ਸੋਈ ਤਾਂਬਾ ਰੰਗ ਸੰਗਿ ਜਿਉ ਕੈਹਾਂ ਹੋਈ ।

soee taanbaa rang sang jiau kaihaan hoee |

Mixing with tin, the copper transforms into bronze.

ਸੋਈ ਤਾਂਬਾ ਜਿਸਤ ਮਿਲਿ ਪਿਤਲ ਅਵਲੋਈ ।

soee taanbaa jisat mil pital avaloee |

The same copper mixed with zinc appears in the form of brass.

ਸੋਈ ਸੀਸੇ ਸੰਗਤੀ ਭੰਗਾਰ ਭੁਲੋਈ ।

soee seese sangatee bhangaar bhuloee |

Copper mixed with lead changes pewter, a brittle metal called bharath in the Punjab.

ਤਾਂਬਾ ਪਾਰਸਿ ਪਰਸਿਆ ਹੋਇ ਕੰਚਨ ਸੋਈ ।

taanbaa paaras parasiaa hoe kanchan soee |

With the touch of the philosopher’s stone, the same copper becomes gold.

ਸੋਈ ਤਾਂਬਾ ਭਸਮ ਹੋਇ ਅਉਖਧ ਕਰਿ ਭੋਈ ।

soee taanbaa bhasam hoe aaukhadh kar bhoee |

When transformed into ashes copper becomes a medicine.

ਆਪੇ ਆਪਿ ਵਰਤਦਾ ਸੰਗਤਿ ਗੁਣ ਗੋਈ ।੬।

aape aap varatadaa sangat gun goee |6|

Likewise, though the Lord is omnipresent, yet the effects of the company of man are different over men. Knowing this much, the Lord is eulogised in the holy congregation.