ਸਿਰੀਰਾਗੁ ਮਹਲਾ ੩ ॥

sireeraag mahalaa 3 |

Siree Raag, Third Mehl:

ਜਾ ਪਿਰੁ ਜਾਣੈ ਆਪਣਾ ਤਨੁ ਮਨੁ ਅਗੈ ਧਰੇਇ ॥

jaa pir jaanai aapanaa tan man agai dharee |

If you know that He is your Husband Lord, offer your body and mind to Him.

ਸੋਹਾਗਣੀ ਕਰਮ ਕਮਾਵਦੀਆ ਸੇਈ ਕਰਮ ਕਰੇਇ ॥

sohaaganee karam kamaavadeea seee karam karee |

Behave like the happy and pure soul-bride.

ਸਹਜੇ ਸਾਚਿ ਮਿਲਾਵੜਾ ਸਾਚੁ ਵਡਾਈ ਦੇਇ ॥੧॥

sahaje saach milaavarraa saach vaddaaee dee |1|

With intuitive ease, you shall merge with the True Lord, and He shall bless you with true greatness. ||1||

ਭਾਈ ਰੇ ਗੁਰ ਬਿਨੁ ਭਗਤਿ ਨ ਹੋਇ ॥

bhaaee re gur bin bhagat na hoe |

O Siblings of Destiny, without the Guru, there is no devotional worship.

ਬਿਨੁ ਗੁਰ ਭਗਤਿ ਨ ਪਾਈਐ ਜੇ ਲੋਚੈ ਸਭੁ ਕੋਇ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

bin gur bhagat na paaeeai je lochai sabh koe |1| rahaau |

Without the Guru, devotion is not obtained, even though everyone may long for it. ||1||Pause||

ਲਖ ਚਉਰਾਸੀਹ ਫੇਰੁ ਪਇਆ ਕਾਮਣਿ ਦੂਜੈ ਭਾਇ ॥

lakh chauraaseeh fer peaa kaaman doojai bhaae |

The soul-bride in love with duality goes around the wheel of reincarnation, through 8.4 million incarnations.

ਬਿਨੁ ਗੁਰ ਨੀਦ ਨ ਆਵਈ ਦੁਖੀ ਰੈਣਿ ਵਿਹਾਇ ॥

bin gur need na aavee dukhee rain vihaae |

Without the Guru, she finds no sleep, and she passes her life-night in pain.

ਬਿਨੁ ਸਬਦੈ ਪਿਰੁ ਨ ਪਾਈਐ ਬਿਰਥਾ ਜਨਮੁ ਗਵਾਇ ॥੨॥

bin sabadai pir na paaeeai birathaa janam gavaae |2|

Without the Shabad, she does not find her Husband Lord, and her life wastes away in vain. ||2||

ਹਉ ਹਉ ਕਰਤੀ ਜਗੁ ਫਿਰੀ ਨਾ ਧਨੁ ਸੰਪੈ ਨਾਲਿ ॥

hau hau karatee jag firee naa dhan sanpai naal |

Practicing egotism, selfishness and conceit, she wanders around the world, but her wealth and property will not go with her.

ਅੰਧੀ ਨਾਮੁ ਨ ਚੇਤਈ ਸਭ ਬਾਧੀ ਜਮਕਾਲਿ ॥

andhee naam na chetee sabh baadhee jamakaal |

The spiritually blind do not even think of the Naam; they are all bound and gagged by the Messenger of Death.

ਸਤਗੁਰਿ ਮਿਲਿਐ ਧਨੁ ਪਾਇਆ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮਾ ਰਿਦੈ ਸਮਾਲਿ ॥੩॥

satagur miliai dhan paaeaa har naamaa ridai samaal |3|

Meeting the True Guru, the wealth is obtained, contemplating the Name of the Lord in the heart. ||3||

ਨਾਮਿ ਰਤੇ ਸੇ ਨਿਰਮਲੇ ਗੁਰ ਕੈ ਸਹਜਿ ਸੁਭਾਇ ॥

naam rate se niramale gur kai sehaj subhaae |

Those who are attuned to the Naam are immaculate and pure; through the Guru, they obtain intuitive peace and poise.

ਮਨੁ ਤਨੁ ਰਾਤਾ ਰੰਗ ਸਿਉ ਰਸਨਾ ਰਸਨ ਰਸਾਇ ॥

man tan raataa rang siau rasanaa rasan rasaae |

Their minds and bodies are dyed in the Color of the Lord's Love, and their tongues savor His Sublime Essence.

ਨਾਨਕ ਰੰਗੁ ਨ ਉਤਰੈ ਜੋ ਹਰਿ ਧੁਰਿ ਛੋਡਿਆ ਲਾਇ ॥੪॥੧੪॥੪੭॥

naanak rang na utarai jo har dhur chhoddiaa laae |4|14|47|

O Nanak, that Primal Color which the Lord has applied, shall never fade away. ||4||14||47||