ਮਾਲੀ ਗਉੜਾ ਮਹਲਾ ੪ ॥

maalee gaurraa mahalaa 4 |

Maalee Gauraa, Fourth Mehl:

ਮੇਰਾ ਮਨੁ ਰਾਮ ਨਾਮਿ ਰਸਿ ਲਾਗਾ ॥

meraa man raam naam ras laagaa |

My mind is addicted to the juice of the Lord's Name.

ਕਮਲ ਪ੍ਰਗਾਸੁ ਭਇਆ ਗੁਰੁ ਪਾਇਆ ਹਰਿ ਜਪਿਓ ਭ੍ਰਮੁ ਭਉ ਭਾਗਾ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

kamal pragaas bheaa gur paaeaa har japio bhram bhau bhaagaa |1| rahaau |

My heart-lotus has blossomed forth, and I have found the Guru. Meditating on the Lord, my doubts and fears have run away. ||1||Pause||

ਭੈ ਭਾਇ ਭਗਤਿ ਲਾਗੋ ਮੇਰਾ ਹੀਅਰਾ ਮਨੁ ਸੋਇਓ ਗੁਰਮਤਿ ਜਾਗਾ ॥

bhai bhaae bhagat laago meraa heearaa man soeo guramat jaagaa |

In the Fear of God, my heart is committed in loving devotion to Him; following the Guru's Teachings, my sleeping mind has awakened.

ਕਿਲਬਿਖ ਖੀਨ ਭਏ ਸਾਂਤਿ ਆਈ ਹਰਿ ਉਰ ਧਾਰਿਓ ਵਡਭਾਗਾ ॥੧॥

kilabikh kheen bhe saant aaee har ur dhaario vaddabhaagaa |1|

All my sins have been erased, and I have found peace and tranquility; I have enshrined the Lord within my heart, by great good fortune. ||1||

ਮਨਮੁਖੁ ਰੰਗੁ ਕਸੁੰਭੁ ਹੈ ਕਚੂਆ ਜਿਉ ਕੁਸਮ ਚਾਰਿ ਦਿਨ ਚਾਗਾ ॥

manamukh rang kasunbh hai kachooaa jiau kusam chaar din chaagaa |

The self-willed manmukh is like the false color of the safflower, which fades away; its color lasts for only a few days.

ਖਿਨ ਮਹਿ ਬਿਨਸਿ ਜਾਇ ਪਰਤਾਪੈ ਡੰਡੁ ਧਰਮ ਰਾਇ ਕਾ ਲਾਗਾ ॥੨॥

khin meh binas jaae parataapai ddandd dharam raae kaa laagaa |2|

He perishes in an instant; he is tormented, and punished by the Righteous Judge of Dharma. ||2||

ਸਤਸੰਗਤਿ ਪ੍ਰੀਤਿ ਸਾਧ ਅਤਿ ਗੂੜੀ ਜਿਉ ਰੰਗੁ ਮਜੀਠ ਬਹੁ ਲਾਗਾ ॥

satasangat preet saadh at goorree jiau rang majeetth bahu laagaa |

The Lord's Love, found in the Sat Sangat, the True Congregation, is absolutely permanent, and colorfast.

ਕਾਇਆ ਕਾਪਰੁ ਚੀਰ ਬਹੁ ਫਾਰੇ ਹਰਿ ਰੰਗੁ ਨ ਲਹੈ ਸਭਾਗਾ ॥੩॥

kaaeaa kaapar cheer bahu faare har rang na lahai sabhaagaa |3|

The cloth of the body may be torn to shreds, but still, this beautiful color of the Lord's Love does not fade away. ||3||

ਹਰਿ ਚਾਰ੍ਹਿਓ ਰੰਗੁ ਮਿਲੈ ਗੁਰੁ ਸੋਭਾ ਹਰਿ ਰੰਗਿ ਚਲੂਲੈ ਰਾਂਗਾ ॥

har chaarhio rang milai gur sobhaa har rang chaloolai raangaa |

Meeting with the Blessed Guru, one is dyed in the color of the Lord's Love, imbued with this deep crimson color.

ਜਨ ਨਾਨਕੁ ਤਿਨ ਕੇ ਚਰਨ ਪਖਾਰੈ ਜੋ ਹਰਿ ਚਰਨੀ ਜਨੁ ਲਾਗਾ ॥੪॥੪॥

jan naanak tin ke charan pakhaarai jo har charanee jan laagaa |4|4|

Servant Nanak washes the feet of that humble being, who is attached to the feet of the Lord. ||4||4||