Enticed by pride, entrapped and plundered by the five thieves, still, you live near them. I have come to the Sanctuary of the Holy, and I have been rescued from my association with those demons. ||1||Pause||
ਕੋਟਿ ਜਨਮ ਜੋਨਿ ਭ੍ਰਮਿਓ ਹਾਰਿ ਪਰਿਓ ਦੁਆਰਿ ॥੧॥
I wandered through millions of lifetimes and incarnations. I am so very tired - I have fallen at God's Door. ||1||
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਗੋਬਿੰਦ ਭਈ ਮਿਲਿਓ ਨਾਮੁ ਅਧਾਰੁ ॥
The Lord of the Universe has become Kind to me; He has blessed me with the Support of the Naam.
ਦੁਲਭ ਜਨਮੁ ਸਫਲੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਭਵ ਉਤਾਰਿ ਪਾਰਿ ॥੨॥੧॥੪੫॥
This precious human life has become fruitful and prosperous; O Nanak, I am carried across the terrifying world-ocean. ||2||1||45||
ਕਾਨੜਾ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ਘਰੁ ੧੧ ॥
Kaanraa, Fifth Mehl, Eleventh House:
ੴ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥
One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:
ਸਹਜ ਸੁਭਾਏ ਆਪਨ ਆਏ ॥
He Himself has come to me, in His Natural Way.
ਕਛੂ ਨ ਜਾਨੌ ਕਛੂ ਦਿਖਾਏ ॥
I know nothing, and I show nothing.
ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਮਿਲਿਓ ਸੁਖ ਬਾਲੇ ਭੋਲੇ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
I have met God through innocent faith, and He has blessed me with peace. ||1||Pause||
ਸੰਜੋਗਿ ਮਿਲਾਏ ਸਾਧ ਸੰਗਾਏ ॥
By the good fortune of my destiny, I have joined the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy.
ਕਤਹੂ ਨ ਜਾਏ ਘਰਹਿ ਬਸਾਏ ॥
I do not go out anywhere; I dwell in my own home.
ਗੁਨ ਨਿਧਾਨੁ ਪ੍ਰਗਟਿਓ ਇਹ ਚੋਲੈ ॥੧॥
God, the Treasure of Virtue, has been revealed in this body-robe. ||1||
ਚਰਨ ਲੁਭਾਏ ਆਨ ਤਜਾਏ ॥
I have fallen in love with His Feet; I have abandoned everything else.
ਥਾਨ ਥਨਾਏ ਸਰਬ ਸਮਾਏ ॥
In the places and interspaces, He is All-pervading.
ਰਸਕਿ ਰਸਕਿ ਨਾਨਕੁ ਗੁਨ ਬੋਲੈ ॥੨॥੧॥੪੬॥
With loving joy and excitement, Nanak speaks His Praises. ||2||1||46||
ਕਾਨੜਾ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ॥
Kaanraa, Fifth Mehl:
ਗੋਬਿੰਦ ਠਾਕੁਰ ਮਿਲਨ ਦੁਰਾਈਁ ॥
It is so hard to meet the Lord of the Universe, my Lord and Master.
ਪਰਮਿਤਿ ਰੂਪੁ ਅਗੰਮ ਅਗੋਚਰ ਰਹਿਓ ਸਰਬ ਸਮਾਈ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
His Form is Immeasurable, Inaccessible and Unfathomable; He is All-pervading everywhere. ||1||Pause||
ਕਹਨਿ ਭਵਨਿ ਨਾਹੀ ਪਾਇਓ ਪਾਇਓ ਅਨਿਕ ਉਕਤਿ ਚਤੁਰਾਈ ॥੧॥
By speaking and wandering, nothing is gained; nothing is obtained by clever tricks and devices. ||1||
ਜਤਨ ਜਤਨ ਅਨਿਕ ਉਪਾਵ ਰੇ ਤਉ ਮਿਲਿਓ ਜਉ ਕਿਰਪਾਈ ॥
People try all sorts of things, but the Lord is only met when He shows His Mercy.
