ਵਿਸਮਾਦੁ ਪਉਣੁ ਵਿਸਮਾਦੁ ਪਾਣੀ ॥
visamād paun visamād pānī .
Wonderful is the wind, wonderful is the water.
ਵਿਸਮਾਦੁ ਅਗਨੀ ਖੇਡਹਿ ਵਿਡਾਣੀ ॥
visamād aganī khēdah vidānī .
Wonderful is fire, which works wonders.
ਵਿਸਮਾਦੁ ਧਰਤੀ ਵਿਸਮਾਦੁ ਖਾਣੀ ॥
visamād dharatī visamād khānī .
Wonderful is the earth, wonderful the sources of creation.
ਵਿਸਮਾਦੁ ਸਾਦਿ ਲਗਹਿ ਪਰਾਣੀ ॥
visamād sād lagah parānī .
Wonderful are the tastes to which mortals are attached.
ਵਿਸਮਾਦੁ ਸੰਜੋਗੁ ਵਿਸਮਾਦੁ ਵਿਜੋਗੁ ॥
visamād sanjōg visamād vijōg .
Wonderful is union, and wonderful is separation.
ਵਿਸਮਾਦੁ ਭੁਖ ਵਿਸਮਾਦੁ ਭੋਗੁ ॥
visamād bhukh visamād bhōg .
Wonderful is hunger, wonderful is satisfaction.
ਵਿਸਮਾਦੁ ਸਿਫਤਿ ਵਿਸਮਾਦੁ ਸਾਲਾਹ ॥
visamād siphat visamād sālāh .
Wonderful is His Praise, wonderful is His adoration.
ਵਿਸਮਾਦੁ ਉਝੜ ਵਿਸਮਾਦੁ ਰਾਹ ॥
visamād ujhar visamād rāh .
Wonderful is the wilderness, wonderful is the path.
ਵਿਸਮਾਦੁ ਨੇੜੈ ਵਿਸਮਾਦੁ ਦੂਰਿ ॥
visamād nērai visamād dūr .
Wonderful is closeness, wonderful is distance.
ਵਿਸਮਾਦੁ ਦੇਖੈ ਹਾਜਰਾ ਹਜੂਰਿ ॥
visamād dēkhai hājarā hajūr .
How wonderful to behold the Lord, ever-present here.
ਵੇਖਿ ਵਿਡਾਣੁ ਰਹਿਆ ਵਿਸਮਾਦੁ ॥
vēkh vidān rahiā visamād .
Beholding His wonders, I am wonder-struck.
ਨਾਨਕ ਬੁਝਣੁ ਪੂਰੈ ਭਾਗਿ ॥੧॥
nānak bujhan pūrai bhāg .1.
O Nanak, those who understand this are blessed with perfect destiny. ||1||
ਮਃ ੧ ॥
mah 1 .
First Mehl:
ਕੁਦਰਤਿ ਦਿਸੈ ਕੁਦਰਤਿ ਸੁਣੀਐ ਕੁਦਰਤਿ ਭਉ ਸੁਖ ਸਾਰੁ ॥
kudarat disai kudarat sunīai kudarat bhau sukh sār .
By His Power we see, by His Power we hear; by His Power we have fear, and the essence of happiness.
ਕੁਦਰਤਿ ਪਾਤਾਲੀ ਆਕਾਸੀ ਕੁਦਰਤਿ ਸਰਬ ਆਕਾਰੁ ॥
kudarat pātālī ākāsī kudarat sarab ākār .
By His Power the nether worlds exist, and the Akaashic ethers; by His Power the entire creation exists.
ਕੁਦਰਤਿ ਵੇਦ ਪੁਰਾਣ ਕਤੇਬਾ ਕੁਦਰਤਿ ਸਰਬ ਵੀਚਾਰੁ ॥
kudarat vēd purān katēbā kudarat sarab vīchār .
By His Power the Vedas and the Puraanas exist, and the Holy Scriptures of the Jewish, Christian and Islamic religions. By His Power all deliberations exist.
ਕੁਦਰਤਿ ਖਾਣਾ ਪੀਣਾ ਪੈਨ੍ਹਣੁ ਕੁਦਰਤਿ ਸਰਬ ਪਿਆਰੁ ॥
kudarat khānā pīnā painhan kudarat sarab piār .
By His Power we eat, drink and dress; by His Power all love exists.
ਕੁਦਰਤਿ ਜਾਤੀ ਜਿਨਸੀ ਰੰਗੀ ਕੁਦਰਤਿ ਜੀਅ ਜਹਾਨ ॥
kudarat jātī jinasī rangī kudarat jī jahān .
