| ਸੂਰੇ ਸੇਈ ਆਗੈ ਆਖੀਅਹਿ ਦਰਗਹ ਪਾਵਹਿ ਸਾਚੀ ਮਾਣੋ ॥ |
| soorae saeee aagai aakheeahi dharageh paavehi saachee maano || |
| They alone are acclaimed as brave warriors in the world hereafter, who receive true honor in the Court of the Lord. |
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| ਦਰਗਹ ਮਾਣੁ ਪਾਵਹਿ ਪਤਿ ਸਿਉ ਜਾਵਹਿ ਆਗੈ ਦੂਖੁ ਨ ਲਾਗੈ ॥ |
| dharageh maan paavehi path sio jaavehi aagai dhookh n laagai || |
| They are honored in the Court of the Lord; they depart with honor, and they do not suffer pain in the world hereafter. |
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| ਕਰਿ ਏਕੁ ਧਿਆਵਹਿ ਤਾਂ ਫਲੁ ਪਾਵਹਿ ਜਿਤੁ ਸੇਵਿਐ ਭਉ ਭਾਗੈ ॥ |
| kar eaek dhhiaavehi thaan fal paavehi jith saeviai bho bhaagai || |
| They meditate on the One Lord, and obtain the fruits of their rewards. Serving the Lord, their fear is dispelled. |
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| ਊਚਾ ਨਹੀ ਕਹਣਾ ਮਨ ਮਹਿ ਰਹਣਾ ਆਪੇ ਜਾਣੈ ਜਾਣੋ ॥ |
| oochaa nehee kehanaa man mehi rehanaa aapae jaanai jaano || |
| Do not indulge in egotism, and dwell within your own mind; the Knower Himself knows everything. |
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| ਮਰਣੁ ਮੁਣਸਾਂ ਸੂਰਿਆ ਹਕੁ ਹੈ ਜੋ ਹੋਇ ਮਰਹਿ ਪਰਵਾਣੋ ॥੩॥ |
| maran munasaan sooriaa hak hai jo hoe marehi paravaano ||3|| |
| The death of brave heroes is blessed, if it is approved by God. ||3|| |
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| ਨਾਨਕ ਕਿਸ ਨੋ ਬਾਬਾ ਰੋਈਐ ਬਾਜੀ ਹੈ ਇਹੁ ਸੰਸਾਰੋ ॥ |
| naanak kis no baabaa roeeai baajee hai eihu sansaaro || |
| Nanak: for whom should we mourn, O Baba? This world is merely a play. |
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| ਕੀਤਾ ਵੇਖੈ ਸਾਹਿਬੁ ਆਪਣਾ ਕੁਦਰਤਿ ਕਰੇ ਬੀਚਾਰੋ ॥ |
| keethaa vaekhai saahib aapanaa kudharath karae beechaaro || |
| The Lord Master beholds His work, and contemplates His creative potency. |
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| ਕੁਦਰਤਿ ਬੀਚਾਰੇ ਧਾਰਣ ਧਾਰੇ ਜਿਨਿ ਕੀਆ ਸੋ ਜਾਣੈ ॥ |
| kudharath beechaarae dhhaaran dhhaarae jin keeaa so jaanai || |
| He contemplates His creative potency, having established the Universe. He who created it, He alone knows. |
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| ਆਪੇ ਵੇਖੈ ਆਪੇ ਬੂਝੈ ਆਪੇ ਹੁਕਮੁ ਪਛਾਣੈ ॥ |
| aapae vaekhai aapae boojhai aapae hukam pashhaanai || |
| He Himself beholds it, and He Himself understands it. He Himself realizes the Hukam of His Command. |
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| ਜਿਨਿ ਕਿਛੁ ਕੀਆ ਸੋਈ ਜਾਣੈ ਤਾ ਕਾ ਰੂਪੁ ਅਪਾਰੋ ॥ |
| jin kishh keeaa soee jaanai thaa kaa roop apaaro || |
| He who created these things, He alone knows. His subtle form is infinite. |
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| ਨਾਨਕ ਕਿਸ ਨੋ ਬਾਬਾ ਰੋਈਐ ਬਾਜੀ ਹੈ ਇਹੁ ਸੰਸਾਰੋ ॥੪॥੨॥ |
| naanak kis no baabaa roeeai baajee hai eihu sansaaro ||4||2|| |
| Nanak: for whom should we mourn, O Baba? This world is merely a play. ||4||2|| |
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| ਵਡਹੰਸੁ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ਦਖਣੀ ॥ |
| vaddehans mehalaa 1 dhakhanee || |
| Wadahans, First Mehl, Dakhanee: |
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| ਸਚੁ ਸਿਰੰਦਾ ਸਚਾ ਜਾਣੀਐ ਸਚੜਾ ਪਰਵਦਗਾਰੋ ॥ |
| sach sirandhaa sachaa jaaneeai sacharraa paravadhagaaro || |
| The True Creator Lord is True - know this well; He is the True Sustainer. |
