In this Dark Age of Kali Yuga, the Lord's Name is the source of profit. Contemplate and appreciate the Guru's Teachings within your heart, night and day. ||1||Pause||
ਬਾਬੀਹਾ ਖਿਨੁ ਖਿਨੁ ਬਿਲਲਾਇ ॥
Each and every instant, the rainbird cries and calls.
ਬਿਨੁ ਪਿਰ ਦੇਖੇ ਨਂੀਦ ਨ ਪਾਇ ॥
Without seeing her Beloved, she does not sleep at all.
ਇਹੁ ਵੇਛੋੜਾ ਸਹਿਆ ਨ ਜਾਇ ॥
She cannot endure this separation.
ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਮਿਲੈ ਤਾਂ ਮਿਲੈ ਸੁਭਾਇ ॥੨॥
When she meets the True Guru, then she intuitively meets her Beloved. ||2||
ਨਾਮਹੀਣੁ ਬਿਨਸੈ ਦੁਖੁ ਪਾਇ ॥
Lacking the Naam, the Name of the Lord, the mortal suffers and dies.
ਤ੍ਰਿਸਨਾ ਜਲਿਆ ਭੂਖ ਨ ਜਾਇ ॥
He is burnt in the fire of desire, and his hunger does not depart.
ਵਿਣੁ ਭਾਗਾ ਨਾਮੁ ਨ ਪਾਇਆ ਜਾਇ ॥
Without good destiny, he cannot find the Naam.
ਬਹੁ ਬਿਧਿ ਥਾਕਾ ਕਰਮ ਕਮਾਇ ॥੩॥
He performs all sorts of rituals until he is exhausted. ||3||
ਤ੍ਰੈ ਗੁਣ ਬਾਣੀ ਬੇਦ ਬੀਚਾਰੁ ॥
The mortal thinks about the Vedic teachings of the three gunas, the three dispositions.
ਬਿਖਿਆ ਮੈਲੁ ਬਿਖਿਆ ਵਾਪਾਰੁ ॥
He deals in corruption, filth and vice.
ਮਰਿ ਜਨਮਹਿ ਫਿਰਿ ਹੋਹਿ ਖੁਆਰੁ ॥
He dies, only to be reborn; he is ruined over and over again.
ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਤੁਰੀਆ ਗੁਣੁ ਉਰਿ ਧਾਰੁ ॥੪॥
The Gurmukh enshrines the glory of the supreme state of celestial peace. ||4||
ਗੁਰੁ ਮਾਨੈ ਮਾਨੈ ਸਭੁ ਕੋਇ ॥
One who has faith in the Guru - everyone has faith in him.
ਗੁਰ ਬਚਨੀ ਮਨੁ ਸੀਤਲੁ ਹੋਇ ॥
Through the Guru's Word, the mind is cooled and soothed.
ਚਹੁ ਜੁਗਿ ਸੋਭਾ ਨਿਰਮਲ ਜਨੁ ਸੋਇ ॥
Throughout the four ages, that humble being is known to be pure.
ਨਾਨਕ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਵਿਰਲਾ ਕੋਇ ॥੫॥੪॥੧੩॥੯॥੧੩॥੨੨॥
O Nanak, that Gurmukh is so rare. ||5||4||13||9||13||22||
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਲਾਰ ਮਹਲਾ ੪ ਘਰੁ ੧ ਚਉਪਦੇ ॥
Raag Malaar, Fourth Mehl, First House, Chau-Padhay:
ੴ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥
One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:
