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ਗਉੜੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ॥

gaurree mahalaa 5 |

Gauree, Fifth Mehl:

ਖਾਦਾ ਪੈਨਦਾ ਮੂਕਰਿ ਪਾਇ ॥

khaadaa painadaa mookar paae |

They eat and wear what they are given, but still, they deny the Lord.

ਤਿਸ ਨੋ ਜੋਹਹਿ ਦੂਤ ਧਰਮ ਰਾਇ ॥੧॥

tis no joheh doot dharam raae |1|

The messengers of the Righteous Judge of Dharma shall hunt them down. ||1||

ਤਿਸੁ ਸਿਉ ਬੇਮੁਖੁ ਜਿਨਿ ਜੀਉ ਪਿੰਡੁ ਦੀਨਾ ॥

tis siau bemukh jin jeeo pindd deenaa |

They are unfaithful to the One, who has given them body and soul.

ਕੋਟਿ ਜਨਮ ਭਰਮਹਿ ਬਹੁ ਜੂਨਾ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

kott janam bharameh bahu joonaa |1| rahaau |

Through millions of incarnations, for so many lifetimes, they wander lost. ||1||Pause||

ਸਾਕਤ ਕੀ ਐਸੀ ਹੈ ਰੀਤਿ ॥

saakat kee aisee hai reet |

Such is the lifestyle of the faithless cynics;

ਜੋ ਕਿਛੁ ਕਰੈ ਸਗਲ ਬਿਪਰੀਤਿ ॥੨॥

jo kichh karai sagal bipareet |2|

everything they do is evil. ||2||

ਜੀਉ ਪ੍ਰਾਣ ਜਿਨਿ ਮਨੁ ਤਨੁ ਧਾਰਿਆ ॥

jeeo praan jin man tan dhaariaa |

Within their minds, they have forgotten that Lord and Master,

ਸੋਈ ਠਾਕੁਰੁ ਮਨਹੁ ਬਿਸਾਰਿਆ ॥੩॥

soee tthaakur manahu bisaariaa |3|

Who created the soul, breath of life, mind and body. ||3||

ਬਧੇ ਬਿਕਾਰ ਲਿਖੇ ਬਹੁ ਕਾਗਰ ॥

badhe bikaar likhe bahu kaagar |

Their wickedness and corruption have increased - they are recorded in volumes of books.

ਨਾਨਕ ਉਧਰੁ ਕ੍ਰਿਪਾ ਸੁਖ ਸਾਗਰ ॥੪॥

naanak udhar kripaa sukh saagar |4|

O Nanak, they are saved only by the Mercy of God, the Ocean of peace. ||4||

ਪਾਰਬ੍ਰਹਮ ਤੇਰੀ ਸਰਣਾਇ ॥

paarabraham teree saranaae |

O Supreme Lord God, I have come to Your Sanctuary.

ਬੰਧਨ ਕਾਟਿ ਤਰੈ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਇ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ਦੂਜਾ ॥੭੮॥੧੪੭॥

bandhan kaatt tarai har naae |1| rahaau doojaa |78|147|

Break my bonds, and carry me across, with the Lord's Name. ||1||Second Pause||78||147||