ਆਸਾ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥

aasaa mahalaa 1 |

Aasaa, First Mehl:

ਇਕਿ ਆਵਹਿ ਇਕਿ ਜਾਵਹਿ ਆਈ ॥

eik aaveh ik jaaveh aaee |

Some come, and after they come, they go.

ਇਕਿ ਹਰਿ ਰਾਤੇ ਰਹਹਿ ਸਮਾਈ ॥

eik har raate raheh samaaee |

Some are imbued with the Lord; they remain absorbed in Him.

ਇਕਿ ਧਰਨਿ ਗਗਨ ਮਹਿ ਠਉਰ ਨ ਪਾਵਹਿ ॥

eik dharan gagan meh tthaur na paaveh |

Some find no place of rest at all, on the earth or in the sky.

ਸੇ ਕਰਮਹੀਣ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਨ ਧਿਆਵਹਿ ॥੧॥

se karamaheen har naam na dhiaaveh |1|

Those who do not meditate on the Name of the Lord are the most unfortunate. ||1||

ਗੁਰ ਪੂਰੇ ਤੇ ਗਤਿ ਮਿਤਿ ਪਾਈ ॥

gur poore te gat mit paaee |

From the Perfect Guru, the way to salvation is obtained.

ਇਹੁ ਸੰਸਾਰੁ ਬਿਖੁ ਵਤ ਅਤਿ ਭਉਜਲੁ ਗੁਰਸਬਦੀ ਹਰਿ ਪਾਰਿ ਲੰਘਾਈ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

eihu sansaar bikh vat at bhaujal gurasabadee har paar langhaaee |1| rahaau |

This world is a terrifying ocean of poison; through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, the Lord helps us cross over. ||1||Pause||

ਜਿਨੑ ਕਉ ਆਪਿ ਲਏ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਮੇਲਿ ॥

jina kau aap le prabh mel |

Those, whom God unites with Himself,

ਤਿਨ ਕਉ ਕਾਲੁ ਨ ਸਾਕੈ ਪੇਲਿ ॥

tin kau kaal na saakai pel |

cannot be crushed by death.

ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਨਿਰਮਲ ਰਹਹਿ ਪਿਆਰੇ ॥

guramukh niramal raheh piaare |

The beloved Gurmukhs remain immaculately pure,

ਜਿਉ ਜਲ ਅੰਭ ਊਪਰਿ ਕਮਲ ਨਿਰਾਰੇ ॥੨॥

jiau jal anbh aoopar kamal niraare |2|

like the lotus in the water, which remains untouched. ||2||

ਬੁਰਾ ਭਲਾ ਕਹੁ ਕਿਸ ਨੋ ਕਹੀਐ ॥

buraa bhalaa kahu kis no kaheeai |

Tell me: who should we call good or bad?

ਦੀਸੈ ਬ੍ਰਹਮੁ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਸਚੁ ਲਹੀਐ ॥

deesai braham guramukh sach laheeai |

Behold the Lord God; the truth is revealed to the Gurmukh.

ਅਕਥੁ ਕਥਉ ਗੁਰਮਤਿ ਵੀਚਾਰੁ ॥

akath kthau guramat veechaar |

I speak the Unspoken Speech of the Lord, contemplating the Guru's Teachings.

ਮਿਲਿ ਗੁਰ ਸੰਗਤਿ ਪਾਵਉ ਪਾਰੁ ॥੩॥

mil gur sangat paavau paar |3|

I join the Sangat, the Guru's Congregation, and I find God's limits. ||3||

ਸਾਸਤ ਬੇਦ ਸਿੰਮ੍ਰਿਤਿ ਬਹੁ ਭੇਦ ॥

saasat bed sinmrit bahu bhed |

The Shaastras, the Vedas, the Simritees and all their many secrets;

ਅਠਸਠਿ ਮਜਨੁ ਹਰਿ ਰਸੁ ਰੇਦ ॥

atthasatth majan har ras red |

bathing at the sixty-eight holy places of pilgrimage - all this is found by enshrining the sublime essence of the Lord in the heart.

ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਨਿਰਮਲੁ ਮੈਲੁ ਨ ਲਾਗੈ ॥

guramukh niramal mail na laagai |

The Gurmukhs are immaculately pure; no filth sticks to them.

ਨਾਨਕ ਹਿਰਦੈ ਨਾਮੁ ਵਡੇ ਧੁਰਿ ਭਾਗੈ ॥੪॥੧੫॥

naanak hiradai naam vadde dhur bhaagai |4|15|

O Nanak, the Naam, the Name of the Lord, abides in the heart, by the greatest pre-ordained destiny. ||4||15||