ਗੁਰ ਬਿਨੁ ਘੋਰੁ ਅੰਧਾਰੁ ਗੁਰੂ ਬਿਨੁ ਸਮਝ ਨ ਆਵੈ ॥
gur bin ghōr andhār gurū bin samajh n āvai .
Without the Guru, there is utter darkness; without the Guru, understanding does not come.
ਗੁਰ ਬਿਨੁ ਸੁਰਤਿ ਨ ਸਿਧਿ ਗੁਰੂ ਬਿਨੁ ਮੁਕਤਿ ਨ ਪਾਵੈ ॥
gur bin surat n sidh gurū bin mukat n pāvai .
Without the Guru, there is no intuitive awareness or success; without the Guru, there is no liberation.
ਗੁਰੁ ਕਰੁ ਸਚੁ ਬੀਚਾਰੁ ਗੁਰੂ ਕਰੁ ਰੇ ਮਨ ਮੇਰੇ ॥
gur kar sach bīchār gurū kar rē man mērē .
So make Him your Guru, and contemplate the Truth; make Him your Guru, O my mind.
ਗੁਰੁ ਕਰੁ ਸਬਦ ਸਪੁੰਨ ਅਘਨ ਕਟਹਿ ਸਭ ਤੇਰੇ ॥
gur kar sabad sapunn aghan katah sabh tērē .
Make Him your Guru, who is embellished and exalted in the Word of the Shabad; all your sins shall be washed away.
ਗੁਰੁ ਨਯਣਿ ਬਯਣਿ ਗੁਰੁ ਗੁਰੁ ਕਰਹੁ ਗੁਰੂ ਸਤਿ ਕਵਿ ਨਲ੍ਯ ਕਹਿ ॥
gur nayan bayan gur gur karah gurū sat kav naly kah .
So speaks NALL the poet: with your eyes, make Him your Guru; with the words you speak, make Him your Guru, your True Guru.
ਜਿਨਿ ਗੁਰੂ ਨ ਦੇਖਿਅਉ ਨਹੁ ਕੀਅਉ ਤੇ ਅਕਯਥ ਸੰਸਾਰ ਮਹਿ ॥੪॥੮॥
jin gurū n dēkhiau nah kīau tē akayath sansār mah .4.8.
Those who have not seen the Guru, who have not made Him their Guru, are useless in this world. ||4||8||