| ਜਾ ਤੁਧੁ ਭਾਵਹਿ ਤਾ ਕਰਹਿ ਬਿਭੂਤਾ ਸਿੰਙੀ ਨਾਦੁ ਵਜਾਵਹਿ ॥ |
| jaa thudhh bhaavehi thaa karehi bibhoothaa sinn(g)ee naadh vajaavehi || |
| When it pleases You, we smear our bodies with ashes, and blow the horn and the conch shell. |
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| ਜਾ ਤੁਧੁ ਭਾਵੈ ਤਾ ਪੜਹਿ ਕਤੇਬਾ ਮੁਲਾ ਸੇਖ ਕਹਾਵਹਿ ॥ |
| jaa thudhh bhaavai thaa parrehi kathaebaa mulaa saekh kehaavehi || |
| When it pleases You, we read the Islamic Scriptures, and are acclaimed as Mullahs and Shaykhs. |
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| ਜਾ ਤੁਧੁ ਭਾਵੈ ਤਾ ਹੋਵਹਿ ਰਾਜੇ ਰਸ ਕਸ ਬਹੁਤੁ ਕਮਾਵਹਿ ॥ |
| jaa thudhh bhaavai thaa hovehi raajae ras kas bahuth kamaavehi || |
| When it pleases You, we become kings, and enjoy all sorts of tastes and pleasures. |
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| ਜਾ ਤੁਧੁ ਭਾਵੈ ਤੇਗ ਵਗਾਵਹਿ ਸਿਰ ਮੁੰਡੀ ਕਟਿ ਜਾਵਹਿ ॥ |
| jaa thudhh bhaavai thaeg vagaavehi sir munddee katt jaavehi || |
| When it pleases You, we wield the sword, and cut off the heads of our enemies. |
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| ਜਾ ਤੁਧੁ ਭਾਵੈ ਜਾਹਿ ਦਿਸੰਤਰਿ ਸੁਣਿ ਗਲਾ ਘਰਿ ਆਵਹਿ ॥ |
| jaa thudhh bhaavai jaahi dhisanthar sun galaa ghar aavehi || |
| When it pleases You, we go out to foreign lands; hearing news of home, we come back again. |
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| ਜਾ ਤੁਧੁ ਭਾਵੈ ਨਾਇ ਰਚਾਵਹਿ ਤੁਧੁ ਭਾਣੇ ਤੂੰ ਭਾਵਹਿ ॥ |
| jaa thudhh bhaavai naae rachaavehi thudhh bhaanae thoon bhaavehi || |
| When it pleases You, we are attuned to the Name, and when it pleases You, we become pleasing to You. |
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| ਨਾਨਕੁ ਏਕ ਕਹੈ ਬੇਨੰਤੀ ਹੋਰਿ ਸਗਲੇ ਕੂੜੁ ਕਮਾਵਹਿ ॥੧॥ |
| naanak eaek kehai baenanthee hor sagalae koorr kamaavehi ||1|| |
| Nanak utters this one prayer; everything else is just the practice of falsehood. ||1|| |
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| ਮਃ ੧ ॥ |
| ma 1 || |
| First Mehl: |
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| ਜਾ ਤੂੰ ਵਡਾ ਸਭਿ ਵਡਿਆਂਈਆ ਚੰਗੈ ਚੰਗਾ ਹੋਈ ॥ |
| jaa thoon vaddaa sabh vaddiaaaneeaa changai changaa hoee || |
| You are so Great-all Greatness flows from You. You are So Good-Goodness radiates from You. |
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| ਜਾ ਤੂੰ ਸਚਾ ਤਾ ਸਭੁ ਕੋ ਸਚਾ ਕੂੜਾ ਕੋਇ ਨ ਕੋਈ ॥ |
| jaa thoon sachaa thaa sabh ko sachaa koorraa koe n koee || |
| You are True-all that flows from You is True. Nothing at all is false. |
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| ਆਖਣੁ ਵੇਖਣੁ ਬੋਲਣੁ ਚਲਣੁ ਜੀਵਣੁ ਮਰਣਾ ਧਾਤੁ ॥ |
| aakhan vaekhan bolan chalan jeevan maranaa dhhaath || |
| Talking, seeing, speaking, walking, living and dying-all these are transitory. |
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| ਹੁਕਮੁ ਸਾਜਿ ਹੁਕਮੈ ਵਿਚਿ ਰਖੈ ਨਾਨਕ ਸਚਾ ਆਪਿ ॥੨॥ |
| hukam saaj hukamai vich rakhai naanak sachaa aap ||2|| |
| By the Hukam of His Command, He creates, and in His Command, He keeps us. O Nanak, He Himself is True. ||2|| |
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| ਪਉੜੀ ॥ |
| pourree || |
| Pauree: |
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| ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਸੇਵਿ ਨਿਸੰਗੁ ਭਰਮੁ ਚੁਕਾਈਐ ॥ |
| sathigur saev nisang bharam chukaaeeai || |
| Serve the True Guru fearlessly, and your doubt shall be dispelled. |
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| ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਆਖੈ ਕਾਰ ਸੁ ਕਾਰ ਕਮਾਈਐ ॥ |
| sathigur aakhai kaar s kaar kamaaeeai || |
