ਪਉੜੀ ੧੭

paurree 17

ਗੁਰਸਿਖਾਂ ਗੁਰਸਿਖ ਸੇਵ ਕਮਾਵਣੀ ।

gurasikhaan gurasikh sev kamaavanee |

Within the teaching of the Guru, the Sikhs of the Guru serve (others).

ਚਾਰਿ ਪਦਾਰਥਿ ਭਿਖ ਫਕੀਰਾਂ ਪਾਵਣੀ ।

chaar padaarath bhikh fakeeraan paavanee |

They give in charity the four riches (char padarathi) to the beggars.

ਲੇਖ ਅਲੇਖ ਅਲਖਿ ਬਾਣੀ ਗਾਵਣੀ ।

lekh alekh alakh baanee gaavanee |

They sing paeans of the invisible Lord who is beyond all accounts.

ਭਾਇ ਭਗਤਿ ਰਸ ਇਖ ਅਮਿਉ ਚੁਆਵਣੀ ।

bhaae bhagat ras ikh amiau chuaavanee |

They drink the juice of the sugarcane of loving devotion, and make others also enjoy the same.

ਤੁਲਿ ਨ ਭੂਤ ਭਵਿਖ ਨ ਕੀਮਤਿ ਪਾਵਣੀ ।

tul na bhoot bhavikh na keemat paavanee |

Nothing in the past as well as the future can be equal to their love.

ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਮਾਰਗ ਵਿਖ ਲਵੈ ਨ ਲਾਵਣੀ ।੧੭।

guramukh maarag vikh lavai na laavanee |17|

None can vie with even the one step of the way of gurmukhs.