chaar baran cha-uhaa kay mardan khat darsan kar talee ray

Awsw mhlw 5 ] (404-9)
aasaa mehlaa 5.
Aasaa, Fifth Mehl:


cwir brn cauhw ky mrdn Ktu drsn kr qlI ry ]
chaar baran cha-uhaa kay mardan khat darsan kar talee ray.
The four castes and social classes, and the preachers with the six Shaastras on their finger-tips,

suMdr suGr srUp isAwny pMchu hI moih ClI ry ]1]
sundar sughar saroop si-aanay panchahu hee mohi chhalee ray. ||1||
the beautiful, the refined, the shapely and the wise - the five passions have enticed and beguiled them all. ||1||

ijin imil mwry pMc sUrbIr AYso kaunu blI ry ]
jin mil maaray panch soorbeer aiso ka-un balee ray.
Who has seized and conquered the five powerful fighters? Is there anyone strong enough?

ijin pMc mwir ibdwir gudwry so pUrw ieh klI ry ]1] rhwau ]
jin panch maar bidaar gudaaray so pooraa ih kalee ray. ||1|| rahaa-o.
He alone, who conquers and defeats the five demons, is perfect in this Dark Age of Kali Yuga. ||1||Pause||

vfI kom vis Bwgih nwhI muhkm Pauj hTlI ry ]
vadee kom vas bhaageh naahee muhkam fa-uj hathlee ray.
They are so awesome and great; they cannot be controlled, and they do not run away. Their army is mighty and unyielding.

khu nwnk iqin jin inrdilAw swDsMgiq kY JlI ry ]2]3]132]
kaho naanak tin jan nirdali-aa saaDhsangat kai jhalee ray. ||2||3||132||
Says Nanak, that humble being who is under the protection of the Saadh Sangat, crushes those terrible demons. ||2||3||132||