ਰਾਮਕਲੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੪ ਘਰੁ ੧ ॥

raamakalee mahalaa 4 ghar 1 |

Raamkalee, Fourth Mehl, First House:

ੴ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥

ik oankaar satigur prasaad |

One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

ਜੇ ਵਡਭਾਗ ਹੋਵਹਿ ਵਡਭਾਗੀ ਤਾ ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਧਿਆਵੈ ॥

je vaddabhaag hoveh vaddabhaagee taa har har naam dhiaavai |

If someone is very fortunate, and is blessed with great high destiny, then he meditates on the Name of the Lord, Har, Har.

ਨਾਮੁ ਜਪਤ ਨਾਮੇ ਸੁਖੁ ਪਾਵੈ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੇ ਨਾਮਿ ਸਮਾਵੈ ॥੧॥

naam japat naame sukh paavai har naame naam samaavai |1|

Chanting the Naam, the Name of the Lord, he finds peace, and merges in the Naam. ||1||

ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਭਗਤਿ ਕਰਹੁ ਸਦ ਪ੍ਰਾਣੀ ॥

guramukh bhagat karahu sad praanee |

O mortal, as Gurmukh, worship the Lord in devotion forever.

ਹਿਰਦੈ ਪ੍ਰਗਾਸੁ ਹੋਵੈ ਲਿਵ ਲਾਗੈ ਗੁਰਮਤਿ ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮਿ ਸਮਾਣੀ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

hiradai pragaas hovai liv laagai guramat har har naam samaanee |1| rahaau |

Your heart shall be illumined; through the Guru's Teachings, lovingly attune yourself to the Lord. You shall merge in the Name of the Lord, Har, Har. ||1||Pause||

ਹੀਰਾ ਰਤਨ ਜਵੇਹਰ ਮਾਣਕ ਬਹੁ ਸਾਗਰ ਭਰਪੂਰੁ ਕੀਆ ॥

heeraa ratan javehar maanak bahu saagar bharapoor keea |

The Great Giver is filled with diamonds, emeralds, rubies and pearls;

ਜਿਸੁ ਵਡਭਾਗੁ ਹੋਵੈ ਵਡ ਮਸਤਕਿ ਤਿਨਿ ਗੁਰਮਤਿ ਕਢਿ ਕਢਿ ਲੀਆ ॥੨॥

jis vaddabhaag hovai vadd masatak tin guramat kadt kadt leea |2|

one who has good fortune and great destiny inscribed upon his forehead, digs them out, by following the Guru's Teachings. ||2||

ਰਤਨੁ ਜਵੇਹਰੁ ਲਾਲੁ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮਾ ਗੁਰਿ ਕਾਢਿ ਤਲੀ ਦਿਖਲਾਇਆ ॥

ratan javehar laal har naamaa gur kaadt talee dikhalaaeaa |

The Lord's Name is the jewel, the emerald, the ruby; digging it out, the Guru has placed it in your palm.

ਭਾਗਹੀਣ ਮਨਮੁਖਿ ਨਹੀ ਲੀਆ ਤ੍ਰਿਣ ਓਲੈ ਲਾਖੁ ਛਪਾਇਆ ॥੩॥

bhaagaheen manamukh nahee leea trin olai laakh chhapaaeaa |3|

The unfortunate, self-willed manmukh does not obtain it; this priceless jewel remains hidden behind a curtain of straw. ||3||

ਮਸਤਕਿ ਭਾਗੁ ਹੋਵੈ ਧੁਰਿ ਲਿਖਿਆ ਤਾ ਸਤਗੁਰੁ ਸੇਵਾ ਲਾਏ ॥

masatak bhaag hovai dhur likhiaa taa satagur sevaa laae |

If such pre-ordained destiny is written upon one's forehead, then the True Guru enjoins him to serve Him.

ਨਾਨਕ ਰਤਨ ਜਵੇਹਰ ਪਾਵੈ ਧਨੁ ਧਨੁ ਗੁਰਮਤਿ ਹਰਿ ਪਾਏ ॥੪॥੧॥

naanak ratan javehar paavai dhan dhan guramat har paae |4|1|

O Nanak, then he obtains the jewel, the gem; blessed, blessed is that one who follows the Guru's Teachings, and finds the Lord. ||4||1||