| ਬੋਲ ਅਬੋਲ ਮਧਿ ਹੈ ਸੋਈ ॥ |
| bol abol madhh hai soee || |
| He is in both speech and silence. |
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| ਜਸ ਓਹੁ ਹੈ ਤਸ ਲਖੈ ਨ ਕੋਈ ॥੨॥ |
| jas ouhu hai thas lakhai n koee ||2|| |
| No one can know Him as He is. ||2|| |
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| ਅਲਹ ਲਹਉ ਤਉ ਕਿਆ ਕਹਉ ਕਹਉ ਤ ਕੋ ਉਪਕਾਰ ॥ |
| aleh leho tho kiaa keho keho th ko oupakaar || |
| If I come to know the Lord, what can I say; what good does it do to speak? |
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| ਬਟਕ ਬੀਜ ਮਹਿ ਰਵਿ ਰਹਿਓ ਜਾ ਕੋ ਤੀਨਿ ਲੋਕ ਬਿਸਥਾਰ ॥੩॥ |
| battak beej mehi rav rehiou jaa ko theen lok bisathhaar ||3|| |
| He is contained in the seed of the banyan-tree, and yet, His expanse spreads across the three worlds. ||3|| |
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| ਅਲਹ ਲਹੰਤਾ ਭੇਦ ਛੈ ਕਛੁ ਕਛੁ ਪਾਇਓ ਭੇਦ ॥ |
| aleh lehanthaa bhaedh shhai kashh kashh paaeiou bhaedh || |
| One who knows the Lord understands His mystery, and bit by bit, the mystery disappears. |
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| ਉਲਟਿ ਭੇਦ ਮਨੁ ਬੇਧਿਓ ਪਾਇਓ ਅਭੰਗ ਅਛੇਦ ॥੪॥ |
| oulatt bhaedh man baedhhiou paaeiou abhang ashhaedh ||4|| |
| Turning away from the world, one's mind is pierced through with this mystery, and one obtains the Indestructible, Impenetrable Lord. ||4|| |
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| ਤੁਰਕ ਤਰੀਕਤਿ ਜਾਨੀਐ ਹਿੰਦੂ ਬੇਦ ਪੁਰਾਨ ॥ |
| thurak thareekath jaaneeai hindhoo baedh puraan || |
| The Muslim knows the Muslim way of life; the Hindu knows the Vedas and Puraanas. |
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| ਮਨ ਸਮਝਾਵਨ ਕਾਰਨੇ ਕਛੂਅਕ ਪੜੀਐ ਗਿਆਨ ॥੫॥ |
| man samajhaavan kaaranae kashhooak parreeai giaan ||5|| |
| To instruct their minds, people ought to study some sort of spiritual wisdom. ||5|| |
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| ਓਅੰਕਾਰ ਆਦਿ ਮੈ ਜਾਨਾ ॥ |
| ouankaar aadh mai jaanaa || |
| I know only the One, the Universal Creator, the Primal Being. |
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| ਲਿਖਿ ਅਰੁ ਮੇਟੈ ਤਾਹਿ ਨ ਮਾਨਾ ॥ |
| likh ar maettai thaahi n maanaa || |
| I do not believe in anyone whom the Lord writes and erases. |
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| ਓਅੰਕਾਰ ਲਖੈ ਜਉ ਕੋਈ ॥ |
| ouankaar lakhai jo koee || |
| If someone knows the One, the Universal Creator, |
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| ਸੋਈ ਲਖਿ ਮੇਟਣਾ ਨ ਹੋਈ ॥੬॥ |
| soee lakh maettanaa n hoee ||6|| |
| he shall not perish, since he knows Him. ||6|| |
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| ਕਕਾ ਕਿਰਣਿ ਕਮਲ ਮਹਿ ਪਾਵਾ ॥ |
| kakaa kiran kamal mehi paavaa || |
| KAKKA: When the rays of Divine Light come into the heart-lotus, |
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| ਸਸਿ ਬਿਗਾਸ ਸੰਪਟ ਨਹੀ ਆਵਾ ॥ |
| sas bigaas sanpatt nehee aavaa || |
| the moon-light of Maya cannot enter the basket of the mind. |
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| ਅਰੁ ਜੇ ਤਹਾ ਕੁਸਮ ਰਸੁ ਪਾਵਾ ॥ |
| ar jae thehaa kusam ras paavaa || |
| And if one obtains the subtle fragrance of that spiritual flower, |
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| ਅਕਹ ਕਹਾ ਕਹਿ ਕਾ ਸਮਝਾਵਾ ॥੭॥ |
| akeh kehaa kehi kaa samajhaavaa ||7|| |
| he cannot describe the indescribable; he could speak, but who would understand? ||7|| |
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| ਖਖਾ ਇਹੈ ਖੋੜਿ ਮਨ ਆਵਾ ॥ |
