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ਰਾਗੁ ਸਿਰੀਰਾਗੁ | Raag Siree-Raag
Gurbani (14-53)
Ashtpadiyan (53-71)
Gurbani (71-74)
Pahre (74-78)
Chhant (78-81)
Vanjara (81-82)
Vaar Siri Raag (83-91)
Bhagat Bani (91-93)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਝ | Raag Maajh
Gurbani (94-109)
Ashtpadi (109)
Ashtpadiyan (110-129)
Ashtpadi (129-130)
Ashtpadiyan (130-133)
Bara Maha (133-136)
Din Raen (136-137)
Vaar Maajh Ki (137-150)
ਰਾਗੁ ਗਉੜੀ | Raag Gauree
Gurbani (151-185)
Quartets/Couplets (185-220)
Ashtpadiyan (220-234)
Karhalei (234-235)
Ashtpadiyan (235-242)
Chhant (242-249)
Baavan Akhari (250-262)
Sukhmani (262-296)
Thittee (296-300)
Gauree kii Vaar (300-323)
Gurbani (323-330)
Ashtpadiyan (330-340)
Baavan Akhari (340-343)
Thintteen (343-344)
Vaar Kabir (344-345)
Bhagat Bani (345-346)
ਰਾਗੁ ਆਸਾ | Raag Aasaa
Gurbani (347-348)
Chaupaday (348-364)
Panchpadde (364-365)
Kaafee (365-409)
Aasaavaree (409-411)
Ashtpadiyan (411-432)
Patee (432-435)
Chhant (435-462)
Vaar Aasaa (462-475)
Bhagat Bani (475-488)
ਰਾਗੁ ਗੂਜਰੀ | Raag Goojaree
Gurbani (489-503)
Ashtpadiyan (503-508)
Vaar Gujari (508-517)
Vaar Gujari (517-526)
ਰਾਗੁ ਦੇਵਗੰਧਾਰੀ | Raag Dayv-Gandhaaree
Gurbani (527-536)
ਰਾਗੁ ਬਿਹਾਗੜਾ | Raag Bihaagraa
Gurbani (537-556)
Chhant (538-548)
Vaar Bihaagraa (548-556)
ਰਾਗੁ ਵਡਹੰਸ | Raag Wadhans
Gurbani (557-564)
Ashtpadiyan (564-565)
Chhant (565-575)
Ghoriaan (575-578)
Alaahaniiaa (578-582)
Vaar Wadhans (582-594)
ਰਾਗੁ ਸੋਰਠਿ | Raag Sorath
Gurbani (595-634)
Asatpadhiya (634-642)
Vaar Sorath (642-659)
ਰਾਗੁ ਧਨਾਸਰੀ | Raag Dhanasaree
Gurbani (660-685)
Astpadhiya (685-687)
Chhant (687-691)
Bhagat Bani (691-695)
ਰਾਗੁ ਜੈਤਸਰੀ | Raag Jaitsree
Gurbani (696-703)
Chhant (703-705)
Vaar Jaitsaree (705-710)
Bhagat Bani (710)
ਰਾਗੁ ਟੋਡੀ | Raag Todee
ਰਾਗੁ ਬੈਰਾੜੀ | Raag Bairaaree
ਰਾਗੁ ਤਿਲੰਗ | Raag Tilang
Gurbani (721-727)
Bhagat Bani (727)
ਰਾਗੁ ਸੂਹੀ | Raag Suhi
Gurbani (728-750)
Ashtpadiyan (750-761)
Kaafee (761-762)
Suchajee (762)
Gunvantee (763)
Chhant (763-785)
Vaar Soohee (785-792)
Bhagat Bani (792-794)
ਰਾਗੁ ਬਿਲਾਵਲੁ | Raag Bilaaval
Gurbani (795-831)
Ashtpadiyan (831-838)
Thitteen (838-840)
Vaar Sat (841-843)
Chhant (843-848)
Vaar Bilaaval (849-855)
Bhagat Bani (855-858)
ਰਾਗੁ ਗੋਂਡ | Raag Gond
Gurbani (859-869)
Ashtpadiyan (869)
Bhagat Bani (870-875)
ਰਾਗੁ ਰਾਮਕਲੀ | Raag Ramkalee
Ashtpadiyan (902-916)
Gurbani (876-902)
Anand (917-922)
Sadd (923-924)
Chhant (924-929)
Dakhnee (929-938)
Sidh Gosat (938-946)
Vaar Ramkalee (947-968)
ਰਾਗੁ ਨਟ ਨਾਰਾਇਨ | Raag Nat Narayan
Gurbani (975-980)
Ashtpadiyan (980-983)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਲੀ ਗਉੜਾ | Raag Maalee Gauraa
Gurbani (984-988)
Bhagat Bani (988)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਰੂ | Raag Maaroo
Gurbani (889-1008)
Ashtpadiyan (1008-1014)
Kaafee (1014-1016)
Ashtpadiyan (1016-1019)
Anjulian (1019-1020)
Solhe (1020-1033)
Dakhni (1033-1043)
ਰਾਗੁ ਤੁਖਾਰੀ | Raag Tukhaari
Bara Maha (1107-1110)
Chhant (1110-1117)
ਰਾਗੁ ਕੇਦਾਰਾ | Raag Kedara
Gurbani (1118-1123)
Bhagat Bani (1123-1124)
ਰਾਗੁ ਭੈਰਉ | Raag Bhairo
Gurbani (1125-1152)
Partaal (1153)
Ashtpadiyan (1153-1167)
ਰਾਗੁ ਬਸੰਤੁ | Raag Basant
Gurbani (1168-1187)
Ashtpadiyan (1187-1193)
Vaar Basant (1193-1196)
ਰਾਗੁ ਸਾਰਗ | Raag Saarag
Gurbani (1197-1200)
Partaal (1200-1231)
Ashtpadiyan (1232-1236)
Chhant (1236-1237)
Vaar Saarang (1237-1253)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਲਾਰ | Raag Malaar
Gurbani (1254-1293)
Partaal (1265-1273)
Ashtpadiyan (1273-1278)
Chhant (1278)
Vaar Malaar (1278-91)
Bhagat Bani (1292-93)
ਰਾਗੁ ਕਾਨੜਾ | Raag Kaanraa
Gurbani (1294-96)
Partaal (1296-1318)
Ashtpadiyan (1308-1312)
Chhant (1312)
Vaar Kaanraa
Bhagat Bani (1318)
ਰਾਗੁ ਕਲਿਆਨ | Raag Kalyaan
Gurbani (1319-23)
Ashtpadiyan (1323-26)
ਰਾਗੁ ਪ੍ਰਭਾਤੀ | Raag Prabhaatee
Gurbani (1327-1341)
Ashtpadiyan (1342-51)
ਰਾਗੁ ਜੈਜਾਵੰਤੀ | Raag Jaijaiwanti
Gurbani (1352-53)
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Sehskritee Mahala 1
Sehskritee Mahala 5
Gaathaa Mahala 5
Phunhay Mahala 5
Chaubolae Mahala 5
Shaloks Bhagat Kabir
Shaloks Sheikh Farid
Swaiyyae Mahala 5
Swaiyyae in Praise of Gurus
Shaloks in Addition To Vaars
Shalok Ninth Mehl
Mundavanee Mehl 5
