ਮਨਮੁਖੁ ਜਾਣੈ ਆਪਣੇ ਧੀਆ ਪੂਤ ਸੰਜੋਗੁ ॥
manamukh jānai āpanē dhīā pūt sanjōg .
The self-willed manmukh looks upon his daughters, sons and relatives as his own.
ਨਾਰੀ ਦੇਖਿ ਵਿਗਾਸੀਅਹਿ ਨਾਲੇ ਹਰਖੁ ਸੁ ਸੋਗੁ ॥
nārī dēkh vigāsīah nālē harakh s sōg .
Gazing upon his wife, he is pleased. But along with happiness, they bring grief.
ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਸਬਦਿ ਰੰਗਾਵਲੇ ਅਹਿਨਿਸਿ ਹਰਿ ਰਸੁ ਭੋਗੁ ॥੩॥
guramukh sabad rangāvalē ahinis har ras bhōg .3.
The Gurmukhs are attuned to the Word of the Shabad. Day and night, they enjoy the Sublime Essence of the Lord. ||3||
ਚਿਤੁ ਚਲੈ ਵਿਤੁ ਜਾਵਣੋ ਸਾਕਤ ਡੋਲਿ ਡੋਲਾਇ ॥
chit chalai vit jāvanō sākat dōl dōlāi .
The consciousness of the wicked, faithless cynics wanders around in search of transitory wealth, unstable and distracted.
ਬਾਹਰਿ ਢੂੰਢਿ ਵਿਗੁਚੀਐ ਘਰ ਮਹਿ ਵਸਤੁ ਸੁਥਾਇ ॥
bāhar dhūndh viguchīai ghar mah vasat suthāi .
Searching outside of themselves, they are ruined; the object of their search is in that sacred place within the home of the heart.
ਮਨਮੁਖਿ ਹਉਮੈ ਕਰਿ ਮੁਸੀ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਪਲੈ ਪਾਇ ॥੪॥
manamukh haumai kar musī guramukh palai pāi .4.
The self-willed manmukhs, in their ego, miss it; the Gurmukhs receive it in their laps. ||4||
ਸਾਕਤ ਨਿਰਗੁਣਿਆਰਿਆ ਆਪਣਾ ਮੂਲੁ ਪਛਾਣੁ ॥
sākat niraguniāriā āpanā mūl pashān .
You worthless, faithless cynic-recognize your own origin!
ਰਕਤੁ ਬਿੰਦੁ ਕਾ ਇਹੁ ਤਨੋ ਅਗਨੀ ਪਾਸਿ ਪਿਰਾਣੁ ॥
rakat bind kā ih tanō aganī pās pirān .
This body is made of blood and semen. It shall be consigned to the fire in the end.
ਪਵਣੈ ਕੈ ਵਸਿ ਦੇਹੁਰੀ ਮਸਤਕਿ ਸਚੁ ਨੀਸਾਣੁ ॥੫॥
pavanai kai vas dēhurī masatak sach nīsān .5.
The body is under the power of the breath, according to the True Sign inscribed upon your forehead. ||5||
ਬਹੁਤਾ ਜੀਵਣੁ ਮੰਗੀਐ ਮੁਆ ਨ ਲੋੜੈ ਕੋਇ ॥
bahutā jīvan mangīai muā n lōrai kōi .
Everyone begs for a long life-no one wishes to die.
ਸੁਖ ਜੀਵਣੁ ਤਿਸੁ ਆਖੀਐ ਜਿਸੁ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਵਸਿਆ ਸੋਇ ॥
sukh jīvan tis ākhīai jis guramukh vasiā sōi .
A life of peace and comfort comes to that Gurmukh, within whom God dwells.
ਨਾਮ ਵਿਹੂਣੇ ਕਿਆ ਗਣੀ ਜਿਸੁ ਹਰਿ ਗੁਰ ਦਰਸੁ ਨ ਹੋਇ ॥੬॥
nām vihūnē kiā ganī jis har gur daras n hōi .6.
Without the Naam, what good those who do not have the Blessed Vision, the Darshan of the Lord and Guru? ||6||
ਜਿਉ ਸੁਪਨੈ ਨਿਸਿ ਭੁਲੀਐ ਜਬ ਲਗਿ ਨਿਦ੍ਰਾ ਹੋਇ ॥
jiu supanai nis bhulīai jab lag nidrā hōi .
