ਨਾਮ ਸੰਜੋਗੀ ਗੋਇਲਿ ਥਾਟੁ ॥
nām sanjōgī gōil thāt .
Those who are committed to the Naam, see the world as merely a temporary pasture.
ਕਾਮ ਕ੍ਰੋਧ ਫੂਟੈ ਬਿਖੁ ਮਾਟੁ ॥
kām krōdh phūtai bikh māt .
Sexual desire and anger are broken, like a jar of poison.
ਬਿਨੁ ਵਖਰ ਸੂਨੋ ਘਰੁ ਹਾਟੁ ॥
bin vakhar sūnō ghar hāt .
Without the merchandise of the Name, the house of the body and the store of the mind are empty.
ਗੁਰ ਮਿਲਿ ਖੋਲੇ ਬਜਰ ਕਪਾਟ ॥੪॥
gur mil khōlē bajar kapāt .4.
Meeting the Guru, the hard and heavy doors are opened. ||4||
ਸਾਧੁ ਮਿਲੈ ਪੂਰਬ ਸੰਜੋਗ ॥
sādh milai pūrab sanjōg .
One meets the Holy Saint only through perfect destiny.
ਸਚਿ ਰਹਸੇ ਪੂਰੇ ਹਰਿ ਲੋਗ ॥
sach rahasē pūrē har lōg .
The Lord's perfect people rejoice in the Truth.
ਮਨੁ ਤਨੁ ਦੇ ਲੈ ਸਹਜਿ ਸੁਭਾਇ ॥
man tan dē lai sahaj subhāi .
Surrendering their minds and bodies, they find the Lord with intuitive ease.
ਨਾਨਕ ਤਿਨ ਕੈ ਲਾਗਉ ਪਾਇ ॥੫॥੬॥
nānak tin kai lāgau pāi .5.6.
Nanak falls at their feet. ||5||6||
ਗਉੜੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥
gaurī mahalā 1 .
Gauree, First Mehl:
ਜਾਤੋ ਜਾਇ ਕਹਾ ਤੇ ਆਵੈ ॥
jātō jāi kahā tē āvai .
How can we know where we came from?
ਕਹ ਉਪਜੈ ਕਹ ਜਾਇ ਸਮਾਵੈ ॥
kah upajai kah jāi samāvai .
Where did we originate, and where will we go and merge?
ਕਿਉ ਬਾਧਿਓ ਕਿਉ ਮੁਕਤੀ ਪਾਵੈ ॥
kiu bādhiō kiu mukatī pāvai .
How are we bound, and how do we obtain liberation?
ਕਿਉ ਅਬਿਨਾਸੀ ਸਹਜਿ ਸਮਾਵੈ ॥੧॥
kiu abināsī sahaj samāvai .1.
How do we merge with intuitive ease into the Eternal, Imperishable Lord? ||1||
ਨਾਮੁ ਰਿਦੈ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਮੁਖਿ ਨਾਮੁ ॥
nām ridai anmrit mukh nām .
With the Naam in the heart and the Ambrosial Naam on our lips,
ਨਰਹਰ ਨਾਮੁ ਨਰਹਰ ਨਿਹਕਾਮੁ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
narahar nām narahar nihakām .1. rahāu .
through the Name of the Lord, we rise above desire, like the Lord. ||1||Pause||
ਸਹਜੇ ਆਵੈ ਸਹਜੇ ਜਾਇ ॥
sahajē āvai sahajē jāi .
With intuitive ease we come, and with intuitive ease we depart.
ਮਨ ਤੇ ਉਪਜੈ ਮਨ ਮਾਹਿ ਸਮਾਇ ॥
man tē upajai man māh samāi .
From the mind we originate, and into the mind we are absorbed.
ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਮੁਕਤੋ ਬੰਧੁ ਨ ਪਾਇ ॥
guramukh mukatō bandh n pāi .
As Gurmukh, we are liberated, and are not bound.
ਸਬਦੁ ਬੀਚਾਰਿ ਛੁਟੈ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਇ ॥੨॥
sabad bīchār shutai har nāi .2.
Contemplating the Word of the Shabad, we are emancipated through the Name of the Lord. ||2||
ਤਰਵਰ ਪੰਖੀ ਬਹੁ ਨਿਸਿ ਬਾਸੁ ॥
taravar pankhī bah nis bās .
At night, lots of birds settle on the tree.
ਸੁਖ ਦੁਖੀਆ ਮਨਿ ਮੋਹ ਵਿਣਾਸੁ ॥
sukh dukhīā man mōh vinās .
Some are happy, and some are sad. Caught in the desires of the mind, they perish.
ਸਾਝ ਬਿਹਾਗ ਤਕਹਿ ਆਗਾਸੁ ॥
sājh bihāg takah āgās .
And when the life-night comes to its end, then they look to the sky.
ਦਹ ਦਿਸਿ ਧਾਵਹਿ ਕਰਮਿ ਲਿਖਿਆਸੁ ॥੩॥
dah dis dhāvah karam likhiās .3.
They fly away in all ten directions, according to their pre-ordained destiny. ||3||