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<blockquote data-quote="Archived_Member1" data-source="post: 72217" data-attributes="member: 4703"><p>great thread!</p><p></p><p>i've been researching english translations because i'd like to purchase one for my home. here are a couple of articles i found useful:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.sikhs.org/english/english.htm" target="_blank">The Sikhism Home Page: Sri Guru Granth Sahib</a></p><p></p><p> <strong>[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]<span style="font-size: 12px">Comparison of the Five Complete Translations of Sri Guru Granth Sahib</span>[/FONT]</strong>[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]<span style="font-size: 10px"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong> by Singh Sahib Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa</strong></span>[/FONT] </p><p> <strong>[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]<span style="font-size: 10px">1. Bhai Gopal Singh Translation</span>[/FONT]</strong> </p><p>[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]<span style="font-size: 10px"> The first complete translation of the Siri Guru Granth Sahib into English was provided by Dr. Gopal Singh; this was completed around 1960. It was published in a four volume set, and has received wide distribution. The 'International Edition' published by the World Sikh University Press in 1978, has a light blue cover. </span>[/FONT] </p><p>[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]<span style="font-size: 10px"> Dr. Gopal Singh's stellar reputation for scholarly work in service of the Dharma is well deserved. In fact, the introduction to the work, in the first of the four volumes, is a remarkable work in and of itself. Especially readable and worthwhile is Section II: On the Philosophy of Sikh Religion. In this treatise on comparative religion, he traces the common threads of religious thought throughout the ages, giving one a deeper appreciation of Sikh Dharma. His brief explanation of the Kundalini and Yogic traditions is well-done. </span>[/FONT] </p><p>[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]<span style="font-size: 10px"> His grammar, however, is somewhat antiquated and distracting. </span>[/FONT] </p><p>[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]<span style="font-size: 10px"> For example: </span>[/FONT] </p><p> [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]<span style="font-size: 10px">"Yea Manifests He in a myriad ways."</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"> "For several births thou wert a mere worm."</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"> "He, (whose way is this,) Knows his Master and Compassion comes into him, And becomes Eternal he: he dies not thereafter." </span>[/FONT] </p><p>[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]<span style="font-size: 10px"> He included excellent footnotes explaining legendary persons, Hindu mythology and local folk idioms, and these often reveal more clearly the true meaning of the Guru's Word. Often, he explains the linguistic derivation of a word or idiom. From his thorough understanding of comparative religion, he brings to light the common threads which run through Sikhism and other religions. </span>[/FONT] </p><p>[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]<span style="font-size: 10px"> Page breaks are only roughly approximated to the original, and the numbering system of the original is roughly preserved, although there are a large number of mistakes in the numbers. </span>[/FONT] </p><p>[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]<span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"> <strong>2. Manmohan Singh Translation</strong> </span>[/FONT] </p><p>[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]<span style="font-size: 10px"> A very different translation was published just a short time after Dr. Gopal Singh's work came out. Back in 1948, after Sardar Manmohan Singh, a devout Sikh, lost everything worldly in the partition of India and Pakistan, he began work on what would be a lasting legacy. He worked on this for 12 years, completing it in 1960. This is the ëeight-volume setí with the original Gurmukhi, side-by-side with translations into English and Panjabi, with nearly every word individually cross-referenced across the three languages. The S.G.P.C. published and distributed this 8-volume set in a dark blue cover, starting with the first volume in 1962, and completing the eighth in 1969, the year in which Manmohan Singh passed on. </span>[/FONT] </p><p>[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]<span style="font-size: 10px"> For the first time, Sikhs all around the world had access to a most practical resource in understanding the Word of the Guru. It has become common practice in all parts of the world to install this 8 volume set as Guru, and read out the Hukam in both Gurmukhi and English, and sometimes in Panjaabi as well. Many Gurdwaras, especially larger ones, have a single volume Bir installed, and use this 8-volume set to read out the translation. </span>[/FONT] </p><p>[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]<span style="font-size: 