Saavan

It’s Sangrand today, the first day of the month of Saavan. Guru Arjan Dev Ji wrote Baareh Maahaa, which discusses each month of the year. The Shabad is in Raag Maajh on Pannaa 133. There is a Pauri/stanza allocated to each month; this is what Maharaaj says about this month,

saavan sarasee kaamanee charan kamal sio piaar
man than rathaa sach ra(n)g eiko naam adhhaar
bikhiaa ra(n)g koorraaviaa dhisan sabhae shhaar
har a(n)mrith boo(n)dh suhaavanee mil saadhhoo peevanehaar
van thin prabh sa(n)g mouliaa sa(n)mrathh purakh apaar
har milanai no man lochadhaa karam milaavanehaar
jinee sakheeeae prabh paaeiaa ha(n)o thin kai sadh balihaar
naanak har jee maeiaa kar sabadh savaaranehaar
saavan thinaa suhaaganee jin raam naam our haar 6

In the month of Saawan, the soul-bride is happy, if she falls in love with the Lotus Feet of the Lord.
Her mind and body are imbued with the Love of the True One; His Name is her only Support.
The pleasures of corruption are false. All that is seen shall turn to ashes.
The drops of the Lord's Nectar are so beautiful! Meeting the Holy Saint, we drink these in.
The forests and the meadows are rejuvenated and refreshed with the Love of God, the All-powerful, Infinite Primal Being.
My mind yearns to meet the Lord. If only He would show His Mercy, and unite me with Himself!
Those brides who have obtained God-I am forever a sacrifice to them.
O Nanak, when the Dear Lord shows kindness, He adorns His bride with the Word of His Shabad.
Saawan is delightful for those happy soul-brides whose hearts are adorned with the Necklace of the Lord's Name. 6

Dhan Guru Arjan Dev Ji Maharaaj.