ਆਸਾ ਮਹਲਾ ੪ ॥

aasaa mahalaa 4 |

Aasaa, Fourth Mehl:

ਗੁਣ ਗਾਵਾ ਗੁਣ ਬੋਲੀ ਬਾਣੀ ॥

gun gaavaa gun bolee baanee |

I sing His Glorious Praises, and through the Word of His Bani, I speak His Glorious Praises.

ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਹਰਿ ਗੁਣ ਆਖਿ ਵਖਾਣੀ ॥੧॥

guramukh har gun aakh vakhaanee |1|

As Gurmukh, I chant and recite the Glorious Praises of the Lord. ||1||

ਜਪਿ ਜਪਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਮਨਿ ਭਇਆ ਅਨੰਦਾ ॥

jap jap naam man bheaa anandaa |

Chanting and meditating on the Naam, my mind becomes blissful.

ਸਤਿ ਸਤਿ ਸਤਿਗੁਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਦਿੜਾਇਆ ਰਸਿ ਗਾਏ ਗੁਣ ਪਰਮਾਨੰਦਾ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

sat sat satigur naam dirraaeaa ras gaae gun paramaanandaa |1| rahaau |

The True Guru has implanted the True Name of the True Lord within me; I sing His Glorious Praises, and taste the supreme ecstasy. ||1||Pause||

ਹਰਿ ਗੁਣ ਗਾਵੈ ਹਰਿ ਜਨ ਲੋਗਾ ॥

har gun gaavai har jan logaa |

The humble servants of the Lord sing the Lord's Glorious Praises.

ਵਡੈ ਭਾਗਿ ਪਾਏ ਹਰਿ ਨਿਰਜੋਗਾ ॥੨॥

vaddai bhaag paae har nirajogaa |2|

By great good fortune, the detached, absolute Lord is obtained. ||2||

ਗੁਣ ਵਿਹੂਣ ਮਾਇਆ ਮਲੁ ਧਾਰੀ ॥

gun vihoon maaeaa mal dhaaree |

Those without virtue are stained by Maya's filth.

ਵਿਣੁ ਗੁਣ ਜਨਮਿ ਮੁਏ ਅਹੰਕਾਰੀ ॥੩॥

vin gun janam mue ahankaaree |3|

Lacking virtue, the egotistical die, and suffer reincarnation. ||3||

ਸਰੀਰਿ ਸਰੋਵਰਿ ਗੁਣ ਪਰਗਟਿ ਕੀਏ ॥

sareer sarovar gun paragatt kee |

The ocean of the body yields pearls of virtue.

ਨਾਨਕ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਮਥਿ ਤਤੁ ਕਢੀਏ ॥੪॥੫॥੫੭॥

naanak guramukh math tat kadtee |4|5|57|

O Nanak, the Gurmukh churns this ocean, and discovers this essence. ||4||5||57||