10px"> Page breaks <em>appear</em> to be precisely placed, but are not correlated to the original with any precision, and there are many typographical errors. There are also small passages of the original which are omitted in this work-again, typographical mistakes. </span>[/FONT] </p><p>[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]<span style="font-size: 10px"> Overall, this work represents a distinctly more accurate and direct translation of the Guru's Word, although it includes a large number of antiquated, idiosyncratic expressions more common to 18th and 19th century British India-words like mammon (for Maya), myrmidon, collyrium, mumpers, gnosis (for knowledge), apostates, sans (French for without), etc. Much of his grammar is so dated as to be distracting, and even confusing to the modern ear. </span>[/FONT] </p><p>[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]<span style="font-size: 10px"> For example: </span>[/FONT] </p><p> [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]<span style="font-size: 10px">"Raising, the embankments of my mind's field, I gaze at the high sky or mansion. When Divine devotion enters bride's mind-home, the Friendly Guest pays her a visit."</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"> He, who slanders Thy attendant, him Thou chrusheth and destroyest". </span>[/FONT] </p><p>[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]<span style="font-size: 10px"> In spite of these difficulties, the translation has a much deeper impact, and a more obvious accuracy, than the Bhai Gopal Singh translation. It is very poetic, and conveys a sense of humility and devotion. </span>[/FONT] </p><p>[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]<span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"> <strong>3. Gurbachan Singh Talib Translation</strong> </span>[/FONT] </p><p>[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]<span style="font-size: 10px"> According to his own introduction to the book, Gurbachan Singh Talib of Panjabi University, Patiala, was assigned in 1977 the task of compiling a new translation of the Siri Guru Granth Sahib. It is grammatically the least satisfying - that is, the most distracting -of the three works so far. </span>[/FONT] </p><p>[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]<span style="font-size: 10px"> For example: </span>[/FONT] </p><p> [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]<span style="font-size: 10px">"In listening to laudation of the Name etemal find I life."</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"> "To whomsoever the vision of unicity does grant, propped by the holy congregation, of the Lord's love has joy" </span>[/FONT] </p><p>[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]<span style="font-size: 10px"> He does include many useful footnotes, shedding some light on the Guru's Teachings. Overall, however, it adds little to the Manmohan Singh translation, and it has not superseded either of the previous translations. <em>(This is the translation found on the commercial CD Scriptures & the Heritage of Sikhs - ssb)</em> </span>[/FONT] </p><p>[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]<span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"> <strong>4. Pritam Singh Chahil Translation</strong> </span>[/FONT] </p><p>[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]<span style="font-size: 10px"> More recently, in 1993, another work was printed and made available. Pritam Singh Chahil printed the Manmohan Singh Edition back in Chandigarh, in the 1960's; in 1986, he was inspired by a Gurdwara service in Berkeley, in which the '8 volume set' was installed as Guru, and 'Shabad sheets' were passed out to the Sangat. He had a vision that the entire Guru should be printed in this three-column format, and so he set about to do it. He completed it in 1990, and in 1993, it became available. </span>[/FONT] </p><p>[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]<span style="font-size: 10px"> It is in a three-column format, with Gurmukhi on the left, English translation on the right, and Romanised transliteration in the center of each page. He has made a fairly close, but not exact, approximation of page breaks, and preserved the numbering system fairly well. </span>[/FONT] </p><p>[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]<span style="font-size: 10px"> This translation is a revised version of the Manmohan Singh translation, and as thus, it is the finest complete translation of the Guru yet published; its unique format allows the Guru's Word to be approximated in pronunciation, even by those who do not yet read Gurmukhi. However, the transliteration system used is the old British-English transliteration, wherein the word for <img src="http://www.sikhs.org/english/comp1.