Baba Balak Nath Aarti (बाबा बालक नाथ की आरती)

Jai Baba Balak Nath, Jai Baba Balak Nath / Deot Sidh ke vaasi, sabki sune pukaar — Victory to Baba Balak Nath, victory to him. O Baba who dwells at Deot Sidh (the Deot-Sidh shrine), you hear the prayer and call of every devotee. (This is the refrain/tek — wherever it recurs below it is simply repeated.) Char yug se baalak roop dhaare / Shahtalai mein gufa banaai — Across all four ages (Satya, Treta, Dvapara and Kali — as a deathless, ever-young saint) you have held the form of a child, and you made your meditation-cave at Shahtalai. Ratna mata ke baalak pyare / Bhakton ki bhid tujhko bulaai — You are the beloved child of Mother Ratna; throngs of devotees call out to you and gather to invite your darshan. Jai Baba Balak Nath, Jai Baba Balak Nath — (refrain, repeated) Rot prasad ka bhog lagaaye / Pichhle Aathvein darshan paaye — Devotees offer you the bhog of Rot (the special jaggery-and-wheat bread) as prasad; and on the night before Sunday (the eighth watch / Saturday night) they receive the blessing of your darshan. Junga junga ki bani gufaaye / Tere darbar mein murad paaye — Caves formed in every nook and corner (of the hill) bear witness to your penance; whoever comes to your court (darbar) has their heartfelt wish (murad) fulfilled. Jai Baba Balak Nath, Jai Baba Balak Nath — (refrain, repeated) Hath mein chimta dhuni jalaaye / Yog tapasya raat din laaye — In your hand you hold the (yogi's) tongs and you keep the dhuni (sacred fire) burning; day and night you remain absorbed in yoga and austerity. Pawan Putra Hanuman ke jaise / Bal-yogi tu kahalaaye — Like Pawan-Putra Shri Hanuman (a celibate, mighty, radiant yogi), you are called the 'Bal-Yogi' (the child-yogi / yogi of strength). Jai Baba Balak Nath, Jai Baba Balak Nath — (refrain, repeated) Pahari, Punjabi, sabhi pukaarein / "Jai Baba Ji" ka naam uchhaarein — People of the hills, of Punjab, and of all regions call upon you and proclaim the name "Jai Baba Ji." Putra de, sukh de, shakti de Bhole / Bhakton ki naiyya paar utaarein — O Bhole (gentle-hearted Baba), grant your devotees offspring, grant them happiness, grant them strength, and carry the boat of their lives across (the ocean of worldly existence). Jai Baba Balak Nath, Jai Baba Balak Nath / Deot Sidh ke vaasi, sabki sune pukaar — (closing refrain — victory to Baba Balak Nath; the Baba enthroned at Deot Sidh hears the call of all — repeated.)