ਧਨਾਸਰੀ ਛੰਤ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥
dhanaasaree chhant mahalaa 1 |
Dhanaasaree, Chhant, First Mehl:
ਪਿਰ ਸੰਗਿ ਮੂਠੜੀਏ ਖਬਰਿ ਨ ਪਾਈਆ ਜੀਉ ॥
pir sang moottharree khabar na paaeea jeeo |
Your Husband Lord is with you, O deluded soul-bride, but you do are not aware of Him.
ਮਸਤਕਿ ਲਿਖਿਅੜਾ ਲੇਖੁ ਪੁਰਬਿ ਕਮਾਇਆ ਜੀਉ ॥
masatak likhiarraa lekh purab kamaaeaa jeeo |
Your destiny is written on your forehead, according to your past actions.
ਲੇਖੁ ਨ ਮਿਟਈ ਪੁਰਬਿ ਕਮਾਇਆ ਕਿਆ ਜਾਣਾ ਕਿਆ ਹੋਸੀ ॥
lekh na mittee purab kamaaeaa kiaa jaanaa kiaa hosee |
This inscription of past deeds cannot be erased; what do I know about what will happen?
ਗੁਣੀ ਅਚਾਰਿ ਨਹੀ ਰੰਗਿ ਰਾਤੀ ਅਵਗੁਣ ਬਹਿ ਬਹਿ ਰੋਸੀ ॥
gunee achaar nahee rang raatee avagun beh beh rosee |
You have not adopted a virtuous lifestyle, and you are not attuned to the Lord's Love; you sit there, crying over your past misdeeds.
ਧਨੁ ਜੋਬਨੁ ਆਕ ਕੀ ਛਾਇਆ ਬਿਰਧਿ ਭਏ ਦਿਨ ਪੁੰਨਿਆ ॥
dhan joban aak kee chhaaeaa biradh bhe din puniaa |
Wealth and youth are like the shade of the bitter swallow-wort plant; you are growing old, and your days are coming to their end.
ਨਾਨਕ ਨਾਮ ਬਿਨਾ ਦੋਹਾਗਣਿ ਛੂਟੀ ਝੂਠਿ ਵਿਛੁੰਨਿਆ ॥੧॥
naanak naam binaa dohaagan chhoottee jhootth vichhuniaa |1|
O Nanak, without the Naam, the Name of the Lord, you shall end up as a discarded, divorced bride; your own falsehood shall separate you from the Lord. ||1||
ਬੂਡੀ ਘਰੁ ਘਾਲਿਓ ਗੁਰ ਕੈ ਭਾਇ ਚਲੋ ॥
booddee ghar ghaalio gur kai bhaae chalo |
You have drowned, and your house is ruined; walk in the Way of the Guru's Will.
ਸਾਚਾ ਨਾਮੁ ਧਿਆਇ ਪਾਵਹਿ ਸੁਖਿ ਮਹਲੋ ॥
saachaa naam dhiaae paaveh sukh mahalo |
Meditate on the True Name, and you shall find peace in the Mansion of the Lord's Presence.
ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਧਿਆਏ ਤਾ ਸੁਖੁ ਪਾਏ ਪੇਈਅੜੈ ਦਿਨ ਚਾਰੇ ॥
har naam dhiaae taa sukh paae peeearrai din chaare |
Meditate on the Lord's Name, and you shall find peace; your stay in this world shall last only four days.
ਨਿਜ ਘਰਿ ਜਾਇ ਬਹੈ ਸਚੁ ਪਾਏ ਅਨਦਿਨੁ ਨਾਲਿ ਪਿਆਰੇ ॥
nij ghar jaae bahai sach paae anadin naal piaare |
Sit in the home of your own being, and you shall find Truth; night and day, be with your Beloved.
ਵਿਣੁ ਭਗਤੀ ਘਰਿ ਵਾਸੁ ਨ ਹੋਵੀ ਸੁਣਿਅਹੁ ਲੋਕ ਸਬਾਏ ॥
vin bhagatee ghar vaas na hovee suniahu lok sabaae |
Without loving devotion, you cannot dwell in your own home - listen, everyone!
ਨਾਨਕ ਸਰਸੀ ਤਾ ਪਿਰੁ ਪਾਏ ਰਾਤੀ ਸਾਚੈ ਨਾਏ ॥੨॥
naanak sarasee taa pir paae raatee saachai naae |2|
O Nanak, she is happy, and she obtains her Husband Lord, if she is attuned to the True Name. ||2||
ਪਿਰੁ ਧਨ ਭਾਵੈ ਤਾ ਪਿਰ ਭਾਵੈ ਨਾਰੀ ਜੀਉ ॥
pir dhan bhaavai taa pir bhaavai naaree jeeo |
If the soul-bride is pleasing to her Husband Lord, then the Husband Lord will love His bride.
ਰੰਗਿ ਪ੍ਰੀਤਮ ਰਾਤੀ ਗੁਰ ਕੈ ਸਬਦਿ ਵੀਚਾਰੀ ਜੀਉ ॥
rang preetam raatee gur kai sabad veechaaree jeeo |
Imbued with the love of her Beloved, she contemplates the Word of the Guru's Shabad.
ਗੁਰ ਸਬਦਿ ਵੀਚਾਰੀ ਨਾਹ ਪਿਆਰੀ ਨਿਵਿ ਨਿਵਿ ਭਗਤਿ ਕਰੇਈ ॥
gur sabad veechaaree naah piaaree niv niv bhagat kareee |
She contemplates the Guru's Shabads, and her Husband Lord loves her; in deep humility, she worships Him in loving devotion.