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> - KAYSH - meaning 'hair' - is transliterated as KESH. Most modern readers will pronounce KESH to rhyme with 'mesh', thereby mispronouncing this important word. This is the same transliteration system by which most of us mispronounced <img src="http://www.sikhs.org/english/comp2.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> -'Nit Naym'; {We read the transliteration 'NIT NEM', and we mispronounced it.} *'NIT NAYM' <em>and</em> KAYSH' <em>are the</em> correct <em>pronunciations</em>. </span>[/FONT] </p><p>[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]<span style="font-size: 10px"> Also, some of the more distracting idioms and antiquated expressions of the Manmohan Singh translation are copied verbatim. </span>[/FONT] </p><p>[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]<span style="font-size: 10px"> It is distributed in two forms: a four-volume set, and also a single volume. It is eminently suitable for installation in Gurdwara. It is a large volume, 12 by 17 inches (34 inches wide when opened). It is also a very valuable tool in the process of learning to read and understand Gurmukhi, although it does not have the word -to-word notations of the Manmohan Singh edition. </span>[/FONT] </p><p>[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]<span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"> <strong>5. Khalsa Consensus Translation</strong> </span>[/FONT] </p><p>[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]<span style="font-size: 10px"> This translation is already available on CD <em>(and now on The Sikhism Home Page -ssb)</em>. It is based on all the available translations, working primarily from the Manmohan Singh translation. The objectives are: </span>[/FONT] </p><p> [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]<span style="font-size: 10px"><img src="http://www.sikhs.org/english/ybullet.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> first, to achieve an accurate translation of the Guru's Word;</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"> <img src="http://www.sikhs.org/english/ybullet.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> to present the Guru's Word in an elegant format which follows the original as much as possible;</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"> <img src="http://www.sikhs.org/english/ybullet.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> to eliminate the antiquated idioms which are so distracting to the modern ear,</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"> <img src="http://www.sikhs.org/english/ybullet.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> to preserve the word order and symmetry of the original whenever possible: and</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"> <img src="http://www.sikhs.org/english/ybullet.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> to achieve the immediacy of impact which the Guru's Word deserves in translation. </span>[/FONT] </p><p>[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]<span style="font-size: 10px"> In this version, we are preserving exact page breaks to the original, along with all of the numbers at the ends of lines. </span>[/FONT]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Archived_Member1, post: 72217, member: 4703"] great thread! i've been researching english translations because i'd like to purchase one for my home. here are a couple of articles i found useful: [url=http://www.sikhs.org/english/english.htm]The Sikhism Home Page: Sri Guru Granth Sahib[/url] [B][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=3]Comparison of the Five Complete Translations of Sri Guru Granth Sahib[/SIZE][/FONT][/B][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=2][B] by Singh Sahib Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa[/B][/SIZE][/FONT] [B][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=2]1. Bhai Gopal Singh Translation[/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=2] The first complete translation of the Siri Guru Granth Sahib into English was provided by Dr. Gopal Singh; this was completed around 1960. It was published in a four volume set, and has received wide distribution. The 'International Edition' published by the World Sikh University Press in 1978, has a light blue cover. [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=2] Dr. Gopal Singh's stellar reputation for scholarly work in service of the Dharma is well deserved. In fact, the