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paurree 16

ਘੰਟੁ ਘੜਾਇਆ ਚੂਹਿਆਂ ਗਲਿ ਬਿਲੀ ਪਾਈਐ ।

ghantt gharraaeaa choohiaan gal bilee paaeeai |

Rats got a bell made so that it could be hung from the neck of the cat (but it could not materialise).

ਮਤਾ ਮਤਾਇਆ ਮਖੀਆਂ ਘਿਅ ਅੰਦਰਿ ਨਾਈਐ ।

mataa mataaeaa makheean ghia andar naaeeai |

The flies thought of taking bath in ghee (but all got killed).

ਸੂਤਕੁ ਲਹੈ ਨ ਕੀੜਿਆਂ ਕਿਉ ਝਥੁ ਲੰਘਾਈਐ ।

sootak lahai na keerriaan kiau jhath langhaaeeai |

The defilement of worms and moth never ends then how should they spend their time!

ਸਾਵਣਿ ਰਹਣ ਭੰਬੀਰੀਆਂ ਜੇ ਪਾਰਿ ਵਸਾਈਐ ।

saavan rehan bhanbeereean je paar vasaaeeai |

Insects keep hovering over water surfaces in Silvan (rainy month) howsoever one might try to drive them away.

ਕੂੰਜੜੀਆਂ ਵੈਸਾਖ ਵਿਚਿ ਜਿਉ ਜੂਹ ਪਰਾਈਐ ।

koonjarreean vaisaakh vich jiau jooh paraaeeai |

As in the month of Vaisakh migratory heron birds fly over foreign lands.

ਵਿਣੁ ਗੁਰ ਮੁਕਤਿ ਨ ਹੋਵਈ ਫਿਰਿ ਆਈਐ ਜਾਈਐ ।੧੬।

vin gur mukat na hovee fir aaeeai jaaeeai |16|

Man without the Guru is not liberated and suffers transmigration.