ਦਾਦਰ ਸਰੋਜ ਬਾਸ ਬਾਵਨ ਮਰਾਲ ਬਗ ਪਾਰਸ ਬਖਾਨ ਬਿਖੁ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਸੰਜੋਗ ਹੈ ।

daadar saroj baas baavan maraal bag paaras bakhaan bikh amrit sanjog hai |

A frog and lotus flower, a bamboo and sandalwood tree, a crane and a swan, an ordinary stone and a philosopher-stone, nectar and poison may come together, yet do not adopt each other's characteristics.

ਮ੍ਰਿਗ ਮ੍ਰਿਗਮਦ ਅਹਿ ਮਨਿ ਮਧੁ ਮਾਖੀ ਸਾਖੀ ਬਾਝ ਬਧੂ ਨਾਹ ਨੇਹ ਨਿਹਫਲ ਭੋਗ ਹੈ ।

mrig mrigamad eh man madh maakhee saakhee baajh badhoo naah neh nihafal bhog hai |

Deer has musk in its naval, a cobra has a pearl in its hood, a bee lives with honey, a sterile woman gets to meet with her husband with love but all in vain.

ਦਿਨਕਰ ਜੋਤਿ ਉਲੂ ਬਰਖੈ ਸਮੈ ਜਵਾਸੋ ਅਸਨ ਬਸਨ ਜੈਸੇ ਬ੍ਰਿਥਾਵੰਤ ਰੋਗ ਹੈ ।

dinakar jot uloo barakhai samai javaaso asan basan jaise brithaavant rog hai |

Just as Sun's light for an owl, rain for a wild herb (javran-alhogi maunosum) and clothes and food for a patient are like disease.

ਤੈਸੇ ਗੁਰਮਤਿ ਬੀਜ ਜਮਤ ਨ ਕਾਲਰ ਮੈ ਅੰਕੁਰ ਉਦੋਤ ਹੋਤ ਨਾਹਿਨ ਬਿਓਗ ਹੈ ।੨੯੯।

taise guramat beej jamat na kaalar mai ankur udot hot naahin biog hai |299|

Similarly sullied and vice-ridden hearts cannot be fertile to the seeds of Guru's sermons and teachings. It just does not sprout. Such a person remains separated from his God. (299)