ਬਸੰਤੁ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥
basant mahalā 1 .
Basant, First Mehl:
ਆਪੇ ਕੁਦਰਤਿ ਕਰੇ ਸਾਜਿ ॥
āpē kudarat karē sāj .
By His Creative Power, God fashioned the creation.
ਸਚੁ ਆਪਿ ਨਿਬੇੜੇ ਰਾਜੁ ਰਾਜਿ ॥
sach āp nibērē rāj rāj .
The King of kings Himself adminsters true justice.
ਗੁਰਮਤਿ ਊਤਮ ਸੰਗਿ ਸਾਥਿ ॥
guramat ūtam sang sāth .
The most sublime Word of the Guru's Teachings is always with us.
ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਰਸਾਇਣੁ ਸਹਜਿ ਆਥਿ ॥੧॥
har nām rasāin sahaj āth .1.
The wealth of the Lord's Name, the source of nectar, is easily acquired. ||1||
ਮਤ ਬਿਸਰਸਿ ਰੇ ਮਨ ਰਾਮ ਬੋਲਿ ॥
mat bisaras rē man rām bōl .
So chant the Name of the Lord; do not forget it, O my mind.
ਅਪਰੰਪਰੁ ਅਗਮ ਅਗੋਚਰੁ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਹਰਿ ਆਪਿ ਤੁਲਾਏ ਅਤੁਲੁ ਤੋਲਿ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
aparanpar agam agōchar guramukh har āp tulāē atul tōl .1. rahāu .
The Lord is Infinite, Inaccessible and Incomprehensible; His weight cannot be weighed, but He Himself allows the Gurmukh to weigh Him. ||1||Pause||
ਗੁਰ ਚਰਨ ਸਰੇਵਹਿ ਗੁਰਸਿਖ ਤੋਰ ॥
gur charan sarēvah gurasikh tōr .
Your GurSikhs serve at the Guru's Feet.
ਗੁਰ ਸੇਵ ਤਰੇ ਤਜਿ ਮੇਰ ਤੋਰ ॥
gur sēv tarē taj mēr tōr .
Serving the Guru, they are carried across; they have abandoned any distinction between 'mine' and 'yours'.
ਨਰ ਨਿੰਦਕ ਲੋਭੀ ਮਨਿ ਕਠੋਰ ॥
nar nindak lōbhī man kathōr .
The slanderous and greedy people are hard-hearted.
ਗੁਰ ਸੇਵ ਨ ਭਾਈ ਸਿ ਚੋਰ ਚੋਰ ॥੨॥
gur sēv n bhāī s chōr chōr .2.
Those who do not love to serve the Guru are the most thieving of thieves. ||2||
ਗੁਰੁ ਤੁਠਾ ਬਖਸੇ ਭਗਤਿ ਭਾਉ ॥
gur tuthā bakhasē bhagat bhāu .
When the Guru is pleased, He blesses the mortals with loving devotional worship of the Lord.
ਗੁਰਿ ਤੁਠੈ ਪਾਈਐ ਹਰਿ ਮਹਲਿ ਠਾਉ ॥
gur tuthai pāīai har mahal thāu .
When the Guru is pleased, the mortal obtains a place in the Mansion of the Lord's Presence.
ਪਰਹਰਿ ਨਿੰਦਾ ਹਰਿ ਭਗਤਿ ਜਾਗੁ ॥
parahar nindā har bhagat jāg .
So renounce slander, and awaken in devotional worship of the Lord.
ਹਰਿ ਭਗਤਿ ਸੁਹਾਵੀ ਕਰਮਿ ਭਾਗੁ ॥੩॥
har bhagat suhāvī karam bhāg .3.
Devotion to the Lord is wonderful; it comes through good karma and destiny. ||3||
ਗੁਰੁ ਮੇਲਿ ਮਿਲਾਵੈ ਕਰੇ ਦਾਤਿ ॥
gur mēl milāvai karē dāt .
The Guru unites in union with the Lord, and grants the gift of the Name.
ਗੁਰਸਿਖ ਪਿਆਰੇ ਦਿਨਸੁ ਰਾਤਿ ॥
gurasikh piārē dinas rāt .
The Guru loves His Sikhs, day and night.
ਫਲੁ ਨਾਮੁ ਪਰਾਪਤਿ ਗੁਰੁ ਤੁਸਿ ਦੇਇ ॥
phal nām parāpat gur tus dēi .
They obtain the fruit of the Naam, when the Guru's favor is bestowed.
ਕਹੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਪਾਵਹਿ ਵਿਰਲੇ ਕੇਇ ॥੪॥੭॥
kah nānak pāvah viralē kēi .4.7.
Says Nanak, those who receive it are very rare indeed. ||4||7||