- By His Power come the species of all kinds and colors; by His Power the living beings of the world exist.
ਕੁਦਰਤਿ ਨੇਕੀਆ ਕੁਦਰਤਿ ਬਦੀਆ ਕੁਦਰਤਿ ਮਾਨੁ ਅਭਿਮਾਨੁ ॥
kudarat nēkīā kudarat badīā kudarat mān abhimān .
By His Power virtues exist, and by His Power vices exist. By His Power come honor and dishonor.
ਕੁਦਰਤਿ ਪਉਣੁ ਪਾਣੀ ਬੈਸੰਤਰੁ ਕੁਦਰਤਿ ਧਰਤੀ ਖਾਕੁ ॥
kudarat paun pānī baisantar kudarat dharatī khāk .
By His Power wind, water and fire exist; by His Power earth and dust exist.
ਸਭ ਤੇਰੀ ਕੁਦਰਤਿ ਤੂੰ ਕਾਦਿਰੁ ਕਰਤਾ ਪਾਕੀ ਨਾਈ ਪਾਕੁ ॥
sabh tērī kudarat tūn kādir karatā pākī nāī pāk .
Everything is in Your Power, Lord; You are the all-powerful Creator. Your Name is the Holiest of the Holy.
ਨਾਨਕ ਹੁਕਮੈ ਅੰਦਰਿ ਵੇਖੈ ਵਰਤੈ ਤਾਕੋ ਤਾਕੁ ॥੨॥
nānak hukamai andar vēkhai varatai tākō tāk .2.
O Nanak, through the Command of His Will, He beholds and pervades the creation; He is absolutely unrivalled. ||2||
ਪਉੜੀ ॥
paurī .
Pauree:
ਆਪੀਨ੍ਹੈ ਭੋਗ ਭੋਗਿ ਕੈ ਹੋਇ ਭਸਮੜਿ ਭਉਰੁ ਸਿਧਾਇਆ ॥
āpīnhai bhōg bhōg kai hōi bhasamar bhaur sidhāiā .
Enjoying his pleasures, one is reduced to a pile of ashes, and the soul passes away.
ਵਡਾ ਹੋਆ ਦੁਨੀਦਾਰੁ ਗਲਿ ਸੰਗਲੁ ਘਤਿ ਚਲਾਇਆ ॥
vadā hōā dunīdār gal sangal ghat chalāiā .
He may be great, but when he dies, the chain is thrown around his neck, and he is led away.
ਅਗੈ ਕਰਣੀ ਕੀਰਤਿ ਵਾਚੀਐ ਬਹਿ ਲੇਖਾ ਕਰਿ ਸਮਝਾਇਆ ॥
agai karanī kīrat vāchīai bah lēkhā kar samajhāiā .
There, his good and bad deeds are added up; sitting there, his account is read.
ਥਾਉ ਨ ਹੋਵੀ ਪਉਦੀਈ ਹੁਣਿ ਸੁਣੀਐ ਕਿਆ ਰੂਆਇਆ ॥
thāu n hōvī paudīī hun sunīai kiā rūāiā .
He is whipped, but finds no place of rest, and no one hears his cries of pain.
ਮਨਿ ਅੰਧੈ ਜਨਮੁ ਗਵਾਇਆ ॥੩॥
man andhai janam gavāiā .3.
The blind man has wasted his life away. ||3||
ਸਲੋਕ ਮਃ ੧ ॥
salōk mah 1 .
Shalok, First Mehl:
ਭੈ ਵਿਚਿ ਪਵਣੁ ਵਹੈ ਸਦਵਾਉ ॥
bhai vich pavan vahai sadavāu .
In the Fear of God, the wind and breezes ever blow.
ਭੈ ਵਿਚਿ ਚਲਹਿ ਲਖ ਦਰੀਆਉ ॥
bhai vich chalah lakh darīāu .
In the Fear of God, thousands of rivers flow.
ਭੈ ਵਿਚਿ ਅਗਨਿ ਕਢੈ ਵੇਗਾਰਿ ॥
bhai vich agan kadhai vēgār .
In the Fear of God, fire is forced to labor.
ਭੈ ਵਿਚਿ ਧਰਤੀ ਦਬੀ ਭਾਰਿ ॥
bhai vich dharatī dabī bhār .
In the Fear of God, the earth is crushed under its burden.
ਭੈ ਵਿਚਿ ਇੰਦੁ ਫਿਰੈ ਸਿਰ ਭਾਰਿ ॥
bhai vich ind phirai sir bhār .
