hy BweI! koeI mnu`K vyd (Awidk Drm-pusqk ƒ) pVHdw hY Aqy ivcwrdw hY [ koeI mnu`K invlIkrm krdw hY, koeI kuMflnI nwVI rsqy pRwx cwVHdw hY [ (pr iehnW swDnW nwl kwmwidk) pMjW nwloN swQ mu`k nhIN skdw [ (sgoN) vDIk AhMkwr ivc (mnu`K) b`J jWdy hn [1[ hy BweI! myry vyKidAW lok AnykW hI (imQy hoey Dwrimk) krm krdy hn, pr iehnW qrIikAW nwl prmwqmw dy crnW ivc juiVAw nhIN jw skdw [ hy BweI! mYN qW iehnW krmW dw Awsrw C`f ky mwlk-pRBU dy dr qy Aw if`gw hW (qy ArzoeI krdw rihMdw hW—hy pRBU! mYƒ BlweI burweI dI) prK kr skx vwlI Akl dyh [rhwau[ hy BweI! koeI mnu`K cu`p swDI bYTw hY, koeI kr-pwqI bx igAw hY (BWifAW dy QW Awpxy h`Q hI vrqdw hY), koeI jMgl ivc nMgw quirAw iPrdw hY [ koeI mnu`K swry qIrQW dw rtn kr irhw hY, koeI swrI DrqI dw B®mx kr irhw hY, (pr ies qrHW BI) mn dI fWvW-fol hwlq mu`kdI nhIN [2[ hy BweI! koeI mnu`K AwpxI mno-kwmnw Anuswr qIrQW au~qy jw v`isAw hY, (mukqI dw cwhvwn Awpxy) isr auqy (iSv jI vwlw) Awrw rKWdw hY (qy, Awpxy Awp ƒ icrw lYNdw hY) [ pr jy koeI mnu`K (ieho ijhy) l`KW hI jqn kry, ies qrHW BI mn dI (ivkwrW dI) mYl nhIN lihMdI [3[ hy BweI! koeI mnu`K sonw, iesq®I, vDIAw GoVy, vDIAw hwQI (Aqy ieho ijhy) keI iksmW dy dwn krn vwlw hY [ koeI mnu`K AMn dwn krdw hY, k`pVy dwn krdw hY, izmIN dwn krdw hY [ (ies qrHW BI) prmwqmw dy dr qy phuMc nhIN skIdw [4[ hy BweI! koeI mnu`K dyv-pUjw ivc, dyviqAW ƒ nmskwr fMfauq krn ivc, Cy krmW dy krn ivc msq rihMdw hY [ pr auh BI (iehnW im`Qy hoey Dwrimk krmW dy krn kr ky Awpxy Awp ƒ DrmI jwx ky) AhMkwr nwl krdw krdw (mwieAw dy moh dy) bMDnW ivc jkiVAw rihMdw hY [ ies qrIky BI prmwqmw ƒ nhIN iml skIdw [5[ jog-mq ivc is`DW dy pRis`D cOrwsI Awsx hn [ ieh Awsx kr kr ky BI mnu`K Q`k jWdw hY [ aumr qW lMmI kr lYNdw hY, pr ies qrHW prmwqmw nwl imlwp nwl nhIN bxdw, muV muV jnmW dy gyV ivc ipAw rihMdw hY [6[ hy BweI! keI AYsy hn jo rwj-hkUmq dy rMg-qmwSy mwxdy hn, rwijAW vwly TwT-bwT bxWdy hn, lokW au~qy hukm clWdy hn, koeI auhnW dw hukm moV nhIN skdw [ suMdr iesq®I dI syj mwxdy hn, (Awpxy srIr auqy) cMdn qy Aqr vrqdy hn [ pr ieh sB kuJ qW iBAwnk nrk vl lY jwx vwlw hY [7[ hy BweI! swD sMgiq ivc bYT ky prmwqmw dI is&iq-swlwh krnI—ieh kMm hor swry krmW nwloN sRySt hY [ pr, hy nwnk! AwK—ieh Avsr aus mnu`K ƒ hI imldw hY ijs dy m`Qy auqy pUrbly kIqy krmW dy sMskwrW Anuswr lyK iliKAw huMdw hY [8[ hy BweI! qyrw syvk qyrI is&iq-swlwh dy rMg ivc msq rihMdw hY [ hy BweI! dInW dy du`K dUr krn vwlw prmwqmw ijs mnu`K auqy dieAwvwn huMdw hY, aus dw ieh mn prmwqmw dI is&iq-swlwh dy rMg ivc rMigAw rihMdw hY [ rhwau dUjw [1[3[

They read scriptures, and contemplate the Vedas; they practice the inner cleansing techniques of Yoga, and control of the breath. But they cannot escape from the company of the five passions; they are increasingly bound to egotism. || 1 || O Beloved, this is not the way to meet the Lord; I have performed these rituals so many times. I have collapsed, exhausted, at the Door of my Lord Master; I pray that He may grant me a discerning intellect. || Pause || One may remain silent and use his hands as begging bowls, and wander naked in the forest. He may make pilgrimages to river banks and sacred shrines all over the world, but his sense of duality will not leave him. || 2 || His mind’s desires may lead him to go and dwell at sacred places of pilgrimage, and offer his head to be sawn off; but this will not cause the filth of his mind to depart, even though he may make thousands of efforts. || 3 || He may give gifts of all sorts — gold, women, horses and elephants. He may make offerings of corn, clothes and land in abundance, but this will not lead him to the Lord’s Door. || 4 || He may remain devoted to worship and adoration, bowing his forehead to the floor, practicing the six religious rituals. He indulges in egotism and pride, and falls into entanglements, but he does not meet the Lord by these devices. || 5 || He practices the eighty-four postures of Yoga, and acquires the supernatural powers of the Siddhas, but he gets tired of practicing these. He lives a long life, but is reincarnated again and again; he has not met with the Lord. || 6 || He may enjoy princely pleasures, and regal pomp and ceremony, and issue unchallenged commands. He may lie on beautiful beds, perfumed with sandalwood oil, but this will led him only to the gates of the most horrible hell. || 7 || Singing the Kirtan of the Lord’s Praises in the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, is the highest of all actions. Says Nanak, he alone obtains it, who is pre-destined to receive it. || 8 || Your slave is intoxicated with this Love of Yours. The Destroyer of the pains of the poor has become merciful to me, and this mind is imbued with the Praises of the Lord, Har, Har. || Second Pause || 1 || 3 ||