ਸਿਰੀਰਾਗੁ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ॥

sireeraag mahalaa 5 |

Siree Raag, Fifth Mehl:

ਮਨਿ ਬਿਲਾਸੁ ਬਹੁ ਰੰਗੁ ਘਣਾ ਦ੍ਰਿਸਟਿ ਭੂਲਿ ਖੁਸੀਆ ॥

man bilaas bahu rang ghanaa drisatt bhool khuseea |

With the mind caught up in playful pleasures, involved in all sorts of amusements and sights that stagger the eyes, people are led astray.

ਛਤ੍ਰਧਾਰ ਬਾਦਿਸਾਹੀਆ ਵਿਚਿ ਸਹਸੇ ਪਰੀਆ ॥੧॥

chhatradhaar baadisaaheea vich sahase pareea |1|

The emperors sitting on their thrones are consumed by anxiety. ||1||

ਭਾਈ ਰੇ ਸੁਖੁ ਸਾਧਸੰਗਿ ਪਾਇਆ ॥

bhaaee re sukh saadhasang paaeaa |

O Siblings of Destiny, peace is found in the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy.

ਲਿਖਿਆ ਲੇਖੁ ਤਿਨਿ ਪੁਰਖਿ ਬਿਧਾਤੈ ਦੁਖੁ ਸਹਸਾ ਮਿਟਿ ਗਇਆ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

likhiaa lekh tin purakh bidhaatai dukh sahasaa mitt geaa |1| rahaau |

If the Supreme Lord, the Architect of Destiny, writes such an order, then anguish and anxiety are erased. ||1||Pause||

ਜੇਤੇ ਥਾਨ ਥਨੰਤਰਾ ਤੇਤੇ ਭਵਿ ਆਇਆ ॥

jete thaan thanantaraa tete bhav aaeaa |

There are so many places-I have wandered through them all.

ਧਨ ਪਾਤੀ ਵਡ ਭੂਮੀਆ ਮੇਰੀ ਮੇਰੀ ਕਰਿ ਪਰਿਆ ॥੨॥

dhan paatee vadd bhoomeea meree meree kar pariaa |2|

The masters of wealth and the great land-lords have fallen, crying out, "This is mine! This is mine!" ||2||

ਹੁਕਮੁ ਚਲਾਏ ਨਿਸੰਗ ਹੋਇ ਵਰਤੈ ਅਫਰਿਆ ॥

hukam chalaae nisang hoe varatai afariaa |

They issue their commands fearlessly, and act in pride.

ਸਭੁ ਕੋ ਵਸਗਤਿ ਕਰਿ ਲਇਓਨੁ ਬਿਨੁ ਨਾਵੈ ਖਾਕੁ ਰਲਿਆ ॥੩॥

sabh ko vasagat kar leon bin naavai khaak raliaa |3|

They subdue all under their command, but without the Name, they are reduced to dust. ||3||

ਕੋਟਿ ਤੇਤੀਸ ਸੇਵਕਾ ਸਿਧ ਸਾਧਿਕ ਦਰਿ ਖਰਿਆ ॥

kott tetees sevakaa sidh saadhik dar khariaa |

Even those who are served by the 33 million angelic beings, at whose door the Siddhas and the Saadhus stand,

ਗਿਰੰਬਾਰੀ ਵਡ ਸਾਹਬੀ ਸਭੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਸੁਪਨੁ ਥੀਆ ॥੪॥੨॥੭੨॥

giranbaaree vadd saahabee sabh naanak supan theea |4|2|72|

who live in wondrous affluence and rule over mountains, oceans and vast dominions-O Nanak, in the end, all this vanishes like a dream! ||4||2||72||