</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Guru Ji saw the need for Sikhs to have a special Identity.</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">A way to distinguish them from other faiths.</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Guru Ji gave Sikhs five Symbols:</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Turban, comb, sword, bangle and special shorts.</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Each Symbol would help Sikhs,</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">help them to have a disciplined life style,</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">help them to always remember God.</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Each male was given the title Singh.</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Each female was given the title Kaur.</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">This was to help create equality among Sikhs.</span></span></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">I was humbled recalling the details of this historical event.</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">It made me even more proud to call myself a Sikh.</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Without Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji,</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">I could not call myself a Kaur or Singh.</span></span></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">I feel different now.</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">I feel part of a new family.</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">When I walk down the Street I present myself with more</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Pride.</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">I am more aware and conscious of my actions.</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">I feel inner peace.</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">I have been given strength to make it through life's quest,</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">My quest to reach God.</span></span></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Most people cannot recall their birth,</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">I remember it as if it just happened yesterday...</span></span></p><p></p><p style="text-align: left">Source:<a href="http://www.sikhnet.com/sikhnet/news.nsf/NewsArchive/C7C01EFCC51397D08725742600495981" target="_blank">SikhNet News Archive - Vaisakhi Poem (by Raminder Kaur, London) - 04/09/2008</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="singhbj, post: 77426, member: 5360"] [CENTER][FONT=Arial][SIZE=5][COLOR=blue]Vaisakhi Poem [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][COLOR=darkorange]by Raminder Kaur, London[/COLOR][/FONT][COLOR=darkorange].[/COLOR] [/CENTER] [CENTER]Most people cannot recall their birth. I remember it as if it just happened yesterday.[/CENTER] [CENTER][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]The day when I was blessed with taking Amrit.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]The day I was blessed to be born into the Khalsa Panth.[/SIZE][/FONT][/CENTER] [CENTER][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]I stood in front of my Panj Piaare,[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]As they did before Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji on 30th March[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]1699.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]Uttering the Guru's Fateh,[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]"Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa, Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh..."[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]I took each ambrosial sip of Amrit.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]I felt honoured.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]Honoured to be present among my fellow Sikh Brothers and[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]Sisters.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]As we all made this magical step together.[/SIZE][/FONT][/CENTER] [CENTER][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]As I sat there listening to my Panj Piaare recite Nitnem,[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]My thoughts took me back to Anandpur Sahib over 300[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]years ago.[/SIZE][/FONT][/CENTER] [CENTER][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji proudly stood in front of thousands[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]of Sikhs.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]Requesting the head of one.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]One Sikh willing to give up their life.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]Five humble Sikhs made this sacrifice:[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]Bhai Daya Singh Ji,[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]Bhai Dharam Singh Ji,[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]Bhai Himmat Singh Ji,[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]Bhai Mokam Singh Ji and[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]Bhai Sahib Singh Ji.[/SIZE][/FONT][/CENTER] [CENTER][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji initiated these five Sikhs into the[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]Khalsa Panth...[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]Guru Ji saw the need for Sikhs to have a special Identity.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]A way to distinguish them from other faiths.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]Guru Ji gave Sikhs five Symbols:[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]Turban, comb, sword, bangle and special shorts.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]Each Symbol would help Sikhs,[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]help them to have a disciplined life style,[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]help them to always remember God.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]Each male was given the title Singh.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]Each female was given the title Kaur.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]This was to help create equality among Sikhs.[/SIZE][/FONT][/CENTER] [CENTER][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]I was humbled recalling the details of this historical event.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]It made me even more proud to call myself a Sikh.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]Without Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji,[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]I could not call myself a Kaur or Singh.[/SIZE][/FONT][/CENTER] [CENTER][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]I feel different now.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]I feel part of a new family.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]When I walk down the Street I present myself with more[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]Pride.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]I am more aware and conscious of my actions.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]I feel inner peace.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]I have been given strength to make it through life's quest,[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]My quest to reach God.[/SIZE][/FONT][/CENTER] [CENTER][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]Most people cannot recall their birth,[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]I remember it as if it just happened yesterday...[/SIZE][/FONT][/CENTER] [LEFT]Source:[URL="http://www.sikhnet.com/sikhnet/news.nsf/NewsArchive/C7C01EFCC51397D08725742600495981"]SikhNet News Archive - Vaisakhi Poem (by Raminder Kaur, London) - 04/09/2008[/URL][/LEFT] [/QUOTE]
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