In their dreams at night, people wander around as long as they sleep;
ਇਉ ਸਰਪਨਿ ਕੈ ਵਸਿ ਜੀਅੜਾ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਹਉਮੈ ਦੋਇ ॥
iu sarapan kai vas jīarā antar haumai dōi .
just so, they are under the power of the snake Maya, as long as their hearts are filled with ego and duality.
ਗੁਰਮਤਿ ਹੋਇ ਵੀਚਾਰੀਐ ਸੁਪਨਾ ਇਹੁ ਜਗੁ ਲੋਇ ॥੭॥
guramat hōi vīchārīai supanā ih jag lōi .7.
Through the Guru's Teachings, they come to understand and see that this world is just a dream. ||7||
ਅਗਨਿ ਮਰੈ ਜਲੁ ਪਾਈਐ ਜਿਉ ਬਾਰਿਕ ਦੂਧੈ ਮਾਇ ॥
agan marai jal pāīai jiu bārik dūdhai māi .
As thirst is quenched with water, and the baby is satisfied with mother's milk,
ਬਿਨੁ ਜਲ ਕਮਲ ਸੁ ਨਾ ਥੀਐ ਬਿਨੁ ਜਲ ਮੀਨੁ ਮਰਾਇ ॥
bin jal kamal s nā thīai bin jal mīn marāi .
and as the lotus does not exist without water, and as the fish dies without water
ਨਾਨਕ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਹਰਿ ਰਸਿ ਮਿਲੈ ਜੀਵਾ ਹਰਿ ਗੁਣ ਗਾਇ ॥੮॥੧੫॥
nānak guramukh har ras milai jīvā har gun gāi .8.15.
-O Nanak, so does the Gurmukh live, receiving the Sublime Essence of the Lord, and singing the Glorious Praises of the Lord. ||8||15||
ਸਿਰੀਰਾਗੁ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥
sirīrāg mahalā 1 .
Siree Raag, First Mehl:
ਡੂੰਗਰੁ ਦੇਖਿ ਡਰਾਵਣੋ ਪੇਈਅੜੈ ਡਰੀਆਸੁ ॥
dūngar dēkh darāvanō pēīarai darīās .
Beholding the terrifying mountain in this world of my father's home, I am terrified.
ਊਚਉ ਪਰਬਤੁ ਗਾਖੜੋ ਨਾ ਪਉੜੀ ਤਿਤੁ ਤਾਸੁ ॥
ūchau parabat gākharō nā paurī tit tās .
It is so difficult to climb this high mountain; there is no ladder which reaches up there.
ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਜਾਣਿਆ ਗੁਰਿ ਮੇਲੀ ਤਰੀਆਸੁ ॥੧॥
guramukh antar jāniā gur mēlī tarīās .1.
But as Gurmukh, I know that it is within my self; the Guru has brought me to Union, and so I cross over. ||1||
ਭਾਈ ਰੇ ਭਵਜਲੁ ਬਿਖਮੁ ਡਰਾਂਉ ॥
bhāī rē bhavajal bikham darānhu .
O Siblings of Destiny, the terrifying world-ocean is so difficult to cross-I am terrified!
ਪੂਰਾ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਰਸਿ ਮਿਲੈ ਗੁਰੁ ਤਾਰੇ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਉ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
pūrā satigur ras milai gur tārē har nāu .1. rahāu .
The Perfect True Guru, in His Pleasure, has met with me; the Guru has saved me, through the Name of the Lord. ||1||Pause||
ਚਲਾ ਚਲਾ ਜੇ ਕਰੀ ਜਾਣਾ ਚਲਣਹਾਰੁ ॥
chalā chalā jē karī jānā chalanahār .
I may say, "I am going, I am going", but I know that, in the end, I must really go.
ਜੋ ਆਇਆ ਸੋ ਚਲਸੀ ਅਮਰੁ ਸੁ ਗੁਰੁ ਕਰਤਾਰੁ ॥
jō āiā sō chalasī amar s gur karatār .
Whoever comes must also go. Only the Guru and the Creator are Eternal.
ਭੀ ਸਚਾ ਸਾਲਾਹਣਾ ਸਚੈ ਥਾਨਿ ਪਿਆਰੁ ॥੨॥
bhī sachā sālāhanā sachai thān piār .2.
