ਪ੍ਰਭਾਤੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥
prabhātī mahalā 1 .
Prabhaatee, First Mehl:
ਖਾਇਆ ਮੈਲੁ ਵਧਾਇਆ ਪੈਧੈ ਘਰ ਕੀ ਹਾਣਿ ॥
khāiā mail vadhāiā paidhai ghar kī hān .
Eating too much, one's filth only increases; wearing fancy clothes, one's home is disgraced.
ਬਕਿ ਬਕਿ ਵਾਦੁ ਚਲਾਇਆ ਬਿਨੁ ਨਾਵੈ ਬਿਖੁ ਜਾਣਿ ॥੧॥
bak bak vād chalāiā bin nāvai bikh jān .1.
Talking too much, one only starts arguments. Without the Name, everything is poison - know this well. ||1||
ਬਾਬਾ ਐਸਾ ਬਿਖਮ ਜਾਲਿ ਮਨੁ ਵਾਸਿਆ ॥
bābā aisā bikham jāl man vāsiā .
O Baba, such is the treacherous trap which has caught my mind;
ਬਿਬਲੁ ਝਾਗਿ ਸਹਜਿ ਪਰਗਾਸਿਆ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
bibal jhāg sahaj paragāsiā .1. rahāu .
riding out the waves of the storm, it will be enlightened by intuitive wisdom. ||1||Pause||
ਬਿਖੁ ਖਾਣਾ ਬਿਖੁ ਬੋਲਣਾ ਬਿਖੁ ਕੀ ਕਾਰ ਕਮਾਇ ॥
bikh khānā bikh bōlanā bikh kī kār kamāi .
They eat poison, speak poison and do poisonous deeds.
ਜਮ ਦਰਿ ਬਾਧੇ ਮਾਰੀਅਹਿ ਛੂਟਸਿ ਸਾਚੈ ਨਾਇ ॥੨॥
jam dar bādhē mārīah shūtas sāchai nāi .2.
Bound and gagged at Death's door, they are punished; they can be saved only through the True Name. ||2||
ਜਿਵ ਆਇਆ ਤਿਵ ਜਾਇਸੀ ਕੀਆ ਲਿਖਿ ਲੈ ਜਾਇ ॥
jiv āiā tiv jāisī kīā likh lai jāi .
As they come, they go. Their actions are recorded, and go along with them.
ਮਨਮੁਖਿ ਮੂਲੁ ਗਵਾਇਆ ਦਰਗਹ ਮਿਲੈ ਸਜਾਇ ॥੩॥
manamukh mūl gavāiā daragah milai sajāi .3.
The self-willed manmukh loses his capital, and is punished in the Court of the Lord. ||3||
ਜਗੁ ਖੋਟੌ ਸਚੁ ਨਿਰਮਲੌ ਗੁਰ ਸਬਦੀਂ ਵੀਚਾਰਿ ॥
jag khōtau sach niramalau gur sabadīnh vīchār .
The world is false and polluted; only the True One is Pure. Contemplate Him through the Word of the Guru's Shabad.
ਤੇ ਨਰ ਵਿਰਲੇ ਜਾਣੀਅਹਿ ਜਿਨ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਗਿਆਨੁ ਮੁਰਾਰਿ ॥੪॥
tē nar viralē jānīah jin antar giān murār .4.
Those who have God's spiritual wisdom within, are known to be very rare. ||4||
ਅਜਰੁ ਜਰੈ ਨੀਝਰੁ ਝਰੈ ਅਮਰ ਅਨੰਦ ਸਰੂਪ ॥
ajar jarai nījhar jharai amar anand sarūp .
They endure the unendurable, and the Nectar of the Lord, the Embodiment of Bliss, trickles into them continuously.
ਨਾਨਕੁ ਜਲ ਕੌ ਮੀਨੁ ਸੈ ਥੇ ਭਾਵੈ ਰਾਖਹੁ ਪ੍ਰੀਤਿ ॥੫॥੧੩॥
nānak jal kau mīn sai thē bhāvai rākhah prīt .5.13.
O Nanak, the fish is in love with the water; if it pleases You, Lord, please enshrine such love within me. ||5||13||