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Ang 356Raag AasaaGuru Guru Nanak

ਆਸਾ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥

aasaa mahalaa 1 |

Aasaa, First Mehl:

ਆਪਿ ਕਰੇ ਸਚੁ ਅਲਖ ਅਪਾਰੁ ॥

aap kare sach alakh apaar |

He Himself does everything, the True, Invisible, Infinite Lord.

ਹਉ ਪਾਪੀ ਤੂੰ ਬਖਸਣਹਾਰੁ ॥੧॥

hau paapee toon bakhasanahaar |1|

I am a sinner, You are the Forgiver. ||1||

ਤੇਰਾ ਭਾਣਾ ਸਭੁ ਕਿਛੁ ਹੋਵੈ ॥

teraa bhaanaa sabh kichh hovai |

By Your Will, everything come to pass.

ਮਨਹਠਿ ਕੀਚੈ ਅੰਤਿ ਵਿਗੋਵੈ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

manahatth keechai ant vigovai |1| rahaau |

One who acts in stubborn-mindedness is ruined in the end. ||1||Pause||

ਮਨਮੁਖ ਕੀ ਮਤਿ ਕੂੜਿ ਵਿਆਪੀ ॥

manamukh kee mat koorr viaapee |

The intellect of the self-willed manmukh is engrossed in falsehood.

ਬਿਨੁ ਹਰਿ ਸਿਮਰਣ ਪਾਪਿ ਸੰਤਾਪੀ ॥੨॥

bin har simaran paap santaapee |2|

Without the meditative remembrance of the Lord, it suffers in sin. ||2||

ਦੁਰਮਤਿ ਤਿਆਗਿ ਲਾਹਾ ਕਿਛੁ ਲੇਵਹੁ ॥

duramat tiaag laahaa kichh levahu |

Renounce evil-mindedness, and you shall reap the rewards.

ਜੋ ਉਪਜੈ ਸੋ ਅਲਖ ਅਭੇਵਹੁ ॥੩॥

jo upajai so alakh abhevahu |3|

Whoever is born, comes through the Unknowable and Mysterious Lord. ||3||

ਐਸਾ ਹਮਰਾ ਸਖਾ ਸਹਾਈ ॥

aisaa hamaraa sakhaa sahaaee |

Such is my Friend and Companion;

ਗੁਰ ਹਰਿ ਮਿਲਿਆ ਭਗਤਿ ਦ੍ਰਿੜਾਈ ॥੪॥

gur har miliaa bhagat drirraaee |4|

meeting with the Guru, the Lord, devotion was implanted within me. ||4||

ਸਗਲਂ‍ੀ ਸਉਦਂ‍ੀ ਤੋਟਾ ਆਵੈ ॥

sagalanee saudanee tottaa aavai |

In all other transactions, one suffers loss.

ਨਾਨਕ ਰਾਮ ਨਾਮੁ ਮਨਿ ਭਾਵੈ ॥੫॥੨੪॥

naanak raam naam man bhaavai |5|24|

The Name of the Lord is pleasing to Nanak's mind. ||5||24||