ਪਉੜੀ ੧੫

paurree 15

ਵੜੀਐ ਕਜਲ ਕੋਠੜੀ ਮੁਹੁ ਕਾਲਖ ਭਰੀਐ ।

varreeai kajal kottharree muhu kaalakh bhareeai |

If someone enters a room full of soot his face is sure to be blackened.

ਕਲਰਿ ਖੇਤੀ ਬੀਜੀਐ ਕਿਹੁ ਕਾਜੁ ਨ ਸਰੀਐ ।

kalar khetee beejeeai kihu kaaj na sareeai |

If seed be sown in the alkaline field, that will go useless.

ਟੁਟੀ ਪੀਂਘੈ ਪੀਂਘੀਐ ਪੈ ਟੋਏ ਮਰੀਐ ।

ttuttee peenghai peengheeai pai ttoe mareeai |

If somebody swings in a broken swing, he will fall and kill himself.

ਕੰਨਾਂ ਫੜਿ ਮਨਤਾਰੂਆਂ ਕਿਉ ਦੁਤਰੁ ਤਰੀਐ ।

kanaan farr manataarooaan kiau dutar tareeai |

If a man who does not know how to swim, leans on the shoulders of another equally ignorant, how shall he cross a deep river?

ਅਗਿ ਲਾਇ ਮੰਦਰਿ ਸਵੈ ਤਿਸੁ ਨਾਲਿ ਨ ਫਰੀਐ ।

ag laae mandar savai tis naal na fareeai |

Move not with him who sets fire to his own house and then goes to sleep.

ਤਿਉਂ ਠਗ ਸੰਗਤਿ ਬੇਮੁਖਾਂ ਜੀਅ ਜੋਖਹੁ ਡਰੀਐ ।੧੫।

tiaun tthag sangat bemukhaan jeea jokhahu ddareeai |15|

Such is the society of the deceitful and apostates wherein man is ever in fear of his life.