introduction to the work, in the first of the four volumes, is a remarkable work in and of itself. Especially readable and worthwhile is Section II: On the Philosophy of Sikh Religion. In this treatise on comparative religion, he traces the common threads of religious thought throughout the ages, giving one a deeper appreciation of Sikh Dharma. His brief explanation of the Kundalini and Yogic traditions is well-done. [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=2] His grammar, however, is somewhat antiquated and distracting. [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=2] For example: [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=2]"Yea Manifests He in a myriad ways." "For several births thou wert a mere worm." "He, (whose way is this,) Knows his Master and Compassion comes into him, And becomes Eternal he: he dies not thereafter." [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=2] He included excellent footnotes explaining legendary persons, Hindu mythology and local folk idioms, and these often reveal more clearly the true meaning of the Guru's Word. Often, he explains the linguistic derivation of a word or idiom. From his thorough understanding of comparative religion, he brings to light the common threads which run through Sikhism and other religions. [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=2] Page breaks are only roughly approximated to the original, and the numbering system of the original is roughly preserved, although there are a large number of mistakes in the numbers. [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=2] [B]2. Manmohan Singh Translation[/B] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=2] A very different translation was published just a short time after Dr. Gopal Singh's work came out. Back in 1948, after Sardar Manmohan Singh, a devout Sikh, lost everything worldly in the partition of India and Pakistan, he began work on what would be a lasting legacy. He worked on this for 12 years, completing it in 1960. This is the ëeight-volume setí with the original Gurmukhi, side-by-side with translations into English and Panjabi, with nearly every word individually cross-referenced across the three languages. The S.G.P.C. published and distributed this 8-volume set in a dark blue cover, starting with the first volume in 1962, and completing the eighth in 1969, the year in which Manmohan Singh passed on. [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=2] For the first time, Sikhs all around the world had access to a most practical resource in understanding the Word of the Guru. It has become common practice in all parts of the world to install this 8 volume set as Guru, and read out the Hukam in both Gurmukhi and English, and sometimes in Panjaabi as well. Many Gurdwaras, especially larger ones, have a single volume Bir installed, and use this 8-volume set to read out the translation. [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=2] Page breaks [I]appear[/I] to be precisely placed, but are not correlated to the original with any precision, and there are many typographical errors. There are also small passages of the original which are omitted in this work-again, typographical mistakes. [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=2] Overall, this work represents a distinctly more accurate and direct translation of the Guru's Word, although it includes a large number of antiquated, idiosyncratic expressions more common to 18th and 19th century British India-words like mammon (for Maya), myrmidon, collyrium, mumpers, gnosis (for knowledge), apostates, sans (French for without), etc. Much of his grammar is so dated as to be distracting, and even confusing to the modern ear. [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=2] For example: [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=2]"Raising, the embankments of my mind's field, I gaze at the high sky or mansion. When Divine devotion enters bride's mind-home, the Friendly Guest pays her a visit." He, who slanders Thy attendant, him Thou chrusheth and destroyest". [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=2] In spite of these difficulties, the translation has a much deeper impact, and a more obvious accuracy, than the Bhai Gopal Singh translation. It is very poetic, and conveys a sense of humility and devotion. [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=2] [B]3. Gurbachan Singh Talib Translation[/B] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=2] According to his own introduction to the book, Gurbachan Singh Talib of Panjabi University, Patiala, was assigned in 1977 the task of compiling a new translation of