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ਰਾਗੁ ਗਉੜੀ | Raag Gauree
Gurbani (151-185)
Quartets/Couplets (185-220)
Ashtpadiyan (220-234)
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Ashtpadiyan (330-340)
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Thintteen (343-344)
Vaar Kabir (344-345)
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ਰਾਗੁ ਆਸਾ | Raag Aasaa
Gurbani (347-348)
Chaupaday (348-364)
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Kaafee (365-409)
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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)
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ਰਾਗੁ ਰਾਮਕਲੀ | Raag Ramkalee
Ashtpadiyan (902-916)
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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
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Shaloks Bhagat Kabir
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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="Astroboy" data-source="post: 83112" data-attributes="member: 4990"><p><strong>English is Tough Stuff (Chaos)</strong></p><p></p><p> By Gerard Nolst Trenité (see note below)</p><p> Dearest creature in creation,</p><p> Study English pronunciation.</p><p> I will teach you in my verse</p><p> Sounds like corpse, corps, horse, and worse.</p><p> I will keep you, Suzy, busy,</p><p> Make your head with heat grow dizzy.</p><p> Tear in eye, your dress will tear.</p><p> So shall I! Oh hear my prayer.</p><p> </p><p> Just compare heart, beard, and heard,</p><p> Dies and diet, lord and word,</p><p> Sword and sward, retain and Britain.</p><p> (Mind the latter, how it's written.)</p><p> Now I surely will not plague you</p><p> With such words as plaque and ague.</p><p> But be careful how you speak:</p><p> Say break and steak, but bleak and streak;</p><p> Cloven, oven, how and low,</p><p> Script, receipt, show, poem, and toe.</p><p> </p><p> Hear me say, devoid of trickery,</p><p> Daughter, laughter, and Terpsichore,</p><p> Typhoid, measles, topsails, aisles,</p><p> Exiles, similes, and reviles;</p><p> Scholar, vicar, and cigar,</p><p> Solar, mica, war and far;</p><p> One, anemone, Balmoral,</p><p> Kitchen, lichen, laundry, laurel;</p><p> Gertrude, German, wind and mind,</p><p> Scene, Melpomene, mankind.</p><p> </p><p> Billet does not rhyme with ballet,</p><p> Bouquet, wallet, mallet, chalet.</p><p> Blood and flood are not like food,</p><p> Nor is mould like should and would.</p><p> Viscous, viscount, load and broad,</p><p> Toward, to forward, to reward.</p><p> And your pronunciation's OK</p><p> When you correctly say croquet,</p><p> Rounded, wounded, grieve and sieve,</p><p> Friend and fiend, alive and live.</p><p> </p><p> Ivy, privy, famous; clamour</p><p> And enamour rhyme with hammer.</p><p> River, rival, tomb, bomb, comb,</p><p> Doll and roll and some and home.</p><p> Stranger does not rhyme with anger,</p><p> Neither does devour with clangour.</p><p> Souls but foul, haunt but aunt,</p><p> Font, front, wont, want, grand, and grant,</p><p> Shoes, goes, does. Now first say finger,</p><p> And then singer, ginger, linger,</p><p> Real, zeal, mauve, gauze, gouge and gauge,</p><p> Marriage, foliage, mirage, and age.</p><p> </p><p> Query does not rhyme with very,</p><p> Nor does fury sound like bury.</p><p> Dost, lost, post and doth, cloth, loth.</p><p> Job, nob, bosom, transom, oath.</p><p> Though the differences seem little,</p><p> We say actual but victual.</p><p> Refer does not rhyme with deafer.</p><p> Foeffer does, and zephyr, heifer.</p><p> Mint, pint, senate and sedate;</p><p> Dull, bull, and George ate late.</p><p> Scenic, Arabic, Pacific,</p><p> Science, conscience, scientific.</p><p> </p><p> Liberty, library, heave and heaven,</p><p> Rachel, ache, moustache, eleven.