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| ਜਿਨਿ ਆਪੀਨੈ ਆਪੁ ਸਾਜਿਆ ਸਚੜਾ ਅਲਖ ਅਪਾਰੋ ॥ |
| jin aapeenai aap saajiaa sacharraa alakh apaaro || |
| He Himself fashioned His Own Self; the True Lord is invisible and infinite. |
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| ਦੁਇ ਪੁੜ ਜੋੜਿ ਵਿਛੋੜਿਅਨੁ ਗੁਰ ਬਿਨੁ ਘੋਰੁ ਅੰਧਾਰੋ ॥ |
| dhue purr jorr vishhorrian gur bin ghor andhhaaro || |
| He brought together, and then separated, the two grinding stones of the earth and the sky; without the Guru, there is only pitch darkness. |
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| ਸੂਰਜੁ ਚੰਦੁ ਸਿਰਜਿਅਨੁ ਅਹਿਨਿਸਿ ਚਲਤੁ ਵੀਚਾਰੋ ॥੧॥ |
| sooraj chandh sirajian ahinis chalath veechaaro ||1|| |
| He created the sun and the moon; night and day, they move according to His Thought. ||1|| |
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| ਸਚੜਾ ਸਾਹਿਬੁ ਸਚੁ ਤੂ ਸਚੜਾ ਦੇਹਿ ਪਿਆਰੋ ॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥ |
| sacharraa saahib sach thoo sacharraa dhaehi piaaro || rehaao || |
| O True Lord and Master, You are True. O True Lord, bless me with Your Love. ||Pause|| |
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| ਤੁਧੁ ਸਿਰਜੀ ਮੇਦਨੀ ਦੁਖੁ ਸੁਖੁ ਦੇਵਣਹਾਰੋ ॥ |
| thudhh sirajee maedhanee dhukh sukh dhaevanehaaro || |
| You created the Universe; You are the Giver of pain and pleasure. |
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| ਨਾਰੀ ਪੁਰਖ ਸਿਰਜਿਐ ਬਿਖੁ ਮਾਇਆ ਮੋਹੁ ਪਿਆਰੋ ॥ |
| naaree purakh sirajiai bikh maaeiaa mohu piaaro || |
| You created woman and man, the love of poison, and emotional attachment to Maya. |
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| ਖਾਣੀ ਬਾਣੀ ਤੇਰੀਆ ਦੇਹਿ ਜੀਆ ਆਧਾਰੋ ॥ |
| khaanee baanee thaereeaa dhaehi jeeaa aadhhaaro || |
| The four sources of creation, and the power of the Word, are also of Your making. You give Support to all beings. |
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| ਕੁਦਰਤਿ ਤਖਤੁ ਰਚਾਇਆ ਸਚਿ ਨਿਬੇੜਣਹਾਰੋ ॥੨॥ |
| kudharath thakhath rachaaeiaa sach nibaerranehaaro ||2|| |
| You have made the Creation as Your Throne; You are the True Judge. ||2|| |
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| ਆਵਾ ਗਵਣੁ ਸਿਰਜਿਆ ਤੂ ਥਿਰੁ ਕਰਣੈਹਾਰੋ ॥ |
| aavaa gavan sirajiaa thoo thhir karanaihaaro || |
| You created comings and goings, but You are ever-stable, O Creator Lord. |
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| ਜੰਮਣੁ ਮਰਣਾ ਆਇ ਗਇਆ ਬਧਿਕੁ ਜੀਉ ਬਿਕਾਰੋ ॥ |
| janman maranaa aae gaeiaa badhhik jeeo bikaaro || |
| In birth and death, in coming and going, this soul is held in bondage by corruption. |
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| ਭੂਡੜੈ ਨਾਮੁ ਵਿਸਾਰਿਆ ਬੂਡੜੈ ਕਿਆ ਤਿਸੁ ਚਾਰੋ ॥ |
| bhooddarrai naam visaariaa booddarrai kiaa this chaaro || |
| The evil person has forgotten the Naam; he has drowned - what can he do now? |
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| ਗੁਣ ਛੋਡਿ ਬਿਖੁ ਲਦਿਆ ਅਵਗੁਣ ਕਾ ਵਣਜਾਰੋ ॥੩॥ |
| gun shhodd bikh ladhiaa avagun kaa vanajaaro ||3|| |
| Forsaking merit, he has loaded the poisonous cargo of demerits; he is a trader of sins. ||3|| |
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| ਸਦੜੇ ਆਏ ਤਿਨਾ ਜਾਨੀਆ ਹੁਕਮਿ ਸਚੇ ਕਰਤਾਰੋ ॥ |
| sadharrae aaeae thinaa jaaneeaa hukam sachae karathaaro || |
| The beloved soul has received the Call, the Command of the True Creator Lord. |
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| ਨਾਰੀ ਪੁਰਖ ਵਿਛੁੰਨਿਆ ਵਿਛੁੜਿਆ ਮੇਲਣਹਾਰੋ ॥ |
