ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥

mahalaa 1 |

First Mehl:

ਨਾਨਕ ਦੁਨੀਆ ਭਸੁ ਰੰਗੁ ਭਸੂ ਹੂ ਭਸੁ ਖੇਹ ॥

naanak duneea bhas rang bhasoo hoo bhas kheh |

O Nanak, worldly pleasures are nothing more than dust. They are the dust of the dust of ashes.

ਭਸੋ ਭਸੁ ਕਮਾਵਣੀ ਭੀ ਭਸੁ ਭਰੀਐ ਦੇਹ ॥

bhaso bhas kamaavanee bhee bhas bhareeai deh |

The mortal earns only the dust of the dust; his body is covered with dust.

ਜਾ ਜੀਉ ਵਿਚਹੁ ਕਢੀਐ ਭਸੂ ਭਰਿਆ ਜਾਇ ॥

jaa jeeo vichahu kadteeai bhasoo bhariaa jaae |

When the soul is taken out of the body, it too is covered with dust.

ਅਗੈ ਲੇਖੈ ਮੰਗਿਐ ਹੋਰ ਦਸੂਣੀ ਪਾਇ ॥੨॥

agai lekhai mangiai hor dasoonee paae |2|

And when one's account is called for in the world hereafter, he receives only ten times more dust. ||2||