ਮਾਇਆ ਮੋਹੁ ਜਲਾਏ ਪ੍ਰੀਤਮੁ ਰਸ ਮਹਿ ਰੰਗੁ ਕਰੇਈ ॥
maaeaa mohu jalaae preetam ras meh rang kareee |
She burns away her emotional attachment to Maya, and in love, she loves her Beloved.
ਪ੍ਰਭ ਸਾਚੇ ਸੇਤੀ ਰੰਗਿ ਰੰਗੇਤੀ ਲਾਲ ਭਈ ਮਨੁ ਮਾਰੀ ॥
prabh saache setee rang rangetee laal bhee man maaree |
She is imbued and drenched with the Love of the True Lord; she has become beautiful, by conquering her mind.
ਨਾਨਕ ਸਾਚਿ ਵਸੀ ਸੋਹਾਗਣਿ ਪਿਰ ਸਿਉ ਪ੍ਰੀਤਿ ਪਿਆਰੀ ॥੩॥
naanak saach vasee sohaagan pir siau preet piaaree |3|
O Nanak, the happy soul-bride abides in Truth; she loves to love her Husband Lord. ||3||
ਪਿਰ ਘਰਿ ਸੋਹੈ ਨਾਰਿ ਜੇ ਪਿਰ ਭਾਵਏ ਜੀਉ ॥
pir ghar sohai naar je pir bhaave jeeo |
The soul-bride looks so beautiful in the home of her Husband Lord, if she is pleasing to Him.
ਝੂਠੇ ਵੈਣ ਚਵੇ ਕਾਮਿ ਨ ਆਵਏ ਜੀਉ ॥
jhootthe vain chave kaam na aave jeeo |
It is of no use at all to speak false words.
ਝੂਠੁ ਅਲਾਵੈ ਕਾਮਿ ਨ ਆਵੈ ਨਾ ਪਿਰੁ ਦੇਖੈ ਨੈਣੀ ॥
jhootth alaavai kaam na aavai naa pir dekhai nainee |
If she speaks false, it is of no use to her, and she does not see her Husband Lord with her eyes.
ਅਵਗੁਣਿਆਰੀ ਕੰਤਿ ਵਿਸਾਰੀ ਛੂਟੀ ਵਿਧਣ ਰੈਣੀ ॥
avaguniaaree kant visaaree chhoottee vidhan rainee |
Worthless, forgotten and abandoned by her Husband Lord, she passes her life-night without her Lord and Master.
ਗੁਰਸਬਦੁ ਨ ਮਾਨੈ ਫਾਹੀ ਫਾਥੀ ਸਾ ਧਨ ਮਹਲੁ ਨ ਪਾਏ ॥
gurasabad na maanai faahee faathee saa dhan mehal na paae |
Such a wife does not believe in the Word of the Guru's Shabad; she is caught in the net of the world, and does not obtain the Mansion of the Lord's Presence.
ਨਾਨਕ ਆਪੇ ਆਪੁ ਪਛਾਣੈ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਸਹਜਿ ਸਮਾਏ ॥੪॥
naanak aape aap pachhaanai guramukh sehaj samaae |4|
O Nanak, if she understands her own self, then, as Gurmukh, she merges in celestial peace. ||4||
ਧਨ ਸੋਹਾਗਣਿ ਨਾਰਿ ਜਿਨਿ ਪਿਰੁ ਜਾਣਿਆ ਜੀਉ ॥
dhan sohaagan naar jin pir jaaniaa jeeo |
Blessed is that soul-bride, who knows her Husband Lord.
ਨਾਮ ਬਿਨਾ ਕੂੜਿਆਰਿ ਕੂੜੁ ਕਮਾਣਿਆ ਜੀਉ ॥
naam binaa koorriaar koorr kamaaniaa jeeo |
Without the Naam, she is false, and her actions are false as well.
ਹਰਿ ਭਗਤਿ ਸੁਹਾਵੀ ਸਾਚੇ ਭਾਵੀ ਭਾਇ ਭਗਤਿ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਰਾਤੀ ॥
har bhagat suhaavee saache bhaavee bhaae bhagat prabh raatee |
Devotional worship of the Lord is beautiful; the True Lord loves it. So immerse yourself in loving devotional worship of God.
ਪਿਰੁ ਰਲੀਆਲਾ ਜੋਬਨਿ ਬਾਲਾ ਤਿਸੁ ਰਾਵੇ ਰੰਗਿ ਰਾਤੀ ॥
pir raleeaalaa joban baalaa tis raave rang raatee |
My Husband Lord is playful and innocent; imbued with His Love, I enjoy Him.
ਗੁਰ ਸਬਦਿ ਵਿਗਾਸੀ ਸਹੁ ਰਾਵਾਸੀ ਫਲੁ ਪਾਇਆ ਗੁਣਕਾਰੀ ॥
gur sabad vigaasee sahu raavaasee fal paaeaa gunakaaree |
She blossoms forth through the Word of the Guru's Shabad; she ravishes her Husband Lord, and obtains the most noble reward.
ਨਾਨਕ ਸਾਚੁ ਮਿਲੈ ਵਡਿਆਈ ਪਿਰ ਘਰਿ ਸੋਹੈ ਨਾਰੀ ॥੫॥੩॥
naanak saach milai vaddiaaee pir ghar sohai naaree |5|3|
O Nanak, in Truth, she obtains glory; in her Husband's home, the soul-bride looks beautiful. ||5||3||