ੴ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥
ik ōunkār satigur prasād .
One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:
ਰਾਗੁ ਆਸਾ ਘਰੁ ੮ ਕੇ ਕਾਫੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੪ ॥
rāg āsā ghar 8 kē kāphī mahalā 4 .
Raag Aasaa, Eighth House, Kaafee, Fourth Mehl:
ਆਇਆ ਮਰਣੁ ਧੁਰਾਹੁ ਹਉਮੈ ਰੋਈਐ ॥
āiā maran dhurāh haumai rōīai .
Death is ordained from the very beginning, and yet ego makes us cry.
ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਧਿਆਇ ਅਸਥਿਰੁ ਹੋਈਐ ॥੧॥
guramukh nām dhiāi asathir hōīai .1.
Meditating on the Naam, as Gurmukh, one becomes stable and steady. ||1||
ਗੁਰ ਪੂਰੇ ਸਾਬਾਸਿ ਚਲਣੁ ਜਾਣਿਆ ॥
gur pūrē sābās chalan jāniā .
Blessed is the Perfect Guru, through whom the way of Death is known.
ਲਾਹਾ ਨਾਮੁ ਸੁ ਸਾਰੁ ਸਬਦਿ ਸਮਾਣਿਆ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
lāhā nām s sār sabad samāniā .1. rahāu .
The sublime people earn the profit of the Naam, the Name of the Lord; they are absorbed in the Word of the Shabad. ||1||Pause||
ਪੂਰਬਿ ਲਿਖੇ ਡੇਹ ਸਿ ਆਏ ਮਾਇਆ ॥
pūrab likhē dēh s āē māiā .
The days of one's life are pre-ordained; they will come to their end, O mother.
ਚਲਣੁ ਅਜੁ ਕਿ ਕਲ੍ਹਿ ਧੁਰਹੁ ਫੁਰਮਾਇਆ ॥੨॥
chalan aj k kalh dhurah phuramāiā .2.
One must depart, today or tomorrow, according to the Lord's Primal Order. ||2||
ਬਿਰਥਾ ਜਨਮੁ ਤਿਨਾ ਜਿਨ੍ਹੀ ਨਾਮੁ ਵਿਸਾਰਿਆ ॥
birathā janam tinā jinhī nām visāriā .
Useless are the lives of those, who have forgotten the Naam.
ਜੂਐ ਖੇਲਣੁ ਜਗਿ ਕਿ ਇਹੁ ਮਨੁ ਹਾਰਿਆ ॥੩॥
jūai khēlan jag k ih man hāriā .3.
They play the game of chance in this world, and lose their mind. ||3||
ਜੀਵਣਿ ਮਰਣਿ ਸੁਖੁ ਹੋਇ ਜਿਨ੍ਹਾ ਗੁਰੁ ਪਾਇਆ ॥
jīvan maran sukh hōi jinhā gur pāiā .
Those who have found the Guru are at peace, in life and in death.
ਨਾਨਕ ਸਚੇ ਸਚਿ ਸਚਿ ਸਮਾਇਆ ॥੪॥੧੨॥੬੪॥
nānak sachē sach sach samāiā .4.12.64.
O Nanak, the true ones are truly absorbed into the True Lord. ||4||12||64||