ਆਸ ਪਿਆਸੀ ਸੇਜੈ ਆਵਾ ॥
aas piaasee sejai aavaa ||
With hope and desire, I approach His Bed,
ਆਗੈ ਸਹ ਭਾਵਾ ਕਿ ਨ ਭਾਵਾ ॥੨॥
aagai seh bhaavaa k na bhaavaa ||2||
but I do not know whether He will be pleased with me or not. ||2||
ਕਿਆ ਜਾਨਾ ਕਿਆ ਹੋਇਗਾ ਰੀ ਮਾਈ ॥
kiaa jaanaa kiaa hoigaa ree maiee ||
How do I know what will happen to me, O my mother?
ਹਰਿ ਦਰਸਨ ਬਿਨੁ ਰਹਨੁ ਨ ਜਾਈ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
har dharasan bin rahan na jaiee ||1|| rahaau ||
Without the Blessed Vision of the Lord's Darshan, I cannot survive. ||1||Pause||
ਪ੍ਰੇਮੁ ਨ ਚਾਖਿਆ ਮੇਰੀ ਤਿਸ ਨ ਬੁਝਾਨੀ ॥
prem na chaakhiaa meree tis na bujhaanee ||
I have not tasted His Love, and my thirst is not quenched.
ਗਇਆ ਸੁ ਜੋਬਨੁ ਧਨ ਪਛੁਤਾਨੀ ॥੩॥
giaa su joban dhan pachhutaanee ||3||
My beautiful youth has run away, and now I, the soul-bride, repent and regret. ||3||
ਅਜੈ ਸੁ ਜਾਗਉ ਆਸ ਪਿਆਸੀ ॥
ajai su jaagau aas piaasee ||
Even now, I am held by hope and desire.
ਭਈਲੇ ਉਦਾਸੀ ਰਹਉ ਨਿਰਾਸੀ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
bhieele udhaasee rahau niraasee ||1|| rahaau ||
I am depressed; I have no hope at all. ||1||Pause||
ਹਉਮੈ ਖੋਇ ਕਰੇ ਸੀਗਾਰੁ ॥
haumai khoi kare seegaar ||
She overcomes her egotism, and adorns herself;
ਤਉ ਕਾਮਣਿ ਸੇਜੈ ਰਵੈ ਭਤਾਰੁ ॥੪॥
tau kaaman sejai ravai bhataar ||4||
the Husband Lord now ravishes and enjoys the soul-bride on His Bed. ||4||
ਤਉ ਨਾਨਕ ਕੰਤੈ ਮਨਿ ਭਾਵੈ ॥
tau naanak ka(n)tai man bhaavai ||
Then, O Nanak, the bride becomes pleasing to the Mind of her Husband Lord;
ਛੋਡਿ ਵਡਾਈ ਅਪਣੇ ਖਸਮ ਸਮਾਵੈ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥੨੬॥
chhodd vaddaiee apane khasam samaavai ||1|| rahaau ||26||
she sheds her self-conceit, and is absorbed in her Lord and Master. ||1||Pause||26||
ਆਸਾ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥
aasaa mahalaa pehilaa ||
Aasaa, First Mehla:
ਪੇਵਕੜੈ ਧਨ ਖਰੀ ਇਆਣੀ ॥
pevakaRai dhan kharee iaanee ||
In this world of my father's house, I, the soul-bride, have been very childish;
ਤਿਸੁ ਸਹ ਕੀ ਮੈ ਸਾਰ ਨ ਜਾਣੀ ॥੧॥
tis seh kee mai saar na jaanee ||1||
I did not realize the value of my Husband Lord. ||1||
ਸਹੁ ਮੇਰਾ ਏਕੁ ਦੂਜਾ ਨਹੀ ਕੋਈ ॥
sahu meraa ek dhoojaa nahee koiee ||
My Husband is the One; there is no other like Him.
