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ਸਲੋਕੁ ਮਃ ੧ ॥

salōk mah 1 .

Shalok, First Mehl:

ਕਲਿ ਕਾਤੀ ਰਾਜੇ ਕਾਸਾਈ ਧਰਮੁ ਪੰਖ ਕਰਿ ਉਡਰਿਆ ॥

kal kātī rājē kāsāī dharam pankh kar udariā .

The Dark Age of Kali Yuga is the knife, and the kings are butchers; righteousness has sprouted wings and flown away.

ਕੂੜੁ ਅਮਾਵਸ ਸਚੁ ਚੰਦ੍ਰਮਾ ਦੀਸੈ ਨਾਹੀ ਕਹ ਚੜਿਆ ॥

kūr amāvas sach chandramā dīsai nāhī kah chariā .

In this dark night of falsehood, the moon of Truth is not visible anywhere.

ਹਉ ਭਾਲਿ ਵਿਕੁੰਨੀ ਹੋਈ ॥ ਆਧੇਰੈ ਰਾਹੁ ਨ ਕੋਈ ॥

hau bhāl vikunnī hōī . ādhērai rāh n kōī .

I have searched in vain, and I am so confused; in this darkness, I cannot find the path.

ਵਿਚਿ ਹਉਮੈ ਕਰਿ ਦੁਖੁ ਰੋਈ ॥

vich haumai kar dukh rōī .

In egotism, they cry out in pain.

ਕਹੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਕਿਨਿ ਬਿਧਿ ਗਤਿ ਹੋਈ ॥੧॥

kah nānak kin bidh gat hōī .1.

Says Nanak, how will they be saved? ||1||

ਮਃ ੩ ॥

mah 3 .

Third Mehl:

ਕਲਿ ਕੀਰਤਿ ਪਰਗਟੁ ਚਾਨਣੁ ਸੰਸਾਰਿ ॥

kal kīrat paragat chānan sansār .

In this Dark Age of Kali Yuga, the Kirtan of the Lord's Praise has appeared as a Light in the world.

ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਕੋਈ ਉਤਰੈ ਪਾਰਿ ॥

guramukh kōī utarai pār .

How rare are those few Gurmukhs who swim across to the other side!

ਜਿਸ ਨੋ ਨਦਰਿ ਕਰੇ ਤਿਸੁ ਦੇਵੈ ॥

jis nō nadar karē tis dēvai .

The Lord bestows His Glance of Grace;

ਨਾਨਕ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਰਤਨੁ ਸੋ ਲੇਵੈ ॥੨॥

nānak guramukh ratan sō lēvai .2.

O Nanak, the Gurmukh receives the jewel. ||2||

ਪਉੜੀ ॥

paurī .

Pauree:

ਭਗਤਾ ਤੈ ਸੈਸਾਰੀਆ ਜੋੜੁ ਕਦੇ ਨ ਆਇਆ ॥

bhagatā tai saisārīā jōr kadē n āiā .

Between the Lord's devotees and the people of the world, there can never be any true alliance.

ਕਰਤਾ ਆਪਿ ਅਭੁਲੁ ਹੈ ਨ ਭੁਲੈ ਕਿਸੈ ਦਾ ਭੁਲਾਇਆ ॥

karatā āp abhul hai n bhulai kisai dā bhulāiā .

The Creator Himself is infallible. He cannot be fooled; no one can fool Him.

ਭਗਤ ਆਪੇ ਮੇਲਿਅਨੁ ਜਿਨੀ ਸਚੋ ਸਚੁ ਕਮਾਇਆ ॥

bhagat āpē mēlian jinī sachō sach kamāiā .

He blends His devotees with Himself; they practice Truth, and only Truth.

ਸੈਸਾਰੀ ਆਪਿ ਖੁਆਇਅਨੁ ਜਿਨੀ ਕੂੜੁ ਬੋਲਿ ਬੋਲਿ ਬਿਖੁ ਖਾਇਆ ॥

saisārī āp khuāian jinī kūr bōl bōl bikh khāiā .

The Lord Himself leads the people of the world astray; they tell lies, and by telling lies, they eat poison.

ਚਲਣ ਸਾਰ ਨ ਜਾਣਨੀ ਕਾਮੁ ਕਰੋਧੁ ਵਿਸੁ ਵਧਾਇਆ ॥

chalan sār n jānanī kām karōdh vis vadhāiā .

They do not recognize the ultimate reality, that we all must go; they continue to cultivate the poisons of sexual desire and anger.

ਭਗਤ ਕਰਨਿ ਹਰਿ ਚਾਕਰੀ ਜਿਨੀ ਅਨਦਿਨੁ ਨਾਮੁ ਧਿਆਇਆ ॥

bhagat karan har chākarī jinī anadin nām dhiāiā .

The devotees serve the Lord; night and day, they meditate on the Naam.

ਦਾਸਨਿ ਦਾਸ ਹੋਇ ਕੈ ਜਿਨੀ ਵਿਚਹੁ ਆਪੁ ਗਵਾਇਆ ॥

dāsan dās hōi kai jinī vichah āp gavāiā .

Becoming the slaves of the Lord's slaves, they eradicate selfishness and conceit from within.

ਓਨਾ ਖਸਮੈ ਕੈ ਦਰਿ ਮੁਖ ਉਜਲੇ ਸਚੈ ਸਬਦਿ ਸੁਹਾਇਆ ॥੧੬॥

ōnā khasamai kai dar mukh ujalē sachai sabad suhāiā .16.

In the Court of their Lord and Master, their faces are radiant; they are embellished and exalted with the True Word of the Shabad. ||16||

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