In the Fear of God, the clouds move across the sky.
ਭੈ ਵਿਚਿ ਰਾਜਾ ਧਰਮ ਦੁਆਰੁ ॥
bhai vich rājā dharam duār .
In the Fear of God, the Righteous Judge of Dharma stands at His Door.
ਭੈ ਵਿਚਿ ਸੂਰਜੁ ਭੈ ਵਿਚਿ ਚੰਦੁ ॥
bhai vich sūraj bhai vich chand .
In the Fear of God, the sun shines, and in the Fear of God, the moon reflects.
ਕੋਹ ਕਰੋੜੀ ਚਲਤ ਨ ਅੰਤੁ ॥
kōh karōrī chalat n ant .
They travel millions of miles, endlessly.
ਭੈ ਵਿਚਿ ਸਿਧ ਬੁਧ ਸੁਰ ਨਾਥ ॥
bhai vich sidh budh sur nāth .
In the Fear of God, the Siddhas exist, as do the Buddhas, the demi-gods and Yogis.
ਭੈ ਵਿਚਿ ਆਡਾਣੇ ਆਕਾਸ ॥
bhai vich ādānē ākās .
In the Fear of God, the Akaashic ethers are stretched across the sky.
ਭੈ ਵਿਚਿ ਜੋਧ ਮਹਾਬਲ ਸੂਰ ॥
bhai vich jōdh mahābal sūr .
In the Fear of God, the warriors and the most powerful heroes exist.
ਭੈ ਵਿਚਿ ਆਵਹਿ ਜਾਵਹਿ ਪੂਰ ॥
bhai vich āvah jāvah pūr .
In the Fear of God, multitudes come and go.
ਸਗਲਿਆ ਭਉ ਲਿਖਿਆ ਸਿਰਿ ਲੇਖੁ ॥
sagaliā bhau likhiā sir lēkh .
God has inscribed the Inscription of His Fear upon the heads of all.
ਨਾਨਕ ਨਿਰਭਉ ਨਿਰੰਕਾਰੁ ਸਚੁ ਏਕੁ ॥੧॥
nānak nirabhau nirankār sach ēk .1.
O Nanak, the Fearless Lord, the Formless Lord, the True Lord, is One. ||1||
ਮਃ ੧ ॥
mah 1 .
First Mehl:
ਨਾਨਕ ਨਿਰਭਉ ਨਿਰੰਕਾਰੁ ਹੋਰਿ ਕੇਤੇ ਰਾਮ ਰਵਾਲ ॥
nānak nirabhau nirankār hōr kētē rām ravāl .
O Nanak, the Lord is fearless and formless; myriads of others, like Rama, are mere dust before Him.
ਕੇਤੀਆ ਕੰਨ੍ਹ ਕਹਾਣੀਆ ਕੇਤੇ ਬੇਦ ਬੀਚਾਰ ॥
kētīā kannh kahānīā kētē bēd bīchār .
There are so many stories of Krishna, so many who reflect over the Vedas.
ਕੇਤੇ ਨਚਹਿ ਮੰਗਤੇ ਗਿੜਿ ਮੁੜਿ ਪੂਰਹਿ ਤਾਲ ॥
kētē nachah mangatē gir mur pūrah tāl .
So many beggars dance, spinning around to the beat.
ਬਾਜਾਰੀ ਬਾਜਾਰ ਮਹਿ ਆਇ ਕਢਹਿ ਬਾਜਾਰ ॥
bājārī bājār mah āi kadhah bājār .
The magicians perform their magic in the market place, creating a false illusion.
ਗਾਵਹਿ ਰਾਜੇ ਰਾਣੀਆ ਬੋਲਹਿ ਆਲ ਪਤਾਲ ॥
gāvah rājē rānīā bōlah āl patāl .
They sing as kings and queens, and speak of this and that.
ਲਖ ਟਕਿਆ ਕੇ ਮੁੰਦੜੇ ਲਖ ਟਕਿਆ ਕੇ ਹਾਰ ॥
lakh takiā kē mundarē lakh takiā kē hār .
They wear earrings, and necklaces worth thousands of dollars.
ਜਿਤੁ ਤਨਿ ਪਾਈਅਹਿ ਨਾਨਕਾ ਸੇ ਤਨ ਹੋਵਹਿ ਛਾਰ ॥
jit tan pāīah nānakā sē tan hōvah shār .
Those bodies on which they are worn, O Nanak, those bodies turn to ashes.