ਗਉੜੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ॥

gaurree mahalaa 5 |

Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

ਜੀਅਰੇ ਓਲੑਾ ਨਾਮ ਕਾ ॥

jeeare olaa naam kaa |

Hey, soul: your only Support is the Naam, the Name of the Lord.

ਅਵਰੁ ਜਿ ਕਰਨ ਕਰਾਵਨੋ ਤਿਨ ਮਹਿ ਭਉ ਹੈ ਜਾਮ ਕਾ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

avar ji karan karaavano tin meh bhau hai jaam kaa |1| rahaau |

Whatever else you do or make happen, the fear of death still hangs over you. ||1||Pause||

ਅਵਰ ਜਤਨਿ ਨਹੀ ਪਾਈਐ ॥

avar jatan nahee paaeeai |

He is not obtained by any other efforts.

ਵਡੈ ਭਾਗਿ ਹਰਿ ਧਿਆਈਐ ॥੧॥

vaddai bhaag har dhiaaeeai |1|

By great good fortune, meditate on the Lord. ||1||

ਲਾਖ ਹਿਕਮਤੀ ਜਾਨੀਐ ॥

laakh hikamatee jaaneeai |

You may know hundreds of thousands of clever tricks,

ਆਗੈ ਤਿਲੁ ਨਹੀ ਮਾਨੀਐ ॥੨॥

aagai til nahee maaneeai |2|

but not even one will be of any use at all hereafter. ||2||

ਅਹੰਬੁਧਿ ਕਰਮ ਕਮਾਵਨੇ ॥

ahanbudh karam kamaavane |

Good deeds done in the pride of ego are swept away,

ਗ੍ਰਿਹ ਬਾਲੂ ਨੀਰਿ ਬਹਾਵਨੇ ॥੩॥

grih baaloo neer bahaavane |3|

Like the house of sand by water. ||3||

ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਕ੍ਰਿਪਾਲੁ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰੈ ॥

prabh kripaal kirapaa karai |

When God the Merciful shows His Mercy,

ਨਾਮੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਸਾਧੂ ਸੰਗਿ ਮਿਲੈ ॥੪॥੪॥੧੪੨॥

naam naanak saadhoo sang milai |4|4|142|

Nanak receives the Naam in the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy. ||4||4||142||