ਗਉੜੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥
gaurree mahalaa 1 |
Gauree, First Mehl:
ਜਾਤੋ ਜਾਇ ਕਹਾ ਤੇ ਆਵੈ ॥
jaato jaae kahaa te aavai |
How can we know where we came from?
ਕਹ ਉਪਜੈ ਕਹ ਜਾਇ ਸਮਾਵੈ ॥
keh upajai keh jaae samaavai |
Where did we originate, and where will we go and merge?
ਕਿਉ ਬਾਧਿਓ ਕਿਉ ਮੁਕਤੀ ਪਾਵੈ ॥
kiau baadhio kiau mukatee paavai |
How are we bound, and how do we obtain liberation?
ਕਿਉ ਅਬਿਨਾਸੀ ਸਹਜਿ ਸਮਾਵੈ ॥੧॥
kiau abinaasee sehaj samaavai |1|
How do we merge with intuitive ease into the Eternal, Imperishable Lord? ||1||
ਨਾਮੁ ਰਿਦੈ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਮੁਖਿ ਨਾਮੁ ॥
naam ridai amrit mukh naam |
With the Naam in the heart and the Ambrosial Naam on our lips,
ਨਰਹਰ ਨਾਮੁ ਨਰਹਰ ਨਿਹਕਾਮੁ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
narahar naam narahar nihakaam |1| rahaau |
through the Name of the Lord, we rise above desire, like the Lord. ||1||Pause||
ਸਹਜੇ ਆਵੈ ਸਹਜੇ ਜਾਇ ॥
sahaje aavai sahaje jaae |
With intuitive ease we come, and with intuitive ease we depart.
ਮਨ ਤੇ ਉਪਜੈ ਮਨ ਮਾਹਿ ਸਮਾਇ ॥
man te upajai man maeh samaae |
From the mind we originate, and into the mind we are absorbed.
ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਮੁਕਤੋ ਬੰਧੁ ਨ ਪਾਇ ॥
guramukh mukato bandh na paae |
As Gurmukh, we are liberated, and are not bound.
ਸਬਦੁ ਬੀਚਾਰਿ ਛੁਟੈ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਇ ॥੨॥
sabad beechaar chhuttai har naae |2|
Contemplating the Word of the Shabad, we are emancipated through the Name of the Lord. ||2||
ਤਰਵਰ ਪੰਖੀ ਬਹੁ ਨਿਸਿ ਬਾਸੁ ॥
taravar pankhee bahu nis baas |
At night, lots of birds settle on the tree.
ਸੁਖ ਦੁਖੀਆ ਮਨਿ ਮੋਹ ਵਿਣਾਸੁ ॥
sukh dukheea man moh vinaas |
Some are happy, and some are sad. Caught in the desires of the mind, they perish.
ਸਾਝ ਬਿਹਾਗ ਤਕਹਿ ਆਗਾਸੁ ॥
saajh bihaag takeh aagaas |
And when the life-night comes to its end, then they look to the sky.
ਦਹ ਦਿਸਿ ਧਾਵਹਿ ਕਰਮਿ ਲਿਖਿਆਸੁ ॥੩॥
deh dis dhaaveh karam likhiaas |3|
They fly away in all ten directions, according to their pre-ordained destiny. ||3||
ਨਾਮ ਸੰਜੋਗੀ ਗੋਇਲਿ ਥਾਟੁ ॥
naam sanjogee goeil thaatt |
Those who are committed to the Naam, see the world as merely a temporary pasture.
ਕਾਮ ਕ੍ਰੋਧ ਫੂਟੈ ਬਿਖੁ ਮਾਟੁ ॥
kaam krodh foottai bikh maatt |
Sexual desire and anger are broken, like a jar of poison.
ਬਿਨੁ ਵਖਰ ਸੂਨੋ ਘਰੁ ਹਾਟੁ ॥
bin vakhar soono ghar haatt |
Without the merchandise of the Name, the house of the body and the store of the mind are empty.
ਗੁਰ ਮਿਲਿ ਖੋਲੇ ਬਜਰ ਕਪਾਟ ॥੪॥
gur mil khole bajar kapaatt |4|
Meeting the Guru, the hard and heavy doors are opened. ||4||
ਸਾਧੁ ਮਿਲੈ ਪੂਰਬ ਸੰਜੋਗ ॥
saadh milai poorab sanjog |
One meets the Holy Saint only through perfect destiny.
ਸਚਿ ਰਹਸੇ ਪੂਰੇ ਹਰਿ ਲੋਗ ॥
sach rahase poore har log |
The Lord's perfect people rejoice in the Truth.
ਮਨੁ ਤਨੁ ਦੇ ਲੈ ਸਹਜਿ ਸੁਭਾਇ ॥
man tan de lai sehaj subhaae |
Surrendering their minds and bodies, they find the Lord with intuitive ease.
ਨਾਨਕ ਤਿਨ ਕੈ ਲਾਗਉ ਪਾਇ ॥੫॥੬॥
naanak tin kai laagau paae |5|6|
Nanak falls at their feet. ||5||6||