ਸਲੋਕੁ ਮਃ ੧ ॥

salok mahalaa 1 |

Salok, First Mehl:

ਸਚਿ ਕਾਲੁ ਕੂੜੁ ਵਰਤਿਆ ਕਲਿ ਕਾਲਖ ਬੇਤਾਲ ॥

sach kaal koorr varatiaa kal kaalakh betaal |

There is a famine of Truth; falsehood prevails, and the blackness of the Dark Age of Kali Yuga has turned men into demons.

ਬੀਉ ਬੀਜਿ ਪਤਿ ਲੈ ਗਏ ਅਬ ਕਿਉ ਉਗਵੈ ਦਾਲਿ ॥

beeo beej pat lai ge ab kiau ugavai daal |

Those who planted their seed have departed with honor; now, how can the shattered seed sprout?

ਜੇ ਇਕੁ ਹੋਇ ਤ ਉਗਵੈ ਰੁਤੀ ਹੂ ਰੁਤਿ ਹੋਇ ॥

je ik hoe ta ugavai rutee hoo rut hoe |

If the seed is whole, and it is the proper season, then the seed will sprout.

ਨਾਨਕ ਪਾਹੈ ਬਾਹਰਾ ਕੋਰੈ ਰੰਗੁ ਨ ਸੋਇ ॥

naanak paahai baaharaa korai rang na soe |

O Nanak, without treatment, the raw fabric cannot be dyed.

ਭੈ ਵਿਚਿ ਖੁੰਬਿ ਚੜਾਈਐ ਸਰਮੁ ਪਾਹੁ ਤਨਿ ਹੋਇ ॥

bhai vich khunb charraaeeai saram paahu tan hoe |

In the Fear of God it is bleached white, if the treatment of modesty is applied to the cloth of the body.

ਨਾਨਕ ਭਗਤੀ ਜੇ ਰਪੈ ਕੂੜੈ ਸੋਇ ਨ ਕੋਇ ॥੧॥

naanak bhagatee je rapai koorrai soe na koe |1|

O Nanak, if one is imbued with devotional worship, his reputation is not false. ||1||