ਸਲੋਕ ਮਃ ੫ ॥

salok mahalaa 5 |

Salok, Fifth Mehl:

ਖਖੜੀਆ ਸੁਹਾਵੀਆ ਲਗੜੀਆ ਅਕ ਕੰਠਿ ॥

khakharreea suhaaveea lagarreea ak kantth |

The fruit of the swallow-wort plant looks beautiful, attached to the branch of the tree;

ਬਿਰਹ ਵਿਛੋੜਾ ਧਣੀ ਸਿਉ ਨਾਨਕ ਸਹਸੈ ਗੰਠਿ ॥੧॥

birah vichhorraa dhanee siau naanak sahasai gantth |1|

but when it is separated from the stem of its Master, O Nanak, it breaks apart into thousands of fragments. ||1||