ਗਉੜੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥

gaurree mahalaa 1 |

Gauree, First Mehl:

ਐਸੋ ਦਾਸੁ ਮਿਲੈ ਸੁਖੁ ਹੋਈ ॥

aiso daas milai sukh hoee |

Meeting such a slave, peace is obtained.

ਦੁਖੁ ਵਿਸਰੈ ਪਾਵੈ ਸਚੁ ਸੋਈ ॥੧॥

dukh visarai paavai sach soee |1|

Pain is forgotten, when the True Lord is found. ||1||

ਦਰਸਨੁ ਦੇਖਿ ਭਈ ਮਤਿ ਪੂਰੀ ॥

darasan dekh bhee mat pooree |

Beholding the blessed vision of his darshan, my understanding has become perfect.

ਅਠਸਠਿ ਮਜਨੁ ਚਰਨਹ ਧੂਰੀ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

atthasatth majan charanah dhooree |1| rahaau |

The cleansing baths at the sixty-eight sacred shrines of pilgrimage are in the dust of his feet. ||1||Pause||

ਨੇਤ੍ਰ ਸੰਤੋਖੇ ਏਕ ਲਿਵ ਤਾਰਾ ॥

netr santokhe ek liv taaraa |

My eyes are contented with the constant love of the One Lord.

ਜਿਹਵਾ ਸੂਚੀ ਹਰਿ ਰਸ ਸਾਰਾ ॥੨॥

jihavaa soochee har ras saaraa |2|

My tongue is purified by the most sublime essence of the Lord. ||2||

ਸਚੁ ਕਰਣੀ ਅਭ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਸੇਵਾ ॥

sach karanee abh antar sevaa |

True are my actions, and deep within my being, I serve Him.

ਮਨੁ ਤ੍ਰਿਪਤਾਸਿਆ ਅਲਖ ਅਭੇਵਾ ॥੩॥

man tripataasiaa alakh abhevaa |3|

My mind is satisfied by the Inscrutable, Mysterious Lord. ||3||

ਜਹ ਜਹ ਦੇਖਉ ਤਹ ਤਹ ਸਾਚਾ ॥

jeh jeh dekhau teh teh saachaa |

Wherever I look, there I find the True Lord.

ਬਿਨੁ ਬੂਝੇ ਝਗਰਤ ਜਗੁ ਕਾਚਾ ॥੪॥

bin boojhe jhagarat jag kaachaa |4|

Without understanding, the world argues in falsehood. ||4||

ਗੁਰੁ ਸਮਝਾਵੈ ਸੋਝੀ ਹੋਈ ॥

gur samajhaavai sojhee hoee |

When the Guru instructs, understanding is obtained.

ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਵਿਰਲਾ ਬੂਝੈ ਕੋਈ ॥੫॥

guramukh viralaa boojhai koee |5|

How rare is that Gurmukh who understands. ||5||

ਕਰਿ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਰਾਖਹੁ ਰਖਵਾਲੇ ॥

kar kirapaa raakhahu rakhavaale |

Show Your Mercy, and save me, O Savior Lord!

ਬਿਨੁ ਬੂਝੇ ਪਸੂ ਭਏ ਬੇਤਾਲੇ ॥੬॥

bin boojhe pasoo bhe betaale |6|

Without understanding, people become beasts and demons. ||6||

ਗੁਰਿ ਕਹਿਆ ਅਵਰੁ ਨਹੀ ਦੂਜਾ ॥

gur kahiaa avar nahee doojaa |

The Guru has said that there is no other at all.

ਕਿਸੁ ਕਹੁ ਦੇਖਿ ਕਰਉ ਅਨ ਪੂਜਾ ॥੭॥

kis kahu dekh krau an poojaa |7|

So tell me, who should I see, and who should I worship? ||7||

ਸੰਤ ਹੇਤਿ ਪ੍ਰਭਿ ਤ੍ਰਿਭਵਣ ਧਾਰੇ ॥

sant het prabh tribhavan dhaare |

For the sake of the Saints, God has established the three worlds.

ਆਤਮੁ ਚੀਨੈ ਸੁ ਤਤੁ ਬੀਚਾਰੇ ॥੮॥

aatam cheenai su tat beechaare |8|

One who understands his own soul, contemplates the essence of reality. ||8||

ਸਾਚੁ ਰਿਦੈ ਸਚੁ ਪ੍ਰੇਮ ਨਿਵਾਸ ॥

saach ridai sach prem nivaas |

One whose heart is filled with Truth and true love

ਪ੍ਰਣਵਤਿ ਨਾਨਕ ਹਮ ਤਾ ਕੇ ਦਾਸ ॥੯॥੮॥

pranavat naanak ham taa ke daas |9|8|

- prays Nanak, I am his servant. ||9||8||