ਸਲੋਕ ਮਃ ੧ ॥

salok mahalaa 1 |

Salok, First Mehl:

ਸਾਵਣੁ ਰਾਤਿ ਅਹਾੜੁ ਦਿਹੁ ਕਾਮੁ ਕ੍ਰੋਧੁ ਦੁਇ ਖੇਤ ॥

saavan raat ahaarr dihu kaam krodh due khet |

Night is the summer season, and day is the winter season; sexual desire and anger are the two fields planted.

ਲਬੁ ਵਤ੍ਰ ਦਰੋਗੁ ਬੀਉ ਹਾਲੀ ਰਾਹਕੁ ਹੇਤ ॥

lab vatr darog beeo haalee raahak het |

Greed prepares the soil, and the seed of falsehood is planted; attachment and love are the farmer and hired hand.

ਹਲੁ ਬੀਚਾਰੁ ਵਿਕਾਰ ਮਣ ਹੁਕਮੀ ਖਟੇ ਖਾਇ ॥

hal beechaar vikaar man hukamee khatte khaae |

Contemplation is the plow, and corruption is the harvest; this is what one earns and eats, according to the Hukam of the Lord's Command.

ਨਾਨਕ ਲੇਖੈ ਮੰਗਿਐ ਅਉਤੁ ਜਣੇਦਾ ਜਾਇ ॥੧॥

naanak lekhai mangiai aaut janedaa jaae |1|

O Nanak, when one is called to give his account, he will be barren and infertile. ||1||