</p><p> We say hallowed, but allowed,</p><p> People, leopard, towed, but vowed.</p><p> Mark the differences, moreover,</p><p> Between mover, cover, clover;</p><p> Leeches, breeches, wise, precise,</p><p> Chalice, but police and lice;</p><p> Camel, constable, unstable,</p><p> Principle, disciple, label.</p><p> </p><p> Petal, panel, and canal,</p><p> Wait, surprise, plait, promise, pal.</p><p> Worm and storm, chaise, chaos, chair,</p><p> Senator, spectator, mayor.</p><p> Tour, but our and succour, four.</p><p> Gas, alas, and Arkansas.</p><p> Sea, idea, Korea, area,</p><p> Psalm, Maria, but malaria.</p><p> Youth, south, southern, cleanse and clean.</p><p> Doctrine, turpentine, marine.</p><p> </p><p> Compare alien with Italian,</p><p> Dandelion and battalion.</p><p> Sally with ally, yea, ye,</p><p> Eye, I, ay, aye, whey, and key.</p><p> Say aver, but ever, fever,</p><p> Neither, leisure, skein, deceiver.</p><p> Heron, granary, canary.</p><p> Crevice and device and aerie.</p><p> </p><p> Face, but preface, not efface.</p><p> Phlegm, phlegmatic, ***, glass, bass.</p><p> Large, but target, gin, give, verging,</p><p> Ought, out, joust and scour, scourging.</p><p> Ear, but earn and wear and tear</p><p> Do not rhyme with here but ere.</p><p> Seven is right, but so is even,</p><p> Hyphen, roughen, nephew Stephen,</p><p> Monkey, donkey, Turk and jerk,</p><p> Ask, grasp, wasp, and cork and work.</p><p> </p><p> Pronunciation -- think of Psyche!</p><p> Is a paling stout and spikey?</p><p> Won't it make you lose your wits,</p><p> Writing groats and saying grits?</p><p> It's a dark abyss or tunnel:</p><p> Strewn with stones, stowed, solace, gunwale,</p><p> Islington and Isle of Wight,</p><p> Housewife, verdict and indict.</p><p> </p><p> Finally, which rhymes with enough --</p><p> Though, through, plough, or dough, or cough?</p><p> Hiccough has the sound of cup.</p><p> My advice is to give up!</p><p> </p><p> Extraxct from a message received concerning the author :</p><p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> Dear John Lejderman,</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> The author of `English Is Tough Stuff' is Gerard Nolst Trenité (1870-1946), a Dutch teacher, who wrote under the pen name of `Charivarius'. The poem you have included on your web page was published in the textbook *Drop Your Foreign Accent. Engelsche Uitspraakoefeningen*. [*Drop Your Foreign Accent. English Pronunciation Exercises*] …..</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> The actual title of the poem is 'De Chaos', which (would you believe it) is Dutch for 'The Chaos'...</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> </p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> <p style="text-align: right">Kind regards,</p> <p style="text-align: right"> Arnold J Kreps</p></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> </p></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> </p></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"> </p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Astroboy, post: 83112, member: 4990"] [B]English is Tough Stuff (Chaos)[/B] By Gerard Nolst Trenité (see note below) Dearest creature in creation, Study English pronunciation. I will teach you in my verse Sounds like corpse, corps, horse, and worse. I will keep you, Suzy, busy, Make your head with heat grow dizzy. Tear in eye, your dress will tear. So shall I! Oh hear my prayer. Just compare heart, beard, and heard, Dies and diet, lord and word, Sword and sward, retain and Britain. (Mind the latter, how it's written.) Now I surely will not plague you With such words as plaque and ague. But be careful how you speak: Say break and steak, but bleak and streak; Cloven, oven, how and