ਮਃ ੧ ॥

mahalaa 1 |

First Mehl:

ਲਖ ਚੋਰੀਆ ਲਖ ਜਾਰੀਆ ਲਖ ਕੂੜੀਆ ਲਖ ਗਾਲਿ ॥

lakh choreea lakh jaareea lakh koorreea lakh gaal |

He commits thousands of robberies, thousands of acts of adultery, thousands of falsehoods and thousands of abuses.

ਲਖ ਠਗੀਆ ਪਹਿਨਾਮੀਆ ਰਾਤਿ ਦਿਨਸੁ ਜੀਅ ਨਾਲਿ ॥

lakh tthageea pahinaameea raat dinas jeea naal |

He practices thousands of deceptions and secret deeds, night and day, against his fellow beings.

ਤਗੁ ਕਪਾਹਹੁ ਕਤੀਐ ਬਾਮੑਣੁ ਵਟੇ ਆਇ ॥

tag kapaahahu kateeai baaman vatte aae |

The thread is spun from cotton, and the Brahmin comes and twists it.

ਕੁਹਿ ਬਕਰਾ ਰਿੰਨੑਿ ਖਾਇਆ ਸਭੁ ਕੋ ਆਖੈ ਪਾਇ ॥

kuhi bakaraa rina khaaeaa sabh ko aakhai paae |

The goat is killed, cooked and eaten, and everyone then says, "Put on the sacred thread."

ਹੋਇ ਪੁਰਾਣਾ ਸੁਟੀਐ ਭੀ ਫਿਰਿ ਪਾਈਐ ਹੋਰੁ ॥

hoe puraanaa sutteeai bhee fir paaeeai hor |

When it wears out, it is thrown away, and another one is put on.

ਨਾਨਕ ਤਗੁ ਨ ਤੁਟਈ ਜੇ ਤਗਿ ਹੋਵੈ ਜੋਰੁ ॥੨॥

naanak tag na tuttee je tag hovai jor |2|

O Nanak, the thread would not break, if it had any real strength. ||2||