ੴ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥

ik oankaar satigur prasaad |

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

ਰਾਗੁ ਆਸਾ ਘਰੁ ੮ ਕੇ ਕਾਫੀ₂ ਮਹਲਾ ੪ ॥

raag aasaa ghar 8 ke kaafee₂ mahalaa 4 |

Raag Aasaa, Eighth House, Kaafee, Fourth Mehl:

ਆਇਆ ਮਰਣੁ ਧੁਰਾਹੁ ਹਉਮੈ ਰੋਈਐ ॥

aaeaa maran dhuraahu haumai roeeai |

Death is ordained from the very beginning, and yet ego makes us cry.

ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਧਿਆਇ ਅਸਥਿਰੁ ਹੋਈਐ ॥੧॥

guramukh naam dhiaae asathir hoeeai |1|

Meditating on the Naam, as Gurmukh, one becomes stable and steady. ||1||

ਗੁਰ ਪੂਰੇ ਸਾਬਾਸਿ ਚਲਣੁ ਜਾਣਿਆ ॥

gur poore saabaas chalan jaaniaa |

Blessed is the Perfect Guru, through whom the way of Death is known.

ਲਾਹਾ ਨਾਮੁ ਸੁ ਸਾਰੁ ਸਬਦਿ ਸਮਾਣਿਆ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

laahaa naam su saar sabad samaaniaa |1| rahaau |

The sublime people earn the profit of the Naam, the Name of the Lord; they are absorbed in the Word of the Shabad. ||1||Pause||

ਪੂਰਬਿ ਲਿਖੇ ਡੇਹ ਸਿ ਆਏ ਮਾਇਆ ॥

poorab likhe ddeh si aae maaeaa |

The days of one's life are pre-ordained; they will come to their end, O mother.

ਚਲਣੁ ਅਜੁ ਕਿ ਕਲੑਿ ਧੁਰਹੁ ਫੁਰਮਾਇਆ ॥੨॥

chalan aj ki kala dhurahu furamaaeaa |2|

One must depart, today or tomorrow, according to the Lord's Primal Order. ||2||

ਬਿਰਥਾ ਜਨਮੁ ਤਿਨਾ ਜਿਨੑੀ ਨਾਮੁ ਵਿਸਾਰਿਆ ॥

birathaa janam tinaa jinaee naam visaariaa |

Useless are the lives of those, who have forgotten the Naam.

ਜੂਐ ਖੇਲਣੁ ਜਗਿ ਕਿ ਇਹੁ ਮਨੁ ਹਾਰਿਆ ॥੩॥

jooai khelan jag ki ihu man haariaa |3|

They play the game of chance in this world, and lose their mind. ||3||

ਜੀਵਣਿ ਮਰਣਿ ਸੁਖੁ ਹੋਇ ਜਿਨੑਾ ਗੁਰੁ ਪਾਇਆ ॥

jeevan maran sukh hoe jinaa gur paaeaa |

Those who have found the Guru are at peace, in life and in death.

ਨਾਨਕ ਸਚੇ ਸਚਿ ਸਚਿ ਸਮਾਇਆ ॥੪॥੧੨॥੬੪॥

naanak sache sach sach samaaeaa |4|12|64|

O Nanak, the true ones are truly absorbed into the True Lord. ||4||12||64||