ਨਦਰਿ ਕਰੇ ਮੇਲਾਵਾ ਹੋਈ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
nadhar kare melaavaa hoiee ||1|| rahaau ||
If He bestows His Glance of Grace, then I shall meet Him. ||1||Pause||
ਸਾਹੁਰੜੈ ਧਨ ਸਾਚੁ ਪਛਾਣਿਆ ॥
saahuraRai dhan saach pachhaaniaa ||
In the next world of my in-law's house, I, the the soul-bride, shall realize Truth;
ਸਹਜਿ ਸੁਭਾਇ ਅਪਣਾ ਪਿਰੁ ਜਾਣਿਆ ॥੨॥
sahaj subhai apanaa pir jaaniaa ||2||
I shall come to know the celestial peace of my Husband Lord. ||2||
ਗੁਰ ਪਰਸਾਦੀ ਐਸੀ ਮਤਿ ਆਵੈ ॥
gur parasaadhee aaisee mat aavai ||
By Guru's Grace, such wisdom comes to me,
ਤਾਂ ਕਾਮਣਿ ਕੰਤੈ ਮਨਿ ਭਾਵੈ ॥੩॥
taa(n) kaaman ka(n)tai man bhaavai ||3||
so that the soul-bride becomes pleasing to the Mind of the Husband Lord. ||3||
ਕਹਤੁ ਨਾਨਕੁ ਭੈ ਭਾਵ ਕਾ ਕਰੇ ਸੀਗਾਰੁ ॥
kahat naanak bhai bhaav kaa kare seegaar ||
Says Nanak, she who adorns herself with the Love and the Fear of God,
ਸਦ ਹੀ ਸੇਜੈ ਰਵੈ ਭਤਾਰੁ ॥੪॥੨੭॥
sadh hee sejai ravai bhataar ||4||27||
enjoys her Husband Lord forever on His Bed. ||4||27||
ਆਸਾ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥
aasaa mahalaa pehilaa ||
Aasaa, First Mehla:
ਨ ਕਿਸ ਕਾ ਪੂਤੁ ਨ ਕਿਸ ਕੀ ਮਾਈ ॥
n kis kaa poot na kis kee maiee ||
No one is anyone else's son, and no one is anyone else's mother.
ਝੂਠੈ ਮੋਹਿ ਭਰਮਿ ਭੁਲਾਈ ॥੧॥
jhooThai moh bharam bhulaiee ||1||
Through false attachments, people wander around in doubt. ||1||
ਮੇਰੇ ਸਾਹਿਬ ਹਉ ਕੀਤਾ ਤੇਰਾ ॥
mere saahib hau keetaa teraa ||
O My Lord and Master, I am created by You.
ਜਾਂ ਤੂੰ ਦੇਹਿ ਜਪੀ ਨਾਉ ਤੇਰਾ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
jaa(n) too(n) dheh japee naau teraa ||1|| rahaau ||
If You give it to me, I will chant Your Name. ||1||Pause||
ਬਹੁਤੇ ਅਉਗਣ ਕੂਕੈ ਕੋਈ ॥
bahute aaugan kookai koiee ||
That person who is filled with all sorts of sins may pray at the Lord's Door,
ਜਾ ਤਿਸੁ ਭਾਵੈ ਬਖਸੇ ਸੋਈ ॥੨॥
jaa tis bhaavai bakhase soiee ||2||
but he is forgiven only when the Lord so wills. ||2||
ਗੁਰ ਪਰਸਾਦੀ ਦੁਰਮਤਿ ਖੋਈ ॥
gur parasaadhee dhuramat khoiee ||
By Guru's Grace, evil-mindedness is destroyed.
ਜਹ ਦੇਖਾ ਤਹ ਏਕੋ ਸੋਈ ॥੩॥
jeh dhekhaa teh eko soiee ||3||
Wherever I look, there I find the One Lord. ||3||
ਕਹਤ ਨਾਨਕ ਐਸੀ ਮਤਿ ਆਵੈ ॥
kahat naanak aaisee mat aavai ||
Says Nanak, if one comes to such an understanding,
ਤਾਂ ਕੋ ਸਚੇ ਸਚਿ ਸਮਾਵੈ ॥੪॥੨੮॥
taa(n) ko sache sach samaavai ||4||28||
then he is absorbed into the Truest of the True. ||4||28||
ਆਸਾ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ਦੁਪਦੇ ॥
aasaa mahalaa pehilaa dhupadhe ||
Aasaa, First Mehla, Dho-Padhay:
ਤਿਤੁ ਸਰਵਰੜੈ ਭਈਲੇ ਨਿਵਾਸਾ ਪਾਣੀ ਪਾਵਕੁ ਤਿਨਹਿ ਕੀਆ ॥
tit saravaraRai bhieele nivaasaa paanee paavak tineh keeaa ||
In that pool of the world, the people have their homes; there, the Lord has created water and fire.
