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ਆਸਾ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥

āsā mahalā 1 .

Aasaa, First Mehl:

ਆਖਾ ਜੀਵਾ ਵਿਸਰੈ ਮਰਿ ਜਾਉ ॥

ākhā jīvā visarai mar jāu .

Chanting the Name, I live; forgetting it, I die.

ਆਖਣਿ ਅਉਖਾ ਸਾਚਾ ਨਾਉ ॥

ākhan aukhā sāchā nāu .

It is so difficult to chant the True Name.

ਸਾਚੇ ਨਾਮ ਕੀ ਲਾਗੈ ਭੂਖ ॥

sāchē nām kī lāgai bhūkh .

If someone feels hunger for the True Name,

ਤਿਤੁ ਭੂਖੈ ਖਾਇ ਚਲੀਅਹਿ ਦੂਖ ॥੧॥

tit bhūkhai khāi chalīah dūkh .1.

then that hunger shall consume his pains. ||1||

ਸੋ ਕਿਉ ਵਿਸਰੈ ਮੇਰੀ ਮਾਇ ॥

sō kiu visarai mērī māi .

So how could I ever forget Him, O my Mother?

ਸਾਚਾ ਸਾਹਿਬੁ ਸਾਚੈ ਨਾਇ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

sāchā sāhib sāchai nāi .1. rahāu .

True is the Master, and True is His Name. ||1||Pause||

ਸਾਚੇ ਨਾਮ ਕੀ ਤਿਲੁ ਵਡਿਆਈ ॥ ਆਖਿ ਥਕੇ ਕੀਮਤਿ ਨਹੀ ਪਾਈ ॥

sāchē nām kī til vadiāī . ākh thakē kīmat nahī pāī .

People have grown weary of trying to appraise the greatness of the True Name, but they have not been able to appraise even an iota of it.

ਜੇ ਸਭਿ ਮਿਲਿ ਕੈ ਆਖਣ ਪਾਹਿ ॥

jē sabh mil kai ākhan pāh .

Even if they were all to meet together and recount them,

ਵਡਾ ਨ ਹੋਵੈ ਘਾਟਿ ਨ ਜਾਇ ॥੨॥

vadā n hōvai ghāt n jāi .2.

You would not be made any greater or lesser. ||2||

ਨਾ ਓਹੁ ਮਰੈ ਨ ਹੋਵੈ ਸੋਗੁ ॥

nā ōh marai n hōvai sōg .

He does not die - there is no reason to mourn.

ਦੇਂਦਾ ਰਹੈ ਨ ਚੂਕੈ ਭੋਗੁ ॥

dēnhdā rahai n chūkai bhōg .

He continues to give, but His Provisions are never exhausted.

ਗੁਣੁ ਏਹੋ ਹੋਰੁ ਨਾਹੀ ਕੋਇ ॥

gun ēhō hōr nāhī kōi .

This Glorious Virtue is His alone - no one else is like Him;

ਨਾ ਕੋ ਹੋਆ ਨਾ ਕੋ ਹੋਇ ॥੩॥

nā kō hōā nā kō hōi .3.

there has never been anyone like Him, and there never shall be. ||3||

ਜੇਵਡੁ ਆਪਿ ਤੇਵਡ ਤੇਰੀ ਦਾਤਿ ॥

jēvad āp tēvad tērī dāt .

As Great as You Yourself are, so Great are Your Gifts.

ਜਿਨਿ ਦਿਨੁ ਕਰਿ ਕੈ ਕੀਤੀ ਰਾਤਿ ॥

jin din kar kai kītī rāt .

It is You who created day and night as well.

ਖਸਮੁ ਵਿਸਾਰਹਿ ਤੇ ਕਮਜਾਤਿ ॥

khasam visārah tē kamajāt .

Those who forget their Lord and Master are vile and despicable.

ਨਾਨਕ ਨਾਵੈ ਬਾਝੁ ਸਨਾਤਿ ॥੪॥੨॥

nānak nāvai bājh sanāt .4.2.

O Nanak, without the Name, people are wretched outcasts. ||4||2||

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