| Do that work which the True Guru asks you to do. |
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| ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਹੋਇ ਦਇਆਲੁ ਤ ਨਾਮੁ ਧਿਆਈਐ ॥ |
| sathigur hoe dhaeiaal th naam dhhiaaeeai || |
| When the True Guru becomes merciful, we meditate on the Naam. |
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| ਲਾਹਾ ਭਗਤਿ ਸੁ ਸਾਰੁ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਪਾਈਐ ॥ |
| laahaa bhagath s saar guramukh paaeeai || |
| The profit of devotional worship is excellent. It is obtained by the Gurmukh. |
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| ਮਨਮੁਖਿ ਕੂੜੁ ਗੁਬਾਰੁ ਕੂੜੁ ਕਮਾਈਐ ॥ |
| manamukh koorr gubaar koorr kamaaeeai || |
| The self-willed manmukhs are trapped in the darkness of falsehood; they practice nothing but falsehood. |
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| ਸਚੇ ਦੈ ਦਰਿ ਜਾਇ ਸਚੁ ਚਵਾਂਈਐ ॥ |
| sachae dhai dhar jaae sach chavaaneeai || |
| Go to the Gate of Truth, and speak the Truth. |
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| ਸਚੈ ਅੰਦਰਿ ਮਹਲਿ ਸਚਿ ਬੁਲਾਈਐ ॥ |
| sachai andhar mehal sach bulaaeeai || |
| The True Lord calls the true ones to the Mansion of His Presence. |
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| ਨਾਨਕ ਸਚੁ ਸਦਾ ਸਚਿਆਰੁ ਸਚਿ ਸਮਾਈਐ ॥੧੫॥ |
| naanak sach sadhaa sachiaar sach samaaeeai ||15|| |
| O Nanak, the true ones are forever true; they are absorbed in the True Lord. ||15|| |
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| ਸਲੋਕੁ ਮਃ ੧ ॥ |
| salok ma 1 || |
| Shalok, First Mehl: |
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| ਕਲਿ ਕਾਤੀ ਰਾਜੇ ਕਾਸਾਈ ਧਰਮੁ ਪੰਖ ਕਰਿ ਉਡਰਿਆ ॥ |
| kal kaathee raajae kaasaaee dhharam pankh kar ouddariaa || |
| The Dark Age of Kali Yuga is the knife, and the kings are butchers; righteousness has sprouted wings and flown away. |
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| ਕੂੜੁ ਅਮਾਵਸ ਸਚੁ ਚੰਦ੍ਰਮਾ ਦੀਸੈ ਨਾਹੀ ਕਹ ਚੜਿਆ ॥ |
| koorr amaavas sach chandhramaa dheesai naahee keh charriaa || |
| In this dark night of falsehood, the moon of Truth is not visible anywhere. |
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| ਹਉ ਭਾਲਿ ਵਿਕੁੰਨੀ ਹੋਈ ॥ਆਧੇਰੈ ਰਾਹੁ ਨ ਕੋਈ ॥ |
| ho bhaal vikunnee hoee || aadhhaerai raahu n koee || |
| I have searched in vain, and I am so confused; in this darkness, I cannot find the path. |
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| ਵਿਚਿ ਹਉਮੈ ਕਰਿ ਦੁਖੁ ਰੋਈ ॥ |
| vich houmai kar dhukh roee || |
| In egotism, they cry out in pain. |
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| ਕਹੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਕਿਨਿ ਬਿਧਿ ਗਤਿ ਹੋਈ ॥੧॥ |
| kahu naanak kin bidhh gath hoee ||1|| |
| Says Nanak, how will they be saved? ||1|| |
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| ਮਃ ੩ ॥ |
| ma 3 || |
| Third Mehl: |
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| ਕਲਿ ਕੀਰਤਿ ਪਰਗਟੁ ਚਾਨਣੁ ਸੰਸਾਰਿ ॥ |
| kal keerath paragatt chaanan sansaar || |
| In this Dark Age of Kali Yuga, the Kirtan of the Lord's Praise has appeared as a Light in the world. |
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| ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਕੋਈ ਉਤਰੈ ਪਾਰਿ ॥ |
| guramukh koee outharai paar || |
| How rare are those few Gurmukhs who swim across to the other side! |
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| ਜਿਸ ਨੋ ਨਦਰਿ ਕਰੇ ਤਿਸੁ ਦੇਵੈ ॥ |
| jis no nadhar karae this dhaevai || |
| The Lord bestows His Glance of Grace; |
