ਨਾ ਤਿਸੁ ਗਿਆਨੁ ਨ ਧਿਆਨੁ ਹੈ ਨਾ ਤਿਸੁ ਧਰਮੁ ਧਿਆਨੁ ॥
naa tis giaan na dhiaan hai naa tis dharam dhiaan ||
He has neither spiritual wisdom or meditation; neither Dharmic faith nor meditation.
ਵਿਣੁ ਨਾਵੈ ਨਿਰਭਉ ਕਹਾ ਕਿਆ ਜਾਣਾ ਅਭਿਮਾਨੁ ॥
vin naavai nirabhau kahaa kiaa jaanaa abhimaan ||
Without the Name, how can one be fearless? How can he understand egotistical pride?
ਥਾਕਿ ਰਹੀ ਕਿਵ ਅਪੜਾ ਹਾਥ ਨਹੀ ਨਾ ਪਾਰੁ ॥
thaak rahee kiv apaRaa haath nahee naa paar ||
I am so tired - how can I get there? This ocean has no bottom or end.
ਨਾ ਸਾਜਨ ਸੇ ਰੰਗੁਲੇ ਕਿਸੁ ਪਹਿ ਕਰੀ ਪੁਕਾਰ ॥
naa saajan se ra(n)gule kis peh karee pukaar ||
I have no loving companions, whom I can ask for help.
ਨਾਨਕ ਪ੍ਰਿਉ ਪ੍ਰਿਉ ਜੇ ਕਰੀ ਮੇਲੇ ਮੇਲਣਹਾਰੁ ॥
naanak priau priau je karee mele melanahaar ||
O Nanak, crying out, ""Beloved, Beloved"", we are united with the Uniter.
ਜਿਨਿ ਵਿਛੋੜੀ ਸੋ ਮੇਲਸੀ ਗੁਰ ਕੈ ਹੇਤਿ ਅਪਾਰਿ ॥੩੭॥
jin vichhoRee so melasee gur kai het apaar ||37||
He who separated me, unites me again; my love for the Guru is infinite. ||37||
ਪਾਪੁ ਬੁਰਾ ਪਾਪੀ ਕਉ ਪਿਆਰਾ ॥
paap buraa paapee kau piaaraa ||
Sin is bad, but it is dear to the sinner.
ਪਾਪਿ ਲਦੇ ਪਾਪੇ ਪਾਸਾਰਾ ॥
paap ladhe paape paasaaraa ||
He loads himself with sin, and expands his world through sin.
ਪਰਹਰਿ ਪਾਪੁ ਪਛਾਣੈ ਆਪੁ ॥
parahar paap pachhaanai aap ||
Sin is far away from one who understands himself.
ਨਾ ਤਿਸੁ ਸੋਗੁ ਵਿਜੋਗੁ ਸੰਤਾਪੁ ॥
naa tis sog vijog sa(n)taap ||
He is not afflicted by sorrow or separation.
ਨਰਕਿ ਪੜੰਤਉ ਕਿਉ ਰਹੈ ਕਿਉ ਬੰਚੈ ਜਮਕਾਲੁ ॥
narak paRa(n)tau kiau rahai kiau ba(n)chai jamakaal ||
How can one avoid falling into hell? How can he cheat the Messenger of Death?
ਕਿਉ ਆਵਣ ਜਾਣਾ ਵੀਸਰੈ ਝੂਠੁ ਬੁਰਾ ਖੈ ਕਾਲੁ ॥
kiau aavan jaanaa veesarai jhooTh buraa khai kaal ||
How can coming and going be forgotten? Falsehood is bad, and death is cruel.
ਮਨੁ ਜੰਜਾਲੀ ਵੇੜਿਆ ਭੀ ਜੰਜਾਲਾ ਮਾਹਿ ॥
man ja(n)jaalee veRiaa bhee ja(n)jaalaa maeh ||
The mind is enveloped by entanglements, and into entanglements it falls.
ਵਿਣੁ ਨਾਵੈ ਕਿਉ ਛੂਟੀਐ ਪਾਪੇ ਪਚਹਿ ਪਚਾਹਿ ॥੩੮॥
vin naavai kiau chhooTeeaai paape pacheh pachaeh ||38||
Without the Name, how can anyone be saved? They rot away in sin. ||38||
ਫਿਰਿ ਫਿਰਿ ਫਾਹੀ ਫਾਸੈ ਕਊਆ ॥
fir fir faahee faasai kuooaa ||
Again and again, the crow falls into the trap.
