Suhagan

First, I myself have become the blessed bride [Suhagan: a woman whose husband is alive, signifying auspiciousness and marital bliss]

First, I myself have become the blessed bride

Second, my bangles have found their marital grace

Third, my very gait has become that of a blessed bride

Fourth, my bashful modesty [Sang: shyness or coy restraint] has bloomed

Oh friends, I watched my own eyes fill with wonder

Oh friends, I watched my own eyes fill with wonder

Within the four [Lavan: the four sacred circumambulations of the Sikh wedding ceremony], I glimpsed the seven heavens

Upon my crimson bridal suit, a golden flower glistens

Upon my crimson bridal suit, a golden flower glistens

Like a moth dancing in devotion upon the candle's flame

First, I myself have become the blessed bride

First, I myself have become the blessed bride

Second, my bangles have found their marital grace

Third, my very gait has become that of a blessed bride

Fourth, my bashful modesty [Sang: shyness or coy restraint] has bloomed

With his eyes, he narrated the silent language of our hearts

With his eyes, he narrated the silent language of our hearts

He looked toward me with such refined etiquette and grace

The radiance of pure lineages shines upon his forehead

The radiance of pure lineages shines upon his forehead

Woven into my dreams are the seven colors of the rainbow

First, I myself have become the blessed bride

First, I myself have become the blessed bride

Second, my bangles have found their marital grace

Third, my very gait has become that of a blessed bride

Fourth, my bashful modesty [Sang: shyness or coy restraint] has bloomed

I can never truly repay the debt of my mother and father

I can never truly repay the debt of my mother and father

They left no stone unturned in providing for my education

Like a neatly braided crown, like a blessing from God Himself

Like a neatly braided crown, like a blessing from God Himself

Above all, they found me such a wonderful groom [Var: husband/groom chosen with blessings]

First, I myself have become the blessed bride

First, I myself have become the blessed bride

Second, my bangles have found their marital grace

Third, my very gait has become that of a blessed bride

Fourth, my bashful modesty [Sang: shyness or coy restraint] has bloomed