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Ang 1Vaar 36Bhai Gurdas

ਪਉੜੀ ੬

paurree 6

ਬਧਿਕੁ ਨਾਦੁ ਸੁਣਾਇ ਕੈ ਜਿਉ ਮਿਰਗੁ ਵਿਣਾਹੈ ।

badhik naad sunaae kai jiau mirag vinaahai |

As a hunter inveigles the deer with music and entraps it;

ਝੀਵਰੁ ਕੁੰਡੀ ਮਾਸੁ ਲਾਇ ਜਿਉ ਮਛੀ ਫਾਹੈ ।

jheevar kunddee maas laae jiau machhee faahai |

As the fisherman putting meat on hook catches hold of the fish;

ਕਵਲੁ ਦਿਖਾਲੈ ਮੁਹੁ ਖਿੜਾਇ ਭਵਰੈ ਵੇਸਾਹੈ ।

kaval dikhaalai muhu khirraae bhavarai vesaahai |

As the lotus showing its blossommed face beguiles the black-bee;

ਦੀਪਕ ਜੋਤਿ ਪਤੰਗ ਨੋ ਦੁਰਜਨ ਜਿਉ ਦਾਹੈ ।

deepak jot patang no durajan jiau daahai |

As the flame of lamp burns moth like an enemy;

ਕਲਾ ਰੂਪ ਹੋਇ ਹਸਤਨੀ ਮੈਗਲੁ ਓਮਾਹੈ ।

kalaa roop hoe hasatanee maigal omaahai |

As the paper-model of a female elephant makes the male counterpart erotomaniac;

ਤਿਉ ਨਕਟ ਪੰਥੁ ਹੈ ਮੀਣਿਆ ਮਿਲਿ ਨਰਕਿ ਨਿਬਾਹੈ ।੬।

tiau nakatt panth hai meeniaa mil narak nibaahai |6|

Similarly the way of brazen-faced dissemblers leads towards hell.