ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥

mahalaa 1 |

First Mehl:

ਆਖਣਿ ਅਉਖਾ ਸੁਨਣਿ ਅਉਖਾ ਆਖਿ ਨ ਜਾਪੀ ਆਖਿ ॥

aakhan aaukhaa sunan aaukhaa aakh na jaapee aakh |

It is difficult to chant it; it is difficult to listen to it. It cannot be chanted with the mouth.

ਇਕਿ ਆਖਿ ਆਖਹਿ ਸਬਦੁ ਭਾਖਹਿ ਅਰਧ ਉਰਧ ਦਿਨੁ ਰਾਤਿ ॥

eik aakh aakheh sabad bhaakheh aradh uradh din raat |

Some speak with their mouths and chant the Word of the Shabad - the low and the high, day and night.

ਜੇ ਕਿਹੁ ਹੋਇ ਤ ਕਿਹੁ ਦਿਸੈ ਜਾਪੈ ਰੂਪੁ ਨ ਜਾਤਿ ॥

je kihu hoe ta kihu disai jaapai roop na jaat |

If He were something, then He would be visible. His form and state cannot be seen.

ਸਭਿ ਕਾਰਣ ਕਰਤਾ ਕਰੇ ਘਟ ਅਉਘਟ ਘਟ ਥਾਪਿ ॥

sabh kaaran karataa kare ghatt aaughatt ghatt thaap |

The Creator Lord does all deeds; He is established in the hearts of the high and the low.

ਆਖਣਿ ਅਉਖਾ ਨਾਨਕਾ ਆਖਿ ਨ ਜਾਪੈ ਆਖਿ ॥੨॥

aakhan aaukhaa naanakaa aakh na jaapai aakh |2|

It is so difficult to chant it, O Nanak; it cannot be chanted with the mouth. ||2||