ਫਿਰਿ ਪਛੁਤਾਨਾ ਅਬ ਕਿਆ ਹੂਆ ॥
fir pachhutaanaa ab kiaa hooaa ||
Then he regrets it, but what can he do now?
ਫਾਥਾ ਚੋਗ ਚੁਗੈ ਨਹੀ ਬੂਝੈ ॥
faathaa chog chugai nahee boojhai ||
Even though he is trapped, he pecks at the food; he does not understand.
ਸਤਗੁਰੁ ਮਿਲੈ ਤ ਆਖੀ ਸੂਝੈ ॥
satagur milai ta aakhee soojhai ||
If he meets the True Guru, then he sees with his eyes.
ਜਿਉ ਮਛੁਲੀ ਫਾਥੀ ਜਮ ਜਾਲਿ ॥
jiau machhulee faathee jam jaal ||
Like a fish, he is caught in the noose of death.
ਵਿਣੁ ਗੁਰ ਦਾਤੇ ਮੁਕਤਿ ਨ ਭਾਲਿ ॥
vin gur dhaate mukat na bhaal ||
Do not seek liberation from anyone else, except the Guru, the Great Giver.
ਫਿਰਿ ਫਿਰਿ ਆਵੈ ਫਿਰਿ ਫਿਰਿ ਜਾਇ ॥
fir fir aavai fir fir jai ||
Over and over again, he comes; over and over again, he goes.
ਇਕ ਰੰਗਿ ਰਚੈ ਰਹੈ ਲਿਵ ਲਾਇ ॥
eik ra(n)g rachai rahai liv lai ||
Be absorbed in love for the One Lord, and remain lovingly focused on Him.
ਇਵ ਛੂਟੈ ਫਿਰਿ ਫਾਸ ਨ ਪਾਇ ॥੩੯॥
eiv chhooTai fir faas na pai ||39||
In this way you shall be saved, and you shall not fall into the trap again. ||39||
ਬੀਰਾ ਬੀਰਾ ਕਰਿ ਰਹੀ ਬੀਰ ਭਏ ਬੈਰਾਇ ॥
beeraa beeraa kar rahee beer bhe bairai ||
She calls out, ""Brother, O brother - stay, O brother!"" But he becomes a stranger.
ਬੀਰ ਚਲੇ ਘਰਿ ਆਪਣੈ ਬਹਿਣ ਬਿਰਹਿ ਜਲਿ ਜਾਇ ॥
beer chale ghar aapanai bahin bireh jal jai ||
Her brother departs for his own home, and his sister burns with the pain of separation.
ਬਾਬੁਲ ਕੈ ਘਰਿ ਬੇਟੜੀ ਬਾਲੀ ਬਾਲੈ ਨੇਹਿ ॥
baabul kai ghar beTaRee baalee baalai neh ||
In this world, her father's home, the daughter, the innocent soul bride, loves her Young Husband Lord.
ਜੇ ਲੋੜਹਿ ਵਰੁ ਕਾਮਣੀ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਸੇਵਹਿ ਤੇਹਿ ॥
je loReh var kaamanee satigur seveh teh ||
If you long for your Husband Lord, O soul bride, then serve the True Guru with love.
ਬਿਰਲੋ ਗਿਆਨੀ ਬੂਝਣਉ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਸਾਚਿ ਮਿਲੇਇ ॥
biralo giaanee boojhanau satigur saach milei ||
How rare are the spiritually wise, who meet the True Guru, and truly understand.
ਠਾਕੁਰ ਹਾਥਿ ਵਡਾਈਆ ਜੈ ਭਾਵੈ ਤੈ ਦੇਇ ॥
Thaakur haath vaddaieeaa jai bhaavai tai dhei ||
All glorious greatness rests in the Lord and Master's Hands. He grants them, when He is pleased.
ਬਾਣੀ ਬਿਰਲਉ ਬੀਚਾਰਸੀ ਜੇ ਕੋ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਹੋਇ ॥
baanee biralau beechaarasee je ko gurmukh hoi ||
How rare are those who contemplate the Word of the Guru's Bani; they become Gurmukh.
