ਮਃ ੧ ॥

mahalaa 1 |

First Mehl:

ਮਤਿ ਪੰਖੇਰੂ ਕਿਰਤੁ ਸਾਥਿ ਕਬ ਉਤਮ ਕਬ ਨੀਚ ॥

mat pankheroo kirat saath kab utam kab neech |

The intellect is a bird; on account of its actions, it is sometimes high, and sometimes low.

ਕਬ ਚੰਦਨਿ ਕਬ ਅਕਿ ਡਾਲਿ ਕਬ ਉਚੀ ਪਰੀਤਿ ॥

kab chandan kab ak ddaal kab uchee pareet |

Sometimes it is perched on the sandalwood tree, and sometimes it is on the branch of the poisonous swallow-wort. Sometimes, it soars through the heavens.

ਨਾਨਕ ਹੁਕਮਿ ਚਲਾਈਐ ਸਾਹਿਬ ਲਗੀ ਰੀਤਿ ॥੨॥

naanak hukam chalaaeeai saahib lagee reet |2|

O Nanak, our Lord and Master leads us on, according to the Hukam of His Command; such is His Way. ||2||