ਮਃ ੧ ॥

mahalaa 1 |

First Mehl:

ਨਾਨਕੁ ਆਖੈ ਰੇ ਮਨਾ ਸੁਣੀਐ ਸਿਖ ਸਹੀ ॥

naanak aakhai re manaa suneeai sikh sahee |

Says Nanak, listen, O mind, to the True Teachings.

ਲੇਖਾ ਰਬੁ ਮੰਗੇਸੀਆ ਬੈਠਾ ਕਢਿ ਵਹੀ ॥

lekhaa rab mangeseea baitthaa kadt vahee |

Opening His ledger, God will call you to account.

ਤਲਬਾ ਪਉਸਨਿ ਆਕੀਆ ਬਾਕੀ ਜਿਨਾ ਰਹੀ ॥

talabaa pausan aakeea baakee jinaa rahee |

Those rebels who have unpaid accounts shall be called out.

ਅਜਰਾਈਲੁ ਫਰੇਸਤਾ ਹੋਸੀ ਆਇ ਤਈ ॥

ajaraaeel faresataa hosee aae tee |

Azraa-eel, the Angel of Death, shall be appointed to punish them.

ਆਵਣੁ ਜਾਣੁ ਨ ਸੁਝਈ ਭੀੜੀ ਗਲੀ ਫਹੀ ॥

aavan jaan na sujhee bheerree galee fahee |

They will find no way to escape coming and going in reincarnation; they are trapped in the narrow path.

ਕੂੜ ਨਿਖੁਟੇ ਨਾਨਕਾ ਓੜਕਿ ਸਚਿ ਰਹੀ ॥੨॥

koorr nikhutte naanakaa orrak sach rahee |2|

Falsehood will come to an end, O Nanak, and Truth will prevail in the end. ||2||