Sukhmani Sahib is the name given to the set of hymns divided into 24 sections which appear in the Sri Guru Granth Sahib, the Sikh Holy Scriptures on page 262. Each section, which is called an Ashtpadi(asht means 8), consists of 8 hymns per Ashtpadi. The word Sukhmani literally means Peace in your mind. This set of Hymns or Bani is very popular among the Sikhs, who frequently recite it in their places of worship called Gurdwaras and at home. The full recital takes about 90 minutes and is normally undertaken by everyone in the congregation.
According to Sikh doctorine, this Bani is believed to bring peace to one's mind and compoundly peace to the world. This set of 192 hymns were compiled by the fifth Sikh Guru, Guru Arjan Dev Ji.
Below are a few translated quotes from this Bani:
Ashtpadi 1:
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I have never seen anythin' else quite like you
You look at me, vacantly empty, just stare right through
I'm such a sad, sad sight
It's such a cold, cold night
I'm screamin' on the top of the world
Can you hear me?
I am screamin' from the top of the world
Can you hear me?
Don't you know that
I am screamin' from the top of the world?
Don't you feel me?
I'll scream till I'm bleedin'
And I will crush through the ceilin'
No, you don't know what I'm feelin'
And that I'm dyin', tryin', tryin'
Can you hear me?
I'm screamin' from the top of the world
Can you hear me?
I've analyzed everythin', anythin' that you do
I am physically, mentally over obsessed with you
I'm such a sad, sad sight
It's such a cold, cold night
I'm screamin' on the top of the world
Can you hear me?
I am screamin' from the top of the world
Can you hear me?
Don't you know that
I am screamin' from the top of the world?
Don't you feel me?
I'll scream till I'm bleedin'
And I will crush through the ceilin'
No, you don't know what I'm feelin'
And that I'm dyin', tryin', tryin'
Can you hear me?
I am screamin' from the top of the world
Can you hear me?
And I'm so close to what I've dreamed of
But it hurts so, yeah, it hurts so
Top of the world, top of the world
I'm screamin' on the top of the world
Top of the world, top of the world
I'm screamin' on the top of the world
But I don't think I can be heard by you
You, you, you
Could be you never will, could be I have to kill
This dream that makes me ill
I'm screamin' on the top of the world
Can you hear me?
I am screamin' from the top of the world
Can you hear me?
Don't you know that
I am screamin' from the top of the world?
Don't you feel me?
I'll scream till I'm bleedin'
And I will crush through the ceilin'
No, you don't know what I'm feelin'
And that I'm dyin', tryin', tryin'
Can you hear me?
I am screamin' from the top of the world
What The Hell Am I?
Thousand Eyes, A Fly
Lucky Then I'd Be
In One Day Deceased
Sickman, Sickman, Sickman
I Can Feel The Wheel But I Can't Steer
When My Thoughts Become My Biggest Fear
Ah, What's The Difference, I'll Die
In This Sick World Of Mine
What The Hell Am I?
Leper From Inside
Inside Wall Of Peace
Dirty And Diseased
Sickman, Sickman, Sickman
I Can See The End Is Getting Near
I Won't Rest Untill My Head Is Clear
Can You See The End?
Choke On Me My Friend
Must To Drown These Thoughts
Purity Over Rot
Yeah, Though I Walk Through The Valley Of Rape
And Despair
With Head High And Eyes Alert
I Tread On A Plane Of Many
We Who Are Of Good Nature And Intention,
But Cannot Touch On The Dark
Recess Of Memory
And Pain Learned, So Come Walk
With Me, Feel The Pain,
And Release It
What The Hell Am I?
Worn Eroded Pride
Saddened 10 Mile Wide
I'm Gonna Let It Slide
Sickman, Sickman, Sickman
I Can Feel The Wheel But I Can't Steer
When My Thoughts Become My Biggest Fear
Ah, What's The Difference, I'll Die
Don't hear nothing but bad news lately, and all my family has
Gone crazy but I guess it don't matter since the work is gonna
End. Gonna make a change at least I'll try to - will they notice
When I do? And if I don't make it will you still be my friend?
So baby tell me when I'll see you again - it'll all be better.
All of my troubles they go away when you're on top of me loving
Me down, making sounds and it's so good I am screaming.
Make you wanna throw your hands and holler, crying cause I
Miss my father - when will we get out the mess we're in? all I
Want to do is reach the sky - don't want to have to die to do that
Where on earth is my heaven? So baby tell me when I'll see you
Again - it'll all be better.
