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ਗਉੜੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ॥

gaurree mahalaa 5 |

Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

ਅਨਿਕ ਰਸਾ ਖਾਏ ਜੈਸੇ ਢੋਰ ॥

anik rasaa khaae jaise dtor |

Like beasts, they consume all sorts of tasty treats.

ਮੋਹ ਕੀ ਜੇਵਰੀ ਬਾਧਿਓ ਚੋਰ ॥੧॥

moh kee jevaree baadhio chor |1|

With the rope of emotional attachment, they are bound and gagged like thieves. ||1||

ਮਿਰਤਕ ਦੇਹ ਸਾਧਸੰਗ ਬਿਹੂਨਾ ॥

miratak deh saadhasang bihoonaa |

Their bodies are corpses, without the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy.

ਆਵਤ ਜਾਤ ਜੋਨੀ ਦੁਖ ਖੀਨਾ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

aavat jaat jonee dukh kheenaa |1| rahaau |

They come and go in reincarnation, and are destroyed by pain. ||1||Pause||

ਅਨਿਕ ਬਸਤ੍ਰ ਸੁੰਦਰ ਪਹਿਰਾਇਆ ॥

anik basatr sundar pahiraaeaa |

They wear all sorts of beautiful robes,

ਜਿਉ ਡਰਨਾ ਖੇਤ ਮਾਹਿ ਡਰਾਇਆ ॥੨॥

jiau ddaranaa khet maeh ddaraaeaa |2|

but they are still just scarecrows in the field, frightening away the birds. ||2||

ਸਗਲ ਸਰੀਰ ਆਵਤ ਸਭ ਕਾਮ ॥

sagal sareer aavat sabh kaam |

All bodies are of some use,

ਨਿਹਫਲ ਮਾਨੁਖੁ ਜਪੈ ਨਹੀ ਨਾਮ ॥੩॥

nihafal maanukh japai nahee naam |3|

but those who do not meditate on the Naam, the Name of the Lord, are totally useless. ||3||

ਕਹੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਜਾ ਕਉ ਭਏ ਦਇਆਲਾ ॥

kahu naanak jaa kau bhe deaalaa |

Says Nanak, those unto whom the Lord becomes Merciful,

ਸਾਧਸੰਗਿ ਮਿਲਿ ਭਜਹਿ ਗੋੁਪਾਲਾ ॥੪॥੫੫॥੧੨੪॥

saadhasang mil bhajeh goupaalaa |4|55|124|

join the Saadh Sangat, and meditate on the Lord of the Universe. ||4||55||124||