ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਜੀਵੈ ਮਰੈ ਪਰਵਾਣੁ ॥
guramukh jīvai marai paravān .
The Gurmukhs are celebrated in life and death.
ਆਰਜਾ ਨ ਛੀਜੈ ਸਬਦੁ ਪਛਾਣੁ ॥
ārajā n shījai sabad pashān .
Their lives are not wasted; they realize the Word of the Shabad.
ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਮਰੈ ਨ ਕਾਲੁ ਨ ਖਾਏ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਸਚਿ ਸਮਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੨॥
guramukh marai n kāl n khāē guramukh sach samāvaniā .2.
The Gurmukhs do not die; they are not consumed by death. The Gurmukhs are absorbed in the True Lord. ||2||
ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਹਰਿ ਦਰਿ ਸੋਭਾ ਪਾਏ ॥
guramukh har dar sōbhā pāē .
The Gurmukhs are honored in the Court of the Lord.
ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਵਿਚਹੁ ਆਪੁ ਗਵਾਏ ॥
guramukh vichah āp gavāē .
The Gurmukhs eradicate selfishness and conceit from within.
ਆਪਿ ਤਰੈ ਕੁਲ ਸਗਲੇ ਤਾਰੇ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਜਨਮੁ ਸਵਾਰਣਿਆ ॥੩॥
āp tarai kul sagalē tārē guramukh janam savāraniā .3.
They save themselves, and save all their families and ancestors as well. The Gurmukhs redeem their lives. ||3||
ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਦੁਖੁ ਕਦੇ ਨ ਲਗੈ ਸਰੀਰਿ ॥
guramukh dukh kadē n lagai sarīr .
The Gurmukhs never suffer bodily pain.
ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਹਉਮੈ ਚੂਕੈ ਪੀਰ ॥
guramukh haumai chūkai pīr .
The Gurmukhs have the pain of egotism taken away.
ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਮਨੁ ਨਿਰਮਲੁ ਫਿਰਿ ਮੈਲੁ ਨ ਲਾਗੈ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਸਹਜਿ ਸਮਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੪॥
guramukh man niramal phir mail n lāgai guramukh sahaj samāvaniā .4.
The minds of the Gurmukhs are immaculate and pure; no filth ever sticks to them again. The Gurmukhs merge in celestial peace. ||4||
ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਮਿਲੈ ਵਡਿਆਈ ॥
guramukh nām milai vadiāī .
The Gurmukhs obtain the Greatness of the Naam.
ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਗੁਣ ਗਾਵੈ ਸੋਭਾ ਪਾਈ ॥
guramukh gun gāvai sōbhā pāī .
The Gurmukhs sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord, and obtain honor.
ਸਦਾ ਅਨੰਦਿ ਰਹੈ ਦਿਨੁ ਰਾਤੀ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਸਬਦੁ ਕਰਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੫॥
sadā anand rahai din rātī guramukh sabad karāvaniā .5.
They remain in bliss forever, day and night. The Gurmukhs practice the Word of the Shabad. ||5||
ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਅਨਦਿਨੁ ਸਬਦੇ ਰਾਤਾ ॥
guramukh anadin sabadē rātā .
The Gurmukhs are attuned to the Shabad, night and day.
ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਜੁਗ ਚਾਰੇ ਹੈ ਜਾਤਾ ॥
guramukh jug chārē hai jātā .
The Gurmukhs are known throughout the four ages.
ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਗੁਣ ਗਾਵੈ ਸਦਾ ਨਿਰਮਲੁ ਸਬਦੇ ਭਗਤਿ ਕਰਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੬॥
guramukh gun gāvai sadā niramal sabadē bhagat karāvaniā .6.
The Gurmukhs always sing the Glorious Praises of the Immaculate Lord. Through the Shabad, they practice devotional worship. ||6||
ਬਾਝੁ ਗੁਰੂ ਹੈ ਅੰਧ ਅੰਧਾਰਾ ॥
bājh gurū hai andh andhārā .
Without the Guru, there is only pitch-black darkness.
ਜਮਕਾਲਿ ਗਰਠੇ ਕਰਹਿ ਪੁਕਾਰਾ ॥
jamakāl garathē karah pukārā .
Seized by the Messenger of Death, people cry out and scream.
ਅਨਦਿਨੁ ਰੋਗੀ ਬਿਸਟਾ ਕੇ ਕੀੜੇ ਬਿਸਟਾ ਮਹਿ ਦੁਖੁ ਪਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੭॥
anadin rōgī bisatā kē kīrē bisatā mah dukh pāvaniā .7.
Night and day, they are diseased, like maggots in manure, and in manure they endure agony. ||7||
ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਆਪੇ ਕਰੇ ਕਰਾਏ ॥
guramukh āpē karē karāē .
The Gurmukhs know that the Lord alone acts, and causes others to act.
ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਹਿਰਦੈ ਵੁਠਾ ਆਪਿ ਆਏ ॥
guramukh hiradai vuthā āp āē .
In the hearts of the Gurmukhs, the Lord Himself comes to dwell.
ਨਾਨਕ ਨਾਮਿ ਮਿਲੈ ਵਡਿਆਈ ਪੂਰੇ ਗੁਰ ਤੇ ਪਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੮॥੨੫॥੨੬॥
nānak nām milai vadiāī pūrē gur tē pāvaniā .8.25.26.
O Nanak, through the Naam, greatness is obtained. It is received from the Perfect Guru. ||8||25||26||
ਮਾਝ ਮਹਲਾ ੩ ॥
mājh mahalā 3 .
Maajh, Third Mehl:
ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਮਿਲੈ ਮਿਲਾਏ ਆਪੇ ॥
guramukh milai milāē āpē .
The Gurmukhs meet the Lord, and inspire others to meet Him as well.
ਕਾਲੁ ਨ ਜੋਹੈ ਦੁਖੁ ਨ ਸੰਤਾਪੇ ॥
kāl n jōhai dukh n santāpē .
Death does not see them, and pain does not afflict them.
ਹਉਮੈ ਮਾਰਿ ਬੰਧਨ ਸਭ ਤੋੜੈ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਸਬਦਿ ਸੁਹਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੧॥
haumai mār bandhan sabh tōrai guramukh sabad suhāvaniā .1.
Subduing egotism, they break all their bonds; as Gurmukh, they are adorned with the Word of the Shabad. ||1||
ਹਉ ਵਾਰੀ ਜੀਉ ਵਾਰੀ ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮਿ ਸੁਹਾਵਣਿਆ ॥
hau vārī jīu vārī har har nām suhāvaniā .
I am a sacrifice, my soul is a sacrifice, to those who look beautiful in the Name of the Lord, Har, Har.
ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਗਾਵੈ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਨਾਚੈ ਹਰਿ ਸੇਤੀ ਚਿਤੁ ਲਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
guramukh gāvai guramukh nāchai har sētī chit lāvaniā .1. rahāu .
The Gurmukhs sing, the Gurmukhs dance, and focus their consciousness on the Lord. ||1||Pause||