All of my troubles they go away when you're on top of me loving
Me down, making sounds and it's so good I am screaming.
In each other's arms we're safe.
Why don't we just stay that Way? - making love and loving all the time.
All of my troubles they go away when you're on top of me loving
At age 14 the party started
You've been fucked up for 20 years
No longer youthful experimentation
Stuck in a groove – addiction!
You're a sick man
It's become second nature
A sober life is out of the question
You move from one vice to the next
Stopping to ease your emptiness
Skyman, skyman
Where do you come from?
Where are you going to, skyman?
As I was walking down one night,
Me and my darling
I saw in the sky a flashing light,
Me and my darling
As it hovered overhead,
As the sun was turning red,
We heard a voice, and that voice said,
"aaaaaaah!
"children of earth
Be not afraid
For we come in peace."
Skyman, skyman
Where do you come from?
Where are you going to, skyman?
If you are ever out at night,
You and your darling
If you see this flashing light,
You and your darling
Don't be afraid and run away
'cause soon there's going to come a day
When all the world will hear them say,
"aaaaaaah!
"children of earth
Be not afraid
Your dna is pretty."
Skyman, skyman
Where do you come from?
Don't you know that we're screamin' with a new set of lungs.
Don't you know that we're screamin' 'til the neighbors pack up.
My mother called me today, she said she's making up my cluttered old room.
My father called me today, He said he wont be ashamed if I'm coming home soon.
Don't you know that we're screamin' to stay hot in the scene.
Don't you know that we're scheming on this worn out rhyme scheme.
The Power is out.
A Tree's coming down.
No acoustic around, crossed out in this house.
Just give me a D or I'll sing out of key.
Please don't make me please don't make me.
My brother left a message, he said he got pushed down and he broke his guitar. I called back and said, give me the pieces man,
I need a fresh start.
[yeah we all need a fresh start]
[and I'm gonna get my fresh start]
[and I'm gonna wreck my fresh start]
Don't you know that we're screamin' with a new set of lungs.
Under my skin, in through my bones
Lives a little man that nobody knows
You can't talk to him
He's busy talking through me
Under my soul, in through my lies
Live a little man inside of my eyes
You can't talk to him
He's busy killing off me
My days feel like they're numbered
Countdown till I go under
Think fast! How do you kill off something I've created in me?
You scare easier than me
You'll run, get away from me
My love is failing me faster than my failure's leaving me
She faced off with the demons
War in two human beings
She ran, never to come back
Hear the voices trailing her
Holy God above me
Save me, show me you love me
This is worth nothing to me if my head is caving in
Hold me close, hold me down
It's coming over tonight
Hold me close, hold me down
You don't know who I am
PsychoMan
Under my skin, in through my bones
Lives a little man that nobody knows
You can't talk to him
He's busy talking through me
Under my soul, in through my lies
Live a little man inside of my eyes
You can't talk to him
He's busy talking through me
My days feel like they're numbered
Countdown till I go under
Think fast! How do you kill off something I've created in me?
You scare easier than me
You'll run, get away from me
My love is failing me faster than my failure's leaving me
Hold me close, hold me down
It's coming over tonight
Hold me close, hold me down
You don't know who I am
You made magic on me
It was a culmination of the first sins of adam and Eve
You made magic on me
I thought I was strong, but I guess all along I was
weak
You done voodoo on me,
Stuck a pin in my leg and made me beg to come in
You done voodoo on me,
There's a frightening control that you have that nobody
can see when I
go down
Down, down, straight for the rocks
When you come around,
That's when I go down,
Down, down, straight for the rocks
When you come around
You have hypnotized me,
You got the swinging watch and I do what you want
When you count to three
You have hypnotized me, you hypnotized me you
hypnotized me
You hypnotized me
Down, down, straight for the rocks
When you come around,
That's when I go down,
Down, down, straight for the rocks
When you come around
You are a siren to me,
And I tie myself down when you come around
I break free
Look out, look out, look out look out
You subjugate me
Fuck and suck and cook and clean,
Baby that's my daily routine
You subjugate me,
Tied to your apron or the bedpost, honey I don't ever
wanna go home
You're a religion to me,
I tried fasting for forty days and forty nights
Of celibacy
You're a religion to me,
You're the mosque, you're the church, you're my rosary
beads…
Down, down, down…
Down, down, straight for the rocks
When you come around,
That's when I go down,
Down, down, straight for the rocks