ਪਉੜੀ ॥

paurree |

Pauree:

ਜਾ ਤੂੰ ਤਾ ਕਿਆ ਹੋਰਿ ਮੈ ਸਚੁ ਸੁਣਾਈਐ ॥

jaa toon taa kiaa hor mai sach sunaaeeai |

When You are with me, what more could I want? I speak only the Truth.

ਮੁਠੀ ਧੰਧੈ ਚੋਰਿ ਮਹਲੁ ਨ ਪਾਈਐ ॥

mutthee dhandhai chor mehal na paaeeai |

Plundered by the thieves of worldly affairs, she does not obtain the Mansion of His Presence.

ਏਨੈ ਚਿਤਿ ਕਠੋਰਿ ਸੇਵ ਗਵਾਈਐ ॥

enai chit katthor sev gavaaeeai |

Being so stone-hearted, she has lost her chance to serve the Lord.

ਜਿਤੁ ਘਟਿ ਸਚੁ ਨ ਪਾਇ ਸੁ ਭੰਨਿ ਘੜਾਈਐ ॥

jit ghatt sach na paae su bhan gharraaeeai |

That heart, in which the True Lord is not found, should be torn down and re-built.

ਕਿਉ ਕਰਿ ਪੂਰੈ ਵਟਿ ਤੋਲਿ ਤੁਲਾਈਐ ॥

kiau kar poorai vatt tol tulaaeeai |

How can she be weighed accurately, upon the scale of perfection?

ਕੋਇ ਨ ਆਖੈ ਘਟਿ ਹਉਮੈ ਜਾਈਐ ॥

koe na aakhai ghatt haumai jaaeeai |

No one will say that her weight has been shorted, if she rids herself of egotism.

ਲਈਅਨਿ ਖਰੇ ਪਰਖਿ ਦਰਿ ਬੀਨਾਈਐ ॥

leean khare parakh dar beenaaeeai |

The genuine are assayed, and accepted in the Court of the All-knowing Lord.

ਸਉਦਾ ਇਕਤੁ ਹਟਿ ਪੂਰੈ ਗੁਰਿ ਪਾਈਐ ॥੧੭॥

saudaa ikat hatt poorai gur paaeeai |17|

The genuine merchandise is found only in one shop-it is obtained from the Perfect Guru. ||17||