ਸਿਰੀਰਾਗੁ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥

sireeraag mahalaa 1 |

Siree Raag, First Mehl:

ਭਰਮੇ ਭਾਹਿ ਨ ਵਿਝਵੈ ਜੇ ਭਵੈ ਦਿਸੰਤਰ ਦੇਸੁ ॥

bharame bhaeh na vijhavai je bhavai disantar des |

The fire of doubt is not extinguished, even by wandering through foreign lands and countries.

ਅੰਤਰਿ ਮੈਲੁ ਨ ਉਤਰੈ ਧ੍ਰਿਗੁ ਜੀਵਣੁ ਧ੍ਰਿਗੁ ਵੇਸੁ ॥

antar mail na utarai dhrig jeevan dhrig ves |

If inner filth is not removed, one's life is cursed, and one's clothes are cursed.

ਹੋਰੁ ਕਿਤੈ ਭਗਤਿ ਨ ਹੋਵਈ ਬਿਨੁ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਕੇ ਉਪਦੇਸ ॥੧॥

hor kitai bhagat na hovee bin satigur ke upades |1|

There is no other way to perform devotional worship, except through the Teachings of the True Guru. ||1||

ਮਨ ਰੇ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਅਗਨਿ ਨਿਵਾਰਿ ॥

man re guramukh agan nivaar |

O mind, become Gurmukh, and extinguish the fire within.

ਗੁਰ ਕਾ ਕਹਿਆ ਮਨਿ ਵਸੈ ਹਉਮੈ ਤ੍ਰਿਸਨਾ ਮਾਰਿ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

gur kaa kahiaa man vasai haumai trisanaa maar |1| rahaau |

Let the Words of the Guru abide within your mind; let egotism and desires die. ||1||Pause||

ਮਨੁ ਮਾਣਕੁ ਨਿਰਮੋਲੁ ਹੈ ਰਾਮ ਨਾਮਿ ਪਤਿ ਪਾਇ ॥

man maanak niramol hai raam naam pat paae |

The jewel of the mind is priceless; through the Name of the Lord, honor is obtained.

ਮਿਲਿ ਸਤਸੰਗਤਿ ਹਰਿ ਪਾਈਐ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਹਰਿ ਲਿਵ ਲਾਇ ॥

mil satasangat har paaeeai guramukh har liv laae |

Join the Sat Sangat, the True Congregation, and find the Lord. The Gurmukh embraces love for the Lord.

ਆਪੁ ਗਇਆ ਸੁਖੁ ਪਾਇਆ ਮਿਲਿ ਸਲਲੈ ਸਲਲ ਸਮਾਇ ॥੨॥

aap geaa sukh paaeaa mil salalai salal samaae |2|

Give up your selfishness, and you shall find peace; like water mingling with water, you shall merge in absorption. ||2||

ਜਿਨਿ ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਨ ਚੇਤਿਓ ਸੁ ਅਉਗੁਣਿ ਆਵੈ ਜਾਇ ॥

jin har har naam na chetio su aaugun aavai jaae |

Those who have not contemplated the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, are unworthy; they come and go in reincarnation.

ਜਿਸੁ ਸਤਗੁਰੁ ਪੁਰਖੁ ਨ ਭੇਟਿਓ ਸੁ ਭਉਜਲਿ ਪਚੈ ਪਚਾਇ ॥

jis satagur purakh na bhettio su bhaujal pachai pachaae |

One who has not met with the True Guru, the Primal Being, is bothered and bewildered in the terrifying world-ocean.

ਇਹੁ ਮਾਣਕੁ ਜੀਉ ਨਿਰਮੋਲੁ ਹੈ ਇਉ ਕਉਡੀ ਬਦਲੈ ਜਾਇ ॥੩॥

eihu maanak jeeo niramol hai iau kauddee badalai jaae |3|

This jewel of the soul is priceless, and yet it is being squandered like this, in exchange for a mere shell. ||3||

ਜਿੰਨਾ ਸਤਗੁਰੁ ਰਸਿ ਮਿਲੈ ਸੇ ਪੂਰੇ ਪੁਰਖ ਸੁਜਾਣ ॥

jinaa satagur ras milai se poore purakh sujaan |

Those who joyfully meet with the True Guru are perfectly fulfilled and wise.

ਗੁਰ ਮਿਲਿ ਭਉਜਲੁ ਲੰਘੀਐ ਦਰਗਹ ਪਤਿ ਪਰਵਾਣੁ ॥

gur mil bhaujal langheeai daragah pat paravaan |

Meeting with the Guru, they cross over the terrifying world-ocean. In the Court of the Lord, they are honored and approved.

ਨਾਨਕ ਤੇ ਮੁਖ ਉਜਲੇ ਧੁਨਿ ਉਪਜੈ ਸਬਦੁ ਨੀਸਾਣੁ ॥੪॥੨੨॥

naanak te mukh ujale dhun upajai sabad neesaan |4|22|

O Nanak, their faces are radiant; the Music of the Shabad, the Word of God, wells up within them. ||4||22||