ਆਸਾ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ॥

aasaa mahalaa 5 |

Aasaa, Fifth Mehl:

ਮਤਾ ਕਰਉ ਸੋ ਪਕਨਿ ਨ ਦੇਈ ॥

mataa krau so pakan na deee |

Whatever I resolve, she does not allow it to come to pass.

ਸੀਲ ਸੰਜਮ ਕੈ ਨਿਕਟਿ ਖਲੋਈ ॥

seel sanjam kai nikatt khaloee |

She stands blocking the way of goodness and self-discipline.

ਵੇਸ ਕਰੇ ਬਹੁ ਰੂਪ ਦਿਖਾਵੈ ॥

ves kare bahu roop dikhaavai |

She wears many disguises, and assumes many forms,

ਗ੍ਰਿਹਿ ਬਸਨਿ ਨ ਦੇਈ ਵਖਿ ਵਖਿ ਭਰਮਾਵੈ ॥੧॥

grihi basan na deee vakh vakh bharamaavai |1|

and she does not allow me to dwell in my own home. She forces me to wander around in different directions. ||1||

ਘਰ ਕੀ ਨਾਇਕਿ ਘਰ ਵਾਸੁ ਨ ਦੇਵੈ ॥

ghar kee naaeik ghar vaas na devai |

She has become the mistress of my home, and she does not allow me to live in it.

ਜਤਨ ਕਰਉ ਉਰਝਾਇ ਪਰੇਵੈ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

jatan krau urajhaae parevai |1| rahaau |

If I try, she fights with me. ||1||Pause||

ਧੁਰ ਕੀ ਭੇਜੀ ਆਈ ਆਮਰਿ ॥

dhur kee bhejee aaee aamar |

In the beginning, she was sent as a helper,

ਨਉ ਖੰਡ ਜੀਤੇ ਸਭਿ ਥਾਨ ਥਨੰਤਰ ॥

nau khandd jeete sabh thaan thanantar |

but she has overwhelmed the nine continents, all places and interspaces.

ਤਟਿ ਤੀਰਥਿ ਨ ਛੋਡੈ ਜੋਗ ਸੰਨਿਆਸ ॥

tatt teerath na chhoddai jog saniaas |

She has not spared even the river banks, the sacred shrines of pilgrimage, the Yogis and Sannyaasees,

ਪੜਿ ਥਾਕੇ ਸਿੰਮ੍ਰਿਤਿ ਬੇਦ ਅਭਿਆਸ ॥੨॥

parr thaake sinmrit bed abhiaas |2|

or those who tirelessly read the Simritees and study the Vedas. ||2||

ਜਹ ਬੈਸਉ ਤਹ ਨਾਲੇ ਬੈਸੈ ॥

jeh baisau teh naale baisai |

Wherever I sit, she sits there with me.

ਸਗਲ ਭਵਨ ਮਹਿ ਸਬਲ ਪ੍ਰਵੇਸੈ ॥

sagal bhavan meh sabal pravesai |

She has imposed her power upon the whole world.

ਹੋਛੀ ਸਰਣਿ ਪਇਆ ਰਹਣੁ ਨ ਪਾਈ ॥

hochhee saran peaa rehan na paaee |

Seeking meager protection, I am not protected from her.

ਕਹੁ ਮੀਤਾ ਹਉ ਕੈ ਪਹਿ ਜਾਈ ॥੩॥

kahu meetaa hau kai peh jaaee |3|

Tell me, O my friend: unto whom should I turn for protection? ||3||

ਸੁਣਿ ਉਪਦੇਸੁ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਪਹਿ ਆਇਆ ॥

sun upades satigur peh aaeaa |

I heard of His Teachings, and so I have come to the True Guru.

ਗੁਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਮੋਹਿ ਮੰਤ੍ਰੁ ਦ੍ਰਿੜਾਇਆ ॥

gur har har naam mohi mantru drirraaeaa |

The Guru has implanted the Mantra of the Lord's Name, Har, Har, within me.

ਨਿਜ ਘਰਿ ਵਸਿਆ ਗੁਣ ਗਾਇ ਅਨੰਤਾ ॥

nij ghar vasiaa gun gaae anantaa |

And now, I dwell in the home of my own inner self; I sing the Glorious Praises of the Infinite Lord.

ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਮਿਲਿਓ ਨਾਨਕ ਭਏ ਅਚਿੰਤਾ ॥੪॥

prabh milio naanak bhe achintaa |4|

I have met God, O Nanak, and I have become care-free. ||4||

ਘਰੁ ਮੇਰਾ ਇਹ ਨਾਇਕਿ ਹਮਾਰੀ ॥

ghar meraa ih naaeik hamaaree |

My home is now my own, and she is now my mistress.

ਇਹ ਆਮਰਿ ਹਮ ਗੁਰਿ ਕੀਏ ਦਰਬਾਰੀ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ਦੂਜਾ ॥੪॥੪॥

eih aamar ham gur kee darabaaree |1| rahaau doojaa |4|4|

She is now my servant, and the Guru has made me intimate with the Lord. ||1||Second Pause||4||4||