ਗਉੜੀ ਗੁਆਰੇਰੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੪ ॥

gaurree guaareree mahalaa 4 |

Gauree Bairaagan, Fourth Mehl:

ਕਿਰਸਾਣੀ ਕਿਰਸਾਣੁ ਕਰੇ ਲੋਚੈ ਜੀਉ ਲਾਇ ॥

kirasaanee kirasaan kare lochai jeeo laae |

The farmers love to work their farms;

ਹਲੁ ਜੋਤੈ ਉਦਮੁ ਕਰੇ ਮੇਰਾ ਪੁਤੁ ਧੀ ਖਾਇ ॥

hal jotai udam kare meraa put dhee khaae |

they plow and work the fields, so that their sons and daughters may eat.

ਤਿਉ ਹਰਿ ਜਨੁ ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਜਪੁ ਕਰੇ ਹਰਿ ਅੰਤਿ ਛਡਾਇ ॥੧॥

tiau har jan har har jap kare har ant chhaddaae |1|

In just the same way, the Lord's humble servants chant the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, and in the end, the Lord shall save them. ||1||

ਮੈ ਮੂਰਖ ਕੀ ਗਤਿ ਕੀਜੈ ਮੇਰੇ ਰਾਮ ॥

mai moorakh kee gat keejai mere raam |

I am foolish - save me, O my Lord!

ਗੁਰ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਸੇਵਾ ਹਰਿ ਲਾਇ ਹਮ ਕਾਮ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

gur satigur sevaa har laae ham kaam |1| rahaau |

O Lord, enjoin me to work and serve the Guru, the True Guru. ||1||Pause||

ਲੈ ਤੁਰੇ ਸਉਦਾਗਰੀ ਸਉਦਾਗਰੁ ਧਾਵੈ ॥

lai ture saudaagaree saudaagar dhaavai |

The traders buy horses, planning to trade them.

ਧਨੁ ਖਟੈ ਆਸਾ ਕਰੈ ਮਾਇਆ ਮੋਹੁ ਵਧਾਵੈ ॥

dhan khattai aasaa karai maaeaa mohu vadhaavai |

They hope to earn wealth; their attachment to Maya increases.

ਤਿਉ ਹਰਿ ਜਨੁ ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਬੋਲਤਾ ਹਰਿ ਬੋਲਿ ਸੁਖੁ ਪਾਵੈ ॥੨॥

tiau har jan har har bolataa har bol sukh paavai |2|

In just the same way, the Lord's humble servants chant the Name of the Lord, Har, Har; chanting the Lord's Name, they find peace. ||2||

ਬਿਖੁ ਸੰਚੈ ਹਟਵਾਣੀਆ ਬਹਿ ਹਾਟਿ ਕਮਾਇ ॥

bikh sanchai hattavaaneea beh haatt kamaae |

The shop-keepers collect poison, sitting in their shops, carrying on their business.

ਮੋਹ ਝੂਠੁ ਪਸਾਰਾ ਝੂਠ ਕਾ ਝੂਠੇ ਲਪਟਾਇ ॥

moh jhootth pasaaraa jhootth kaa jhootthe lapattaae |

Their love is false, their displays are false, and they are engrossed in falsehood.

ਤਿਉ ਹਰਿ ਜਨਿ ਹਰਿ ਧਨੁ ਸੰਚਿਆ ਹਰਿ ਖਰਚੁ ਲੈ ਜਾਇ ॥੩॥

tiau har jan har dhan sanchiaa har kharach lai jaae |3|

In just the same way, the Lord's humble servants gather the wealth of the Lord's Name; they take the Lord's Name as their supplies. ||3||

ਇਹੁ ਮਾਇਆ ਮੋਹ ਕੁਟੰਬੁ ਹੈ ਭਾਇ ਦੂਜੈ ਫਾਸ ॥

eihu maaeaa moh kuttanb hai bhaae doojai faas |

This emotional attachment to Maya and family, and the love of duality, is a noose around the neck.

ਗੁਰਮਤੀ ਸੋ ਜਨੁ ਤਰੈ ਜੋ ਦਾਸਨਿ ਦਾਸ ॥

guramatee so jan tarai jo daasan daas |

Following the Guru's Teachings, the humble servants are carried across; they become the slaves of the Lord's slaves.

ਜਨਿ ਨਾਨਕਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਧਿਆਇਆ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਪਰਗਾਸ ॥੪॥੩॥੯॥੪੭॥

jan naanak naam dhiaaeaa guramukh paragaas |4|3|9|47|

Servant Nanak meditates on the Naam; the Gurmukh is enlightened. ||4||3||9||47||