bhavjal bin sabdai ki-o taree-ai

rwgu BYrau mhlw 1 Gru 2 ] (1125-9)
raag bhairo mehlaa 1 ghar 2.
Raag Bhairao, First Mehl, Second House:


gur kY sbid qry muin kyqy ieMdRwidk bRhmwid qry ]
gur kai sabad taray mun kaytay indraadik barahmaad taray.
Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, so many silent sages have been saved; Indra and Brahma have also been saved.

snk snµdn qpsI jn kyqy gur prswdI pwir pry ]1]
sanak sanandan tapsee jan kaytay gur parsaadee paar paray. ||1||
Sanak, Sanandan and many humble men of austerity, by Guru's Grace, have been carried across to the other side. ||1||

Bvjlu ibnu sbdY ikau qrIAY ]
bhavjal bin sabdai ki-o taree-ai.
Without the Word of the Shabad, how can anyone cross over the terrifying world-ocean?

nwm ibnw jgu roig ibAwipAw duibDw fuib fuib mrIAY ]1] rhwau ]
naam binaa jag rog bi-aapi-aa dubiDhaa dub dub maree-ai. ||1|| rahaa-o.
Without the Naam, the Name of the Lord, the world is entangled in the disease of duality, and is drowned, drowned, and dies. ||1||Pause||

guru dyvw guru AlK AByvw iqRBvx soJI gur kI syvw ]
gur dayvaa gur alakh abhayvaa taribhavan sojhee gur kee sayvaa.
The Guru is Divine; the Guru is Inscrutable and Mysterious. Serving the Guru, the three worlds are known and understood.

Awpy dwiq krI guir dwqY pwieAw AlK AByvw ]2]
aapay daat karee gur daatai paa-i-aa alakh abhayvaa. ||2||
The Guru, the Giver, has Himself given me the Gift; I have obtained the Inscrutable, Mysterious Lord. ||2||

mnu rwjw mnu mn qy mwinAw mnsw mnih smweI ]
man raajaa man man tay maani-aa mansaa maneh samaa-ee.
The mind is the king; the mind is appeased and satisfied through the mind itself, and desire is stilled in the mind.

mnu jogI mnu ibnis ibEgI mnu smJY gux gweI ]3]
man jogee man binas bi-ogee man samjhai gun gaa-ee. ||3||
The mind is the Yogi, the mind wastes away in separation from the Lord; singing the Glorious Praises of the Lord, the mind is instructed and reformed. ||3||

gur qy mnu mwirAw sbdu vIcwirAw qy ivrly sMswrw ]
gur tay man maari-aa sabad veechaari-aa tay virlay sansaaraa.
How very rare are those in this world who, through the Guru, subdue their minds, and contemplate the Word of the Shabad.

nwnk swihbu Birpuir lIxw swc sbid insqwrw ]4]1]2]
naanak saahib bharipur leenaa saach sabad nistaaraa. ||4||1||2||
O Nanak, our Lord and Master is All-pervading; through the True Word of the Shabad, we are emancipated. ||4||1||2||