the Siri Guru Granth Sahib. It is grammatically the least satisfying - that is, the most distracting -of the three works so far. [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=2] For example: [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=2]"In listening to laudation of the Name etemal find I life." "To whomsoever the vision of unicity does grant, propped by the holy congregation, of the Lord's love has joy" [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=2] He does include many useful footnotes, shedding some light on the Guru's Teachings. Overall, however, it adds little to the Manmohan Singh translation, and it has not superseded either of the previous translations. [I](This is the translation found on the commercial CD Scriptures & the Heritage of Sikhs - ssb)[/I] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=2] [B]4. Pritam Singh Chahil Translation[/B] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=2] More recently, in 1993, another work was printed and made available. Pritam Singh Chahil printed the Manmohan Singh Edition back in Chandigarh, in the 1960's; in 1986, he was inspired by a Gurdwara service in Berkeley, in which the '8 volume set' was installed as Guru, and 'Shabad sheets' were passed out to the Sangat. He had a vision that the entire Guru should be printed in this three-column format, and so he set about to do it. He completed it in 1990, and in 1993, it became available. [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=2] It is in a three-column format, with Gurmukhi on the left, English translation on the right, and Romanised transliteration in the center of each page. He has made a fairly close, but not exact, approximation of page breaks, and preserved the numbering system fairly well. [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=2] This translation is a revised version of the Manmohan Singh translation, and as thus, it is the finest complete translation of the Guru yet published; its unique format allows the Guru's Word to be approximated in pronunciation, even by those who do not yet read Gurmukhi. However, the transliteration system used is the old British-English transliteration, wherein the word for [IMG]http://www.sikhs.org/english/comp1.gif[/IMG] - KAYSH - meaning 'hair' - is transliterated as KESH. Most modern readers will pronounce KESH to rhyme with 'mesh', thereby mispronouncing this important word. This is the same transliteration system by which most of us mispronounced [IMG]http://www.sikhs.org/english/comp2.gif[/IMG] -'Nit Naym'; {We read the transliteration 'NIT NEM', and we mispronounced it.} *'NIT NAYM' [I]and[/I] KAYSH' [I]are the[/I] correct [I]pronunciations[/I]. [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=2] Also, some of the more distracting idioms and antiquated expressions of the Manmohan Singh translation are copied verbatim. [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=2] It is distributed in two forms: a four-volume set, and also a single volume. It is eminently suitable for installation in Gurdwara. It is a large volume, 12 by 17 inches (34 inches wide when opened). It is also a very valuable tool in the process of learning to read and understand Gurmukhi, although it does not have the word -to-word notations of the Manmohan Singh edition. [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=2] [B]5. Khalsa Consensus Translation[/B] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=2] This translation is already available on CD [I](and now on The Sikhism Home Page -ssb)[/I]. It is based on all the available translations, working primarily from the Manmohan Singh translation. The objectives are: [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=2][IMG]http://www.sikhs.org/english/ybullet.gif[/IMG] first, to achieve an accurate translation of the Guru's Word; [IMG]http://www.sikhs.org/english/ybullet.gif[/IMG] to present the Guru's Word in an elegant format which follows the original as much as possible; [IMG]http://www.sikhs.org/english/ybullet.gif[/IMG] to eliminate the antiquated idioms which are so distracting to the modern ear, [IMG]http://www.sikhs.org/english/ybullet.gif[/IMG] to preserve the word order and symmetry of the original whenever possible: and [IMG]http://www.sikhs.org/english/ybullet.gif[/IMG] to achieve the immediacy of impact which the Guru's Word deserves in translation. [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=2] In this version, we are preserving exact page breaks to the original, along with all of the numbers at the ends of lines. [/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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