ਗਉੜੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ॥

gaurree mahalaa 5 |

Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

ਕਰੈ ਦੁਹਕਰਮ ਦਿਖਾਵੈ ਹੋਰੁ ॥

karai duhakaram dikhaavai hor |

They do their evil deeds, and pretend otherwise;

ਰਾਮ ਕੀ ਦਰਗਹ ਬਾਧਾ ਚੋਰੁ ॥੧॥

raam kee daragah baadhaa chor |1|

but in the Court of the Lord, they shall be bound and gagged like thieves. ||1||

ਰਾਮੁ ਰਮੈ ਸੋਈ ਰਾਮਾਣਾ ॥

raam ramai soee raamaanaa |

Those who remember the Lord belong to the Lord.

ਜਲਿ ਥਲਿ ਮਹੀਅਲਿ ਏਕੁ ਸਮਾਣਾ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

jal thal maheeal ek samaanaa |1| rahaau |

The One Lord is contained in the water, the land and the sky. ||1||Pause||

ਅੰਤਰਿ ਬਿਖੁ ਮੁਖਿ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਸੁਣਾਵੈ ॥

antar bikh mukh amrit sunaavai |

Their inner beings are filled with poison, and yet with their mouths, they preach words of Ambrosial Nectar.

ਜਮ ਪੁਰਿ ਬਾਧਾ ਚੋਟਾ ਖਾਵੈ ॥੨॥

jam pur baadhaa chottaa khaavai |2|

Bound and gagged in the City of Death, they are punished and beaten. ||2||

ਅਨਿਕ ਪੜਦੇ ਮਹਿ ਕਮਾਵੈ ਵਿਕਾਰ ॥

anik parrade meh kamaavai vikaar |

Hiding behind many screens, they commit acts of corruption,

ਖਿਨ ਮਹਿ ਪ੍ਰਗਟ ਹੋਹਿ ਸੰਸਾਰ ॥੩॥

khin meh pragatt hohi sansaar |3|

but in an instant, they are revealed to all the world. ||3||

ਅੰਤਰਿ ਸਾਚਿ ਨਾਮਿ ਰਸਿ ਰਾਤਾ ॥

antar saach naam ras raataa |

Those whose inner beings are true, who are attuned to the ambrosial essence of the Naam, the Name of the Lord

ਨਾਨਕ ਤਿਸੁ ਕਿਰਪਾਲੁ ਬਿਧਾਤਾ ॥੪॥੭੧॥੧੪੦॥

naanak tis kirapaal bidhaataa |4|71|140|

- O Nanak, the Lord, the Architect of Destiny, is merciful to them. ||4||71||140||