| khakhaa eihai khorr man aavaa || |
| KHAKHA: The mind has entered this cave. |
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| ਖੋੜੇ ਛਾਡਿ ਨ ਦਹ ਦਿਸ ਧਾਵਾ ॥ |
| khorrae shhaadd n dheh dhis dhhaavaa || |
| It does not leave this cave to wander in the ten directions. |
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| ਖਸਮਹਿ ਜਾਣਿ ਖਿਮਾ ਕਰਿ ਰਹੈ ॥ |
| khasamehi jaan khimaa kar rehai || |
| Knowing their Lord and Master, people show compassion; |
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| ਤਉ ਹੋਇ ਨਿਖਿਅਉ ਅਖੈ ਪਦੁ ਲਹੈ ॥੮॥ |
| tho hoe nikhiao akhai padh lehai ||8|| |
| then, they become immortal, and attain the state of eternal dignity. ||8|| |
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| ਗਗਾ ਗੁਰ ਕੇ ਬਚਨ ਪਛਾਨਾ ॥ |
| gagaa gur kae bachan pashhaanaa || |
| GAGGA: One who understands the Guru's Word |
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| ਦੂਜੀ ਬਾਤ ਨ ਧਰਈ ਕਾਨਾ ॥ |
| dhoojee baath n dhharee kaanaa || |
| does not listen to anything else. |
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| ਰਹੈ ਬਿਹੰਗਮ ਕਤਹਿ ਨ ਜਾਈ ॥ |
| rehai bihangam kathehi n jaaee || |
| He remains like a hermit and does not go anywhere, |
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| ਅਗਹ ਗਹੈ ਗਹਿ ਗਗਨ ਰਹਾਈ ॥੯॥ |
| ageh gehai gehi gagan rehaaee ||9|| |
| when he grasps the Ungraspable Lord and dwells in the sky of the Tenth Gate. ||9|| |
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| ਘਘਾ ਘਟਿ ਘਟਿ ਨਿਮਸੈ ਸੋਈ ॥ |
| ghaghaa ghatt ghatt nimasai soee || |
| GHAGHA: He dwells in each and every heart. |
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| ਘਟ ਫੂਟੇ ਘਟਿ ਕਬਹਿ ਨ ਹੋਈ ॥ |
| ghatt foottae ghatt kabehi n hoee || |
| Even when the body-pitcher bursts, he does not diminish. |
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| ਤਾ ਘਟ ਮਾਹਿ ਘਾਟ ਜਉ ਪਾਵਾ ॥ |
| thaa ghatt maahi ghaatt jo paavaa || |
| When someone finds the Path to the Lord within his own heart, |
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| ਸੋ ਘਟੁ ਛਾਡਿ ਅਵਘਟ ਕਤ ਧਾਵਾ ॥੧੦॥ |
| so ghatt shhaadd avaghatt kath dhhaavaa ||10|| |
| why should he abandon that Path to follow some other path? ||10|| |
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| ਙੰਙਾ ਨਿਗ੍ਰਹਿ ਸਨੇਹੁ ਕਰਿ ਨਿਰਵਾਰੋ ਸੰਦੇਹ ॥ |
| n(g)ann(g)aa nigrehi sanaehu kar niravaaro sandhaeh || |
| NGANGA: Restrain yourself, love the Lord, and dismiss your doubts. |
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| ਨਾਹੀ ਦੇਖਿ ਨ ਭਾਜੀਐ ਪਰਮ ਸਿਆਨਪ ਏਹ ॥੧੧॥ |
| naahee dhaekh n bhaajeeai param siaanap eaeh ||11|| |
| Even if you do not see the Path, do not run away; this is the highest wisdom. ||11|| |
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| ਚਚਾ ਰਚਿਤ ਚਿਤ੍ਰ ਹੈ ਭਾਰੀ ॥ |
| chachaa rachith chithr hai bhaaree || |
| CHACHA: He painted the great picture of the world. |
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| ਤਜਿ ਚਿਤ੍ਰੈ ਚੇਤਹੁ ਚਿਤਕਾਰੀ ॥ |
| thaj chithrai chaethahu chithakaaree || |
| Forget this picture, and remember the Painter. |
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| ਚਿਤ੍ਰ ਬਚਿਤ੍ਰ ਇਹੈ ਅਵਝੇਰਾ ॥ |
| chithr bachithr eihai avajhaeraa || |
| This wondrous painting is now the problem. |
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| ਤਜਿ ਚਿਤ੍ਰੈ ਚਿਤੁ ਰਾਖਿ ਚਿਤੇਰਾ ॥੧੨॥ |
| thaj chithrai chith raakh chithaeraa ||12|| |
