ਭੈਰਉ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥
bhairau mahalā 1 .
Bhairao, First Mehl:
ਸਗਲੀ ਰੈਣਿ ਸੋਵਤ ਗਲਿ ਫਾਹੀ ਦਿਨਸੁ ਜੰਜਾਲਿ ਗਵਾਇਆ ॥
sagalī rain sōvat gal phāhī dinas janjāl gavāiā .
He spends the entire night in sleep; the noose is tied around his neck. His day is wasted in worldly entanglements.
ਖਿਨੁ ਪਲੁ ਘੜੀ ਨਹੀ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਜਾਨਿਆ ਜਿਨਿ ਇਹੁ ਜਗਤੁ ਉਪਾਇਆ ॥੧॥
khin pal gharī nahī prabh jāniā jin ih jagat upāiā .1.
He does not know God, who created this world, for a moment, for even an instant. ||1||
ਮਨ ਰੇ ਕਿਉ ਛੂਟਸਿ ਦੁਖੁ ਭਾਰੀ ॥
man rē kiu shūtas dukh bhārī .
O mortal, how will you escape this terrible disaster?
ਕਿਆ ਲੇ ਆਵਸਿ ਕਿਆ ਲੇ ਜਾਵਸਿ ਰਾਮ ਜਪਹੁ ਗੁਣਕਾਰੀ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
kiā lē āvas kiā lē jāvas rām japah gunakārī .1. rahāu .
What did you bring with you, and what will you take away? Meditate on the Lord, the Most Worthy and Generous Lord. ||1||Pause||
ਊਂਧਉ ਕਵਲੁ ਮਨਮੁਖ ਮਤਿ ਹੋਛੀ ਮਨਿ ਅੰਧੈ ਸਿਰਿ ਧੰਧਾ ॥
ūnhdhau kaval manamukh mat hōshī man andhai sir dhandhā .
The heart-lotus of the self-willed manmukh is upside-down; his intellect is shallow; his mind is blind, and his head is entangled in worldly affairs.
ਕਾਲੁ ਬਿਕਾਲੁ ਸਦਾ ਸਿਰਿ ਤੇਰੈ ਬਿਨੁ ਨਾਵੈ ਗਲਿ ਫੰਧਾ ॥੨॥
kāl bikāl sadā sir tērai bin nāvai gal phandhā .2.
Death and re-birth constantly hang over your head; without the Name, your neck shall be caught in the noose. ||2||
ਡਗਰੀ ਚਾਲ ਨੇਤ੍ਰ ਫੁਨਿ ਅੰਧੁਲੇ ਸਬਦ ਸੁਰਤਿ ਨਹੀ ਭਾਈ ॥
dagarī chāl nētr phun andhulē sabad surat nahī bhāī .
Your steps are unsteady, and your eyes are blind; you are not aware of the Word of the Shabad, O Sibling of Destiny.
ਸਾਸਤ੍ਰ ਬੇਦ ਤ੍ਰੈ ਗੁਣ ਹੈ ਮਾਇਆ ਅੰਧੁਲਉ ਧੰਧੁ ਕਮਾਈ ॥੩॥
sāsatr bēd trai gun hai māiā andhulau dhandh kamāī .3.
The Shaastras and the Vedas keep the mortal bound to the three modes of Maya, and so he performs his deeds blindly. ||3||
ਖੋਇਓ ਮੂਲੁ ਲਾਭੁ ਕਹ ਪਾਵਸਿ ਦੁਰਮਤਿ ਗਿਆਨ ਵਿਹੂਣੇ ॥
khōiō mūl lābh kah pāvas duramat giān vihūnē .
He loses his capital - how can he earn any profit? The evil-minded person has no spiritual wisdom at all.
ਸਬਦੁ ਬੀਚਾਰਿ ਰਾਮ ਰਸੁ ਚਾਖਿਆ ਨਾਨਕ ਸਾਚਿ ਪਤੀਣੇ ॥੪॥੪॥੫॥
sabad bīchār rām ras chākhiā nānak sāch patīnē .4.4.5.
Contemplating the Shabad, he drinks in the sublime essence of the Lord; O Nanak, his faith is confirmed in the Truth. ||4||4||5||