ਮਃ ੧ ॥

mahalaa 1 |

First Mehl:

ਲਿਖਿ ਲਿਖਿ ਪੜਿਆ ॥ ਤੇਤਾ ਕੜਿਆ ॥

likh likh parriaa | tetaa karriaa |

The more one write and reads, the more one burns.

ਬਹੁ ਤੀਰਥ ਭਵਿਆ ॥ ਤੇਤੋ ਲਵਿਆ ॥

bahu teerath bhaviaa | teto laviaa |

The more one wanders at sacred shrines of pilgrimage, the more one talks uselessly.

ਬਹੁ ਭੇਖ ਕੀਆ ਦੇਹੀ ਦੁਖੁ ਦੀਆ ॥

bahu bhekh keea dehee dukh deea |

The more one wears religious robes, the more pain he causes his body.

ਸਹੁ ਵੇ ਜੀਆ ਅਪਣਾ ਕੀਆ ॥

sahu ve jeea apanaa keea |

O my soul, you must endure the consequences of your own actions.

ਅੰਨੁ ਨ ਖਾਇਆ ਸਾਦੁ ਗਵਾਇਆ ॥

an na khaaeaa saad gavaaeaa |

One who does not eat the corn, misses out on the taste.

ਬਹੁ ਦੁਖੁ ਪਾਇਆ ਦੂਜਾ ਭਾਇਆ ॥

bahu dukh paaeaa doojaa bhaaeaa |

One obtains great pain, in the love of duality.

ਬਸਤ੍ਰ ਨ ਪਹਿਰੈ ॥ ਅਹਿਨਿਸਿ ਕਹਰੈ ॥

basatr na pahirai | ahinis kaharai |

One who does not wear any clothes, suffers night and day.

ਮੋਨਿ ਵਿਗੂਤਾ ॥ ਕਿਉ ਜਾਗੈ ਗੁਰ ਬਿਨੁ ਸੂਤਾ ॥

mon vigootaa | kiau jaagai gur bin sootaa |

Through silence, he is ruined. How can the sleeping one be awakened without the Guru?

ਪਗ ਉਪੇਤਾਣਾ ॥ ਅਪਣਾ ਕੀਆ ਕਮਾਣਾ ॥

pag upetaanaa | apanaa keea kamaanaa |

One who goes barefoot suffers by his own actions.

ਅਲੁ ਮਲੁ ਖਾਈ ਸਿਰਿ ਛਾਈ ਪਾਈ ॥

al mal khaaee sir chhaaee paaee |

One who eats filth and throws ashes on his head

ਮੂਰਖਿ ਅੰਧੈ ਪਤਿ ਗਵਾਈ ॥

moorakh andhai pat gavaaee |

the blind fool loses his honor.

ਵਿਣੁ ਨਾਵੈ ਕਿਛੁ ਥਾਇ ਨ ਪਾਈ ॥

vin naavai kichh thaae na paaee |

Without the Name, nothing is of any use.

ਰਹੈ ਬੇਬਾਣੀ ਮੜੀ ਮਸਾਣੀ ॥

rahai bebaanee marree masaanee |

One who lives in the wilderness, in cemetaries and cremation grounds

ਅੰਧੁ ਨ ਜਾਣੈ ਫਿਰਿ ਪਛੁਤਾਣੀ ॥

andh na jaanai fir pachhutaanee |

- that blind man does not know the Lord; he regrets and repents in the end.

ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਭੇਟੇ ਸੋ ਸੁਖੁ ਪਾਏ ॥

satigur bhette so sukh paae |

One who meets the True Guru finds peace.

ਹਰਿ ਕਾ ਨਾਮੁ ਮੰਨਿ ਵਸਾਏ ॥

har kaa naam man vasaae |

He enshrines the Name of the Lord in his mind.

ਨਾਨਕ ਨਦਰਿ ਕਰੇ ਸੋ ਪਾਏ ॥

naanak nadar kare so paae |

O Nanak, when the Lord grants His Grace, He is obtained.

ਆਸ ਅੰਦੇਸੇ ਤੇ ਨਿਹਕੇਵਲੁ ਹਉਮੈ ਸਬਦਿ ਜਲਾਏ ॥੨॥

aas andese te nihakeval haumai sabad jalaae |2|

He becomes free of hope and fear, and burns away his ego with the Word of the Shabad. ||2||