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| ਨਾਨਕ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਰਤਨੁ ਸੋ ਲੇਵੈ ॥੨॥ |
| naanak guramukh rathan so laevai ||2|| |
| O Nanak, the Gurmukh receives the jewel. ||2|| |
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| ਪਉੜੀ ॥ |
| pourree || |
| Pauree: |
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| ਭਗਤਾ ਤੈ ਸੈਸਾਰੀਆ ਜੋੜੁ ਕਦੇ ਨ ਆਇਆ ॥ |
| bhagathaa thai saisaareeaa jorr kadhae n aaeiaa || |
| Between the Lord's devotees and the people of the world, there can never be any true alliance. |
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| ਕਰਤਾ ਆਪਿ ਅਭੁਲੁ ਹੈ ਨ ਭੁਲੈ ਕਿਸੈ ਦਾ ਭੁਲਾਇਆ ॥ |
| karathaa aap abhul hai n bhulai kisai dhaa bhulaaeiaa || |
| The Creator Himself is infallible. He cannot be fooled; no one can fool Him. |
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| ਭਗਤ ਆਪੇ ਮੇਲਿਅਨੁ ਜਿਨੀ ਸਚੋ ਸਚੁ ਕਮਾਇਆ ॥ |
| bhagath aapae maelian jinee sacho sach kamaaeiaa || |
| He blends His devotees with Himself; they practice Truth, and only Truth. |
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| ਸੈਸਾਰੀ ਆਪਿ ਖੁਆਇਅਨੁ ਜਿਨੀ ਕੂੜੁ ਬੋਲਿ ਬੋਲਿ ਬਿਖੁ ਖਾਇਆ ॥ |
| saisaaree aap khuaaeian jinee koorr bol bol bikh khaaeiaa || |
| The Lord Himself leads the people of the world astray; they tell lies, and by telling lies, they eat poison. |
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| ਚਲਣ ਸਾਰ ਨ ਜਾਣਨੀ ਕਾਮੁ ਕਰੋਧੁ ਵਿਸੁ ਵਧਾਇਆ ॥ |
| chalan saar n jaananee kaam karodhh vis vadhhaaeiaa || |
| They do not recognize the ultimate reality, that we all must go; they continue to cultivate the poisons of sexual desire and anger. |
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| ਭਗਤ ਕਰਨਿ ਹਰਿ ਚਾਕਰੀ ਜਿਨੀ ਅਨਦਿਨੁ ਨਾਮੁ ਧਿਆਇਆ ॥ |
| bhagath karan har chaakaree jinee anadhin naam dhhiaaeiaa || |
| The devotees serve the Lord; night and day, they meditate on the Naam. |
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| ਦਾਸਨਿ ਦਾਸ ਹੋਇ ਕੈ ਜਿਨੀ ਵਿਚਹੁ ਆਪੁ ਗਵਾਇਆ ॥ |
| dhaasan dhaas hoe kai jinee vichahu aap gavaaeiaa || |
| Becoming the slaves of the Lord's slaves, they eradicate selfishness and conceit from within. |
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| ਓਨਾ ਖਸਮੈ ਕੈ ਦਰਿ ਮੁਖ ਉਜਲੇ ਸਚੈ ਸਬਦਿ ਸੁਹਾਇਆ ॥੧੬॥ |
| ounaa khasamai kai dhar mukh oujalae sachai sabadh suhaaeiaa ||16|| |
| In the Court of their Lord and Master, their faces are radiant; they are embellished and exalted with the True Word of the Shabad. ||16|| |
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| ਸਲੋਕੁ ਮਃ ੧ ॥ |
| salok ma 1 || |
| Shalok, First Mehl: |
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| ਸਬਾਹੀ ਸਾਲਾਹ ਜਿਨੀ ਧਿਆਇਆ ਇਕ ਮਨਿ ॥ |
| sabaahee saalaah jinee dhhiaaeiaa eik man || |
| Those who praise the Lord in the early hours of the morning and meditate on Him single-mindedly, |
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| ਸੇਈ ਪੂਰੇ ਸਾਹ ਵਖਤੈ ਉਪਰਿ ਲੜਿ ਮੁਏ ॥ |
| saeee poorae saah vakhathai oupar larr mueae || |
| are the perfect kings; at the right time, they die fighting. |
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| ਦੂਜੈ ਬਹੁਤੇ ਰਾਹ ਮਨ ਕੀਆ ਮਤੀ ਖਿੰਡੀਆ ॥ |
| dhoojai bahuthae raah man keeaa mathee khinddeeaa || |
| In the second watch, the focus of the mind is scattered in all sorts of ways. |
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| ਬਹੁਤੁ ਪਏ ਅਸਗਾਹ ਗੋਤੇ ਖਾਹਿ ਨ ਨਿਕਲਹਿ ॥ |
| bahuth peae asagaah gothae khaahi n nikalehi || |
| So many fall into the bottomless pit; they are dragged under, and they cannot get out again. |
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