| naaree purakh vishhunniaa vishhurriaa maelanehaaro || |
| The soul, the husband, has become separated from the body, the bride. The Lord is the Re-uniter of the separated ones. |
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| ਰੂਪੁ ਨ ਜਾਣੈ ਸੋਹਣੀਐ ਹੁਕਮਿ ਬਧੀ ਸਿਰਿ ਕਾਰੋ ॥ |
| roop n jaanai sohaneeai hukam badhhee sir kaaro || |
| No one cares for your beauty, O beautiful bride.; the Messenger of Death is bound only by the Lord Commander's Command. |
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| ਬਾਲਕ ਬਿਰਧਿ ਨ ਜਾਣਨੀ ਤੋੜਨਿ ਹੇਤੁ ਪਿਆਰੋ ॥੪॥ |
| baalak biradhh n jaananee thorran haeth piaaro ||4|| |
| He does not distinguish between young children and old people; he tears apart love and affection. ||4|| |
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| ਨਉ ਦਰ ਠਾਕੇ ਹੁਕਮਿ ਸਚੈ ਹੰਸੁ ਗਇਆ ਗੈਣਾਰੇ ॥ |
| no dhar thaakae hukam sachai hans gaeiaa gainaarae || |
| The nine doors are closed by the True Lord's Command, and the swan-soul takes flight into the skies. |
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| ਸਾ ਧਨ ਛੁਟੀ ਮੁਠੀ ਝੂਠਿ ਵਿਧਣੀਆ ਮਿਰਤਕੜਾ ਅੰਙਨੜੇ ਬਾਰੇ ॥ |
| saa dhhan shhuttee muthee jhooth vidhhaneeaa mirathakarraa ann(g)anarrae baarae || |
| The body-bride is separated, and defrauded by falsehood; she is now a widow - her husband's body lies dead in the courtyard. |
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| ਸੁਰਤਿ ਮੁਈ ਮਰੁ ਮਾਈਏ ਮਹਲ ਰੁੰਨੀ ਦਰ ਬਾਰੇ ॥ |
| surath muee mar maaeeeae mehal runnee dhar baarae || |
| The widow cries out at the door, ""The light of my mind has gone out, O my mother, with his death."" |
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| ਰੋਵਹੁ ਕੰਤ ਮਹੇਲੀਹੋ ਸਚੇ ਕੇ ਗੁਣ ਸਾਰੇ ॥੫॥ |
| rovahu kanth mehaeleeho sachae kae gun saarae ||5|| |
| So cry out, O soul-brides of the Husband Lord, and dwell on the Glorious Praises of the True Lord. ||5|| |
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| ਜਲਿ ਮਲਿ ਜਾਨੀ ਨਾਵਾਲਿਆ ਕਪੜਿ ਪਟਿ ਅੰਬਾਰੇ ॥ |
| jal mal jaanee naavaaliaa kaparr patt anbaarae || |
| Her loved one is cleansed, bathed in water, and dressed in silken robes. |
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| ਵਾਜੇ ਵਜੇ ਸਚੀ ਬਾਣੀਆ ਪੰਚ ਮੁਏ ਮਨੁ ਮਾਰੇ ॥ |
| vaajae vajae sachee baaneeaa panch mueae man maarae || |
| The musicians play, and the Bani of the True Lord's Words are sung; the five relatives feel as if they too are dead, so deadened are their minds. |
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| ਜਾਨੀ ਵਿਛੁੰਨੜੇ ਮੇਰਾ ਮਰਣੁ ਭਇਆ ਧ੍ਰਿਗੁ ਜੀਵਣੁ ਸੰਸਾਰੇ ॥ |
| jaanee vishhunnarrae maeraa maran bhaeiaa dhhrig jeevan sansaarae || |
| "Separation from my beloved is like death to me!" cries the widow. "My life in this world is cursed and worthless!" |
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| ਜੀਵਤੁ ਮਰੈ ਸੁ ਜਾਣੀਐ ਪਿਰ ਸਚੜੈ ਹੇਤਿ ਪਿਆਰੇ ॥੬॥ |
| jeevath marai s jaaneeai pir sacharrai haeth piaarae ||6|| |
| But she alone is approved, who dies, while yet still alive; she lives for the sake of the Love of her Beloved. ||6|| |
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| ਤੁਸੀ ਰੋਵਹੁ ਰੋਵਣ ਆਈਹੋ ਝੂਠਿ ਮੁਠੀ ਸੰਸਾਰੇ ॥ |
| thusee rovahu rovan aaeeho jhooth muthee sansaarae || |
| So cry out in mourning, you who have come to mourn; this world is false and fraudulent. |
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