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Ang 1301Raag KaanraaGuru Guru Arjan

ਕਾਨੜਾ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ॥

kaanarraa mahalaa 5 |

Kaanraa, Fifth Mehl:

ਕੁਚਿਲ ਕਠੋਰ ਕਪਟ ਕਾਮੀ ॥

kuchil katthor kapatt kaamee |

I am filthy, hard-hearted, deceitful and obsessed with sexual desire.

ਜਿਉ ਜਾਨਹਿ ਤਿਉ ਤਾਰਿ ਸੁਆਮੀ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

jiau jaaneh tiau taar suaamee |1| rahaau |

Please carry me across, as You wish, O my Lord and Master. ||1||Pause||

ਤੂ ਸਮਰਥੁ ਸਰਨਿ ਜੋਗੁ ਤੂ ਰਾਖਹਿ ਅਪਨੀ ਕਲ ਧਾਰਿ ॥੧॥

too samarath saran jog too raakheh apanee kal dhaar |1|

You are All-powerful and Potent to grant Sanctuary. Exerting Your Power, You protect us. ||1||

ਜਾਪ ਤਾਪ ਨੇਮ ਸੁਚਿ ਸੰਜਮ ਨਾਹੀ ਇਨ ਬਿਧੇ ਛੁਟਕਾਰ ॥

jaap taap nem such sanjam naahee in bidhe chhuttakaar |

Chanting and deep meditation, penance and austere self-discipline, fasting and purification - salvation does not come by any of these means.

ਗਰਤ ਘੋਰ ਅੰਧ ਤੇ ਕਾਢਹੁ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਨਾਨਕ ਨਦਰਿ ਨਿਹਾਰਿ ॥੨॥੮॥੧੯॥

garat ghor andh te kaadtahu prabh naanak nadar nihaar |2|8|19|

Please lift me up and out of this deep, dark ditch; O God, please bless Nanak with Your Glance of Grace. ||2||8||19||