So praise the True One continually, and love His Place of Truth. ||2||
ਦਰ ਘਰ ਮਹਲਾ ਸੋਹਣੇ ਪਕੇ ਕੋਟ ਹਜਾਰ ॥
dar ghar mahalā sōhanē pakē kōt hajār .
Beautiful gates, houses and palaces, solidly built forts,
ਹਸਤੀ ਘੋੜੇ ਪਾਖਰੇ ਲਸਕਰ ਲਖ ਅਪਾਰ ॥
hasatī ghōrē pākharē lasakar lakh apār .
elephants, saddled horses, hundreds of thousands of uncounted armies
ਕਿਸ ਹੀ ਨਾਲਿ ਨ ਚਲਿਆ ਖਪਿ ਖਪਿ ਮੁਏ ਅਸਾਰ ॥੩॥
kis hī nāl n chaliā khap khap muē asār .3.
-none of these will go along with anyone in the end, and yet, the fools bother themselves to exhaustion with these, and then die. ||3||
ਸੁਇਨਾ ਰੁਪਾ ਸੰਚੀਐ ਮਾਲੁ ਜਾਲੁ ਜੰਜਾਲੁ ॥
suinā rupā sanchīai māl jāl janjāl .
You may gather gold and sliver, but wealth is just a net of entanglement.
ਸਭ ਜਗ ਮਹਿ ਦੋਹੀ ਫੇਰੀਐ ਬਿਨੁ ਨਾਵੈ ਸਿਰਿ ਕਾਲੁ ॥
sabh jag mah dōhī phērīai bin nāvai sir kāl .
You may beat the drum and proclaim authority over the whole world, but without the Name, death hovers over your head.
ਪਿੰਡੁ ਪੜੈ ਜੀਉ ਖੇਲਸੀ ਬਦਫੈਲੀ ਕਿਆ ਹਾਲੁ ॥੪॥
pind parai jīu khēlasī badaphailī kiā hāl .4.
When the body falls, the play of life is over; what shall be the condition of the evil-doers then? ||4||
ਪੁਤਾ ਦੇਖਿ ਵਿਗਸੀਐ ਨਾਰੀ ਸੇਜ ਭਤਾਰ ॥
putā dēkh vigasīai nārī sēj bhatār .
The husband is delighted seeing his sons, and his wife upon his bed.
ਚੋਆ ਚੰਦਨੁ ਲਾਈਐ ਕਾਪੜੁ ਰੂਪੁ ਸੀਗਾਰੁ ॥
chōā chandan lāīai kāpar rūp sīgār .
He applies sandalwood and scented oils, and dresses himself in his beautiful clothes.
ਖੇਹੂ ਖੇਹ ਰਲਾਈਐ ਛੋਡਿ ਚਲੈ ਘਰ ਬਾਰੁ ॥੫॥
khēhū khēh ralāīai shōd chalai ghar bār .5.
But dust shall mix with dust, and he shall depart, leaving hearth and home behind. ||5||
ਮਹਰ ਮਲੂਕ ਕਹਾਈਐ ਰਾਜਾ ਰਾਉ ਕਿ ਖਾਨੁ ॥
mahar malūk kahāīai rājā rāu k khān .
He may be called a chief, an emperor, a king, a governor or a lord;
ਚਉਧਰੀ ਰਾਉ ਸਦਾਈਐ ਜਲਿ ਬਲੀਐ ਅਭਿਮਾਨ ॥
chaudharī rāu sadāīai jal balīai abhimān .
he may present himself as a leader or a chief, but this just burns him in the fire of egotistical pride.
ਮਨਮੁਖਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਵਿਸਾਰਿਆ ਜਿਉ ਡਵਿ ਦਧਾ ਕਾਨੁ ॥੬॥
manamukh nām visāriā jiu dav dadhā kān .6.
The self-willed manmukh has forgotten the Naam. He is like straw, burning in the forest fire. ||6||
ਹਉਮੈ ਕਰਿ ਕਰਿ ਜਾਇਸੀ ਜੋ ਆਇਆ ਜਗ ਮਾਹਿ ॥
haumai kar kar jāisī jō āiā jag māh .
Whoever comes into the world and indulges in ego, must depart.