ਸਲੋਕੁ ਮਃ ੧ ॥
salōk mah 1 .
Shalok, First Mehl:
ਖਤਿਅਹੁ ਜੰਮੇ ਖਤੇ ਕਰਨਿ ਤ ਖਤਿਆ ਵਿਚਿ ਪਾਹਿ ॥
khatiah janmē khatē karan t khatiā vich pāh .
Born because of the karma of their past mistakes, they make more mistakes, and fall into mistakes.
ਧੋਤੇ ਮੂਲਿ ਨ ਉਤਰਹਿ ਜੇ ਸਉ ਧੋਵਣ ਪਾਹਿ ॥
dhōtē mūl n utarah jē sau dhōvan pāh .
By washing, their pollution is not removed, even though they may wash hundreds of times.
ਨਾਨਕ ਬਖਸੇ ਬਖਸੀਅਹਿ ਨਾਹਿ ਤ ਪਾਹੀ ਪਾਹਿ ॥੧॥
nānak bakhasē bakhasīah nāh t pāhī pāh .1.
O Nanak, if God forgives, they are forgiven; otherwise, they are kicked and beaten. ||1||
ਮਃ ੧ ॥
mah 1 .
First Mehl:
ਨਾਨਕ ਬੋਲਣੁ ਝਖਣਾ ਦੁਖ ਛਡਿ ਮੰਗੀਅਹਿ ਸੁਖ ॥
nānak bōlan jhakhanā dukh shad mangīah sukh .
O Nanak, it is absurd to ask to be spared from pain by begging for comfort.
ਸੁਖੁ ਦੁਖੁ ਦੁਇ ਦਰਿ ਕਪੜੇ ਪਹਿਰਹਿ ਜਾਇ ਮਨੁਖ ॥
sukh dukh dui dar kaparē pahirah jāi manukh .
Pleasure and pain are the two garments given, to be worn in the Court of the Lord.
ਜਿਥੈ ਬੋਲਣਿ ਹਾਰੀਐ ਤਿਥੈ ਚੰਗੀ ਚੁਪ ॥੨॥
jithai bōlan hārīai tithai changī chup .2.
Where you are bound to lose by speaking, there, you ought to remain silent. ||2||
ਪਉੜੀ ॥
paurī .
Pauree:
ਚਾਰੇ ਕੁੰਡਾ ਦੇਖਿ ਅੰਦਰੁ ਭਾਲਿਆ ॥
chārē kundā dēkh andar bhāliā .
After looking around in the four directions, I looked within my own self.
ਸਚੈ ਪੁਰਖਿ ਅਲਖਿ ਸਿਰਜਿ ਨਿਹਾਲਿਆ ॥
sachai purakh alakh siraj nihāliā .
There, I saw the True, Invisible Lord Creator.
ਉਝੜਿ ਭੁਲੇ ਰਾਹ ਗੁਰਿ ਵੇਖਾਲਿਆ ॥
ujhar bhulē rāh gur vēkhāliā .
I was wandering in the wilderness, but now the Guru has shown me the Way.
ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਸਚੇ ਵਾਹੁ ਸਚੁ ਸਮਾਲਿਆ ॥
satigur sachē vāh sach samāliā .
Hail to the True, True Guru, through whom we merge in the Truth.
ਪਾਇਆ ਰਤਨੁ ਘਰਾਹੁ ਦੀਵਾ ਬਾਲਿਆ ॥
pāiā ratan gharāh dīvā bāliā .
I have found the jewel within the home of my own self; the lamp within has been lit.
ਸਚੈ ਸਬਦਿ ਸਲਾਹਿ ਸੁਖੀਏ ਸਚ ਵਾਲਿਆ ॥
sachai sabad salāh sukhīē sach vāliā .
Those who praise the True Word of the Shabad, abide in the peace of Truth.
ਨਿਡਰਿਆ ਡਰੁ ਲਗਿ ਗਰਬਿ ਸਿ ਗਾਲਿਆ ॥
nidariā dar lag garab s gāliā .
But those who do not have the Fear of God, are overtaken by fear. They are destroyed by their own pride.
ਨਾਵਹੁ ਭੁਲਾ ਜਗੁ ਫਿਰੈ ਬੇਤਾਲਿਆ ॥੨੪॥
nāvah bhulā jag phirai bētāliā .24.
Having forgotten the Name, the world is roaming around like a wild demon. ||24||