ਸਲੋਕ ॥

salok |

Salok:

ਤਿਅਕਤ ਜਲੰ ਨਹ ਜੀਵ ਮੀਨੰ ਨਹ ਤਿਆਗਿ ਚਾਤ੍ਰਿਕ ਮੇਘ ਮੰਡਲਹ ॥

tiakat jalan neh jeev meenan neh tiaag chaatrik megh manddalah |

Leaving the water, the fish cannot live; the rainbird cannot live without the raindrops from the clouds.

ਬਾਣ ਬੇਧੰਚ ਕੁਰੰਕ ਨਾਦੰ ਅਲਿ ਬੰਧਨ ਕੁਸਮ ਬਾਸਨਹ ॥

baan bedhanch kurank naadan al bandhan kusam baasanah |

The deer is enticed by the sound of the hunter's bell, and shot through with the arrow; the bumble bee is entangled in the fragrance of the flowers.

ਚਰਨ ਕਮਲ ਰਚੰਤਿ ਸੰਤਹ ਨਾਨਕ ਆਨ ਨ ਰੁਚਤੇ ॥੧॥

charan kamal rachant santah naanak aan na ruchate |1|

The Saints are entranced by the Lord's lotus feet; O Nanak, they desire nothing else. ||1||

ਮੁਖੁ ਡੇਖਾਊ ਪਲਕ ਛਡਿ ਆਨ ਨ ਡੇਊ ਚਿਤੁ ॥

mukh ddekhaaoo palak chhadd aan na ddeaoo chit |

Show me Your face, for even an instant, Lord, and I will not give my consciousness to any other.

ਜੀਵਣ ਸੰਗਮੁ ਤਿਸੁ ਧਣੀ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਨਕ ਸੰਤਾਂ ਮਿਤੁ ॥੨॥

jeevan sangam tis dhanee har naanak santaan mit |2|

My life is with the Lord Master, O Nanak, the Friend of the Saints. ||2||