ਪੰਕਜੁ ਮੋਹ ਪਗੁ ਨਹੀ ਚਾਲੈ ਹਮ ਦੇਖਾ ਤਹ ਡੂਬੀਅਲੇ ॥੧॥
pa(n)kaj moh pag nahee chaalai ham dhekhaa teh ddoobeeale ||1||
In the mud of earthly attachment, their feet have become mired, and I have seen them drowning there. ||1||
ਮਨ ਏਕੁ ਨ ਚੇਤਸਿ ਮੂੜ ਮਨਾ ॥
man ek na chetas mooR manaa ||
O foolish people, why don't you remember the One Lord?
ਹਰਿ ਬਿਸਰਤ ਤੇਰੇ ਗੁਣ ਗਲਿਆ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
har bisarat tere gun galiaa ||1|| rahaau ||
Forgetting the Lord, your virtues shall wither away. ||1||Pause||
ਨਾ ਹਉ ਜਤੀ ਸਤੀ ਨਹੀ ਪੜਿਆ ਮੂਰਖ ਮੁਗਧਾ ਜਨਮੁ ਭਇਆ ॥
naa hau jatee satee nahee paRiaa moorakh mugadhaa janam bhiaa ||
I am not a celibate, nor am I truthful, nor a scholar; I was born foolish and ignorant.
ਪ੍ਰਣਵਤਿ ਨਾਨਕ ਤਿਨੑ ਕੀ ਸਰਣਾ ਜਿਨੑ ਤੂੰ ਨਾਹੀ ਵੀਸਰਿਆ ॥੨॥੨੯॥
pranavat naanak tin(h) kee saranaa jin(h) too(n) naahee veesariaa ||2||29||
Prays Nanak, I seek the Sanctuary of those who do not forget You, Lord. ||2||29||
ਆਸਾ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥
aasaa mahalaa pehilaa ||
Aasaa, First Mehla:
ਛਿਅ ਘਰ ਛਿਅ ਗੁਰ ਛਿਅ ਉਪਦੇਸ ॥
chhia ghar chhia gur chhia upadhes ||
There are six systems of philosophy, six teachers, and six doctrines;
ਗੁਰ ਗੁਰੁ ਏਕੋ ਵੇਸ ਅਨੇਕ ॥੧॥
gur gur eko ves anek ||1||
but the Teacher of teachers is the One Lord, who appears in so many forms. ||1||
ਜੈ ਘਰਿ ਕਰਤੇ ਕੀਰਤਿ ਹੋਇ ॥
jai ghar karate keerat hoi ||
That system, where the Praises of the Creator are sung
ਸੋ ਘਰੁ ਰਾਖੁ ਵਡਾਈ ਤੋਹਿ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
so ghar raakh vaddaiee toh ||1|| rahaau ||
- follow that system; in it rests greatness. ||1||Pause||
ਵਿਸੁਏ ਚਸਿਆ ਘੜੀਆ ਪਹਰਾ ਥਿਤੀ ਵਾਰੀ ਮਾਹੁ ਭਇਆ ॥ ਸੂਰਜੁ ਏਕੋ ਰੁਤਿ ਅਨੇਕ ॥
visue chasiaa ghaReeaa paharaa thitee vaaree maahu bhiaa || sooraj eko rut anek ||
As the seconds, minutes, hours, days, weekdays months and seasons all originate from the one sun,
ਨਾਨਕ ਕਰਤੇ ਕੇ ਕੇਤੇ ਵੇਸ ॥੨॥੩੦॥
naanak karate ke kete ves ||2||30||
O Nanak, so do all forms originate from the One Creator. ||2||30||