| Forget this picture and focus your consciousness on the Painter. ||12|| |
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| ਛਛਾ ਇਹੈ ਛਤ੍ਰਪਤਿ ਪਾਸਾ ॥ |
| shhashhaa eihai shhathrapath paasaa || |
| CHHACHHA: The Sovereign Lord of the Universe is here with you. |
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| ਛਕਿ ਕਿ ਨ ਰਹਹੁ ਛਾਡਿ ਕਿ ਨ ਆਸਾ ॥ |
| shhak k n rehahu shhaadd k n aasaa || |
| Why are you so unhappy? Why don't you abandon your desires? |
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| ਰੇ ਮਨ ਮੈ ਤਉ ਛਿਨ ਛਿਨ ਸਮਝਾਵਾ ॥ |
| rae man mai tho shhin shhin samajhaavaa || |
| O my mind, each and every moment I try to instruct you, |
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| ਤਾਹਿ ਛਾਡਿ ਕਤ ਆਪੁ ਬਧਾਵਾ ॥੧੩॥ |
| thaahi shhaadd kath aap badhhaavaa ||13|| |
| but you forsake Him, and entangle yourself with others. ||13|| |
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| ਜਜਾ ਜਉ ਤਨ ਜੀਵਤ ਜਰਾਵੈ ॥ |
| jajaa jo than jeevath jaraavai || |
| JAJJA: If someone burns his body while he is still alive, |
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| ਜੋਬਨ ਜਾਰਿ ਜੁਗਤਿ ਸੋ ਪਾਵੈ ॥ |
| joban jaar jugath so paavai || |
| and burns away the desires of his youth, then he finds the right way. |
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| ਅਸ ਜਰਿ ਪਰ ਜਰਿ ਜਰਿ ਜਬ ਰਹੈ ॥ |
| as jar par jar jar jab rehai || |
| When he burns his desire for his own wealth, and that of others, |
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| ਝਝਾ ਉਰਝਿ ਸੁਰਝਿ ਨਹੀ ਜਾਨਾ ॥ |
| jhajhaa ourajh surajh nehee jaanaa || |
| JHAJHA: You are entangled in the world, and you do not know how to get untangled. |
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| ਰਹਿਓ ਝਝਕਿ ਨਾਹੀ ਪਰਵਾਨਾ ॥ |
| rehiou jhajhak naahee paravaanaa || |
| You hold back in fear, and are not approved by the Lord. |
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| ਕਤ ਝਖਿ ਝਖਿ ਅਉਰਨ ਸਮਝਾਵਾ ॥ |
| kath jhakh jhakh aouran samajhaavaa || |
| Why do you talk such nonsense, trying to convince others? |
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| ਝਗਰੁ ਕੀਏ ਝਗਰਉ ਹੀ ਪਾਵਾ ॥੧੫॥ |
| jhagar keeeae jhagaro hee paavaa ||15|| |
| Stirring up arguments, you shall only obtain more arguments. ||15|| |
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| ਞੰਞਾ ਨਿਕਟਿ ਜੁ ਘਟ ਰਹਿਓ ਦੂਰਿ ਕਹਾ ਤਜਿ ਜਾਇ ॥ |
| njannjaa nikatt j ghatt rehiou dhoor kehaa thaj jaae || |
| NYANYA: He dwells near you, deep within your heart; why do you leave Him and go far away? |
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| ਜਾ ਕਾਰਣਿ ਜਗੁ ਢੂਢਿਅਉ ਨੇਰਉ ਪਾਇਅਉ ਤਾਹਿ ॥੧੬॥ |
| jaa kaaran jag dtoodtiao naero paaeiao thaahi ||16|| |
| I searched the whole world for Him, but I found Him near myself. ||16|| |
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| ਟਟਾ ਬਿਕਟ ਘਾਟ ਘਟ ਮਾਹੀ ॥ |
| ttattaa bikatt ghaatt ghatt maahee || |
| TATTA: It is such a difficult path, to find Him within your own heart. |
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| ਖੋਲਿ ਕਪਾਟ ਮਹਲਿ ਕਿ ਨ ਜਾਹੀ ॥ |
| khol kapaatt mehal k n jaahee || |
| Open the doors within, and enter the Mansion of His Presence. |
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| ਦੇਖਿ ਅਟਲ ਟਲਿ ਕਤਹਿ ਨ ਜਾਵਾ ॥ |
| dhaekh attal ttal kathehi n jaavaa || |
| Beholding the Immovable Lord, you shall not slip and go anywhere else. |
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