low, Script, receipt, show, poem, and toe. Hear me say, devoid of trickery, Daughter, laughter, and Terpsichore, Typhoid, measles, topsails, aisles, Exiles, similes, and reviles; Scholar, vicar, and cigar, Solar, mica, war and far; One, anemone, Balmoral, Kitchen, lichen, laundry, laurel; Gertrude, German, wind and mind, Scene, Melpomene, mankind. Billet does not rhyme with ballet, Bouquet, wallet, mallet, chalet. Blood and flood are not like food, Nor is mould like should and would. Viscous, viscount, load and broad, Toward, to forward, to reward. And your pronunciation's OK When you correctly say croquet, Rounded, wounded, grieve and sieve, Friend and fiend, alive and live. Ivy, privy, famous; clamour And enamour rhyme with hammer. River, rival, tomb, bomb, comb, Doll and roll and some and home. Stranger does not rhyme with anger, Neither does devour with clangour. Souls but foul, haunt but aunt, Font, front, wont, want, grand, and grant, Shoes, goes, does. Now first say finger, And then singer, ginger, linger, Real, zeal, mauve, gauze, gouge and gauge, Marriage, foliage, mirage, and age. Query does not rhyme with very, Nor does fury sound like bury. Dost, lost, post and doth, cloth, loth. Job, nob, bosom, transom, oath. Though the differences seem little, We say actual but victual. Refer does not rhyme with deafer. Foeffer does, and zephyr, heifer. Mint, pint, senate and sedate; Dull, bull, and George ate late. Scenic, Arabic, Pacific, Science, conscience, scientific. Liberty, library, heave and heaven, Rachel, ache, moustache, eleven. We say hallowed, but allowed, People, leopard, towed, but vowed. Mark the differences, moreover, Between mover, cover, clover; Leeches, breeches, wise, precise, Chalice, but police and lice; Camel, constable, unstable, Principle, disciple, label. Petal, panel, and canal, Wait, surprise, plait, promise, pal. Worm and storm, chaise, chaos, chair, Senator, spectator, mayor. Tour, but our and succour, four. Gas, alas, and Arkansas. Sea, idea, Korea, area, Psalm, Maria, but malaria. Youth, south, southern, cleanse and clean. Doctrine, turpentine, marine. Compare alien with Italian, Dandelion and battalion. Sally with ally, yea, ye, Eye, I, ay, aye, whey, and key. Say aver, but ever, fever, Neither, leisure, skein, deceiver. Heron, granary, canary. Crevice and device and aerie. Face, but preface, not efface. Phlegm, phlegmatic, ***, glass, bass. Large, but target, gin, give, verging, Ought, out, joust and scour, scourging. Ear, but earn and wear and tear Do not rhyme with here but ere. Seven is right, but so is even, Hyphen, roughen, nephew Stephen, Monkey, donkey, Turk and jerk, Ask, grasp, wasp, and cork and work. Pronunciation -- think of Psyche! Is a paling stout and spikey? Won't it make you lose your wits, Writing groats and saying grits? It's a dark abyss or tunnel: Strewn with stones, stowed, solace, gunwale, Islington and Isle of Wight, Housewife, verdict and indict. Finally, which rhymes with enough -- Though, through, plough, or dough, or cough? Hiccough has the sound of cup. My advice is to give up! Extraxct from a message received concerning the author : [INDENT] Dear John Lejderman, The author of `English Is Tough Stuff' is Gerard Nolst Trenité (1870-1946), a Dutch teacher, who wrote under the pen name of `Charivarius'. The poem you have included on your web page was published in the textbook *Drop Your Foreign Accent. Engelsche Uitspraakoefeningen*. [*Drop Your Foreign Accent. English Pronunciation Exercises*] ….. The actual title of the poem is 'De Chaos', which (would you believe it) is Dutch for 'The Chaos'... [INDENT] [INDENT] [RIGHT]Kind regards, Arnold J Kreps[/RIGHT] [/INDENT] [/INDENT] [/INDENT] [/QUOTE]
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