ਇਹ ਬਾਣੀ ਮਹਾ ਪੁਰਖ ਕੀ ਨਿਜ ਘਰਿ ਵਾਸਾ ਹੋਇ ॥੪੦॥
eeh baanee mahaa purakh kee nij ghar vaasaa hoi ||40||
This is the Bani of the Supreme Being; through it, one dwells within the home of his inner being. ||40||
ਭਨਿ ਭਨਿ ਘੜੀਐ ਘੜਿ ਘੜਿ ਭਜੈ ਢਾਹਿ ਉਸਾਰੈ ਉਸਰੇ ਢਾਹੈ ॥
bhan bhan ghaReeaai ghaR ghaR bhajai ddaeh usaarai usare ddaahai ||
Shattering and breaking apart, He creates and re-creates; creating, He shatters again. He builds up what He has demolished, and demolishes what He has built.
ਸਰ ਭਰਿ ਸੋਖੈ ਭੀ ਭਰਿ ਪੋਖੈ ਸਮਰਥ ਵੇਪਰਵਾਹੈ ॥
sar bhar sokhai bhee bhar pokhai samarath veparavaahai ||
He dries up the pools which are full, and fills the dried tanks again. He is all-powerful and independent.
ਭਰਮਿ ਭੁਲਾਨੇ ਭਏ ਦਿਵਾਨੇ ਵਿਣੁ ਭਾਗਾ ਕਿਆ ਪਾਈਐ ॥
bharam bhulaane bhe dhivaane vin bhaagaa kiaa paieeaai ||
Deluded by doubt, they have gone insane; without destiny, what do they obtain?
ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਗਿਆਨੁ ਡੋਰੀ ਪ੍ਰਭਿ ਪਕੜੀ ਜਿਨ ਖਿੰਚੈ ਤਿਨ ਜਾਈਐ ॥
gurmukh giaan ddoree prabh pakaRee jin khi(n)chai tin jaieeaai ||
The Gurmukhs know that God holds the string; wherever He pulls it, they must go.
ਹਰਿ ਗੁਣ ਗਾਇ ਸਦਾ ਰੰਗਿ ਰਾਤੇ ਬਹੁੜਿ ਨ ਪਛੋਤਾਈਐ ॥
har gun gai sadhaa ra(n)g raate bahuR na pachhotaieeaai ||
Those who sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord, are forever imbued with His Love; they never again feel regret.
ਭਭੈ ਭਾਲਹਿ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਬੂਝਹਿ ਤਾ ਨਿਜ ਘਰਿ ਵਾਸਾ ਪਾਈਐ ॥
bhabhai bhaaleh gurmukh boojheh taa nij ghar vaasaa paieeaai ||
Bhabha: If someone seeks, and then becomes Gurmukh, then he comes to dwell in the home of his own heart.
ਭਭੈ ਭਉਜਲੁ ਮਾਰਗੁ ਵਿਖੜਾ ਆਸ ਨਿਰਾਸਾ ਤਰੀਐ ॥
bhabhai bhaujal maarag vikhaRaa aas niraasaa tareeaai ||
Bhabha: The way of the terrifying world-ocean is treacherous. Remain free of hope, in the midst of hope, and you shall cross over.
ਗੁਰ ਪਰਸਾਦੀ ਆਪੋ ਚੀਨੑੈ ਜੀਵਤਿਆ ਇਵ ਮਰੀਐ ॥੪੧॥
gur parasaadhee aapo cheen(h)ai jeevatiaa iv mareeaai ||41||
By Guru's Grace, one comes to understand himself; in this way, he remains dead while yet alive. ||41||
ਮਾਇਆ ਮਾਇਆ ਕਰਿ ਮੁਏ ਮਾਇਆ ਕਿਸੈ ਨ ਸਾਥਿ ॥
maiaa maiaa kar mue maiaa kisai na saath ||
Crying out for the wealth and riches of Maya, they die; but Maya does not go along with them.
ਹੰਸੁ ਚਲੈ ਉਠਿ ਡੁਮਣੋ ਮਾਇਆ ਭੂਲੀ ਆਥਿ ॥
ha(n)s chalai uTh ddumano maiaa bhoolee aath ||
The soul-swan arises and departs, sad and depressed, leaving its wealth behind.
ਮਨੁ ਝੂਠਾ ਜਮਿ ਜੋਹਿਆ ਅਵਗੁਣ ਚਲਹਿ ਨਾਲਿ ॥
man jhooThaa jam johiaa avagun chaleh naal ||
The false mind is hunted by the Messenger of Death; it carries its faults along when it goes.
ਮਨ ਮਹਿ ਮਨੁ ਉਲਟੋ ਮਰੈ ਜੇ ਗੁਣ ਹੋਵਹਿ ਨਾਲਿ ॥
man meh man ulaTo marai je gun hoveh naal ||
The mind turns inward, and merges with mind, when it is with virtue.