jIAry El@w nwm kw ]
jee-aray ol^Haa naam kaa.
Hey, soul: your only Support is the Naam, the Name of the Lord.

Avru ij krn krwvno iqn mih Bau hY jwm kw ]1] rhwau ]
avar je karan karaavano tin meh bha-o hai jaam kaa. ||1|| rahaa-o.
Whatever else you do or make happen, the fear of death still hangs over you. ||1||Pause||

Avr jqin nhI pweIAY ]
avar jatan nahee paa-ee-ai.
He is not obtained by any other efforts.

vfY Bwig hir iDAweIAY ]1]
vadai bhaag har Dhi-aa-ee-ai. ||1||
By great good fortune, meditate on the Lord. ||1||

lwK ihkmqI jwnIAY ]
laakh hikmatee jaanee-ai.
You may know hundreds of thousands of clever tricks,

AwgY iqlu nhI mwnIAY ]2]
aagai til nahee maanee-ai. ||2||
but not even one will be of any use at all hereafter. ||2||

AhMbuiD krm kmwvny ] igRh bwlU nIir bhwvny ]3]
aha^N-buDh karam kamaavanay. garih baaloo neer bahaavanay. ||3||
Good deeds done in the pride of ego are swept away, like the house of sand by water. ||3||

pRBu ik®pwlu ikrpw krY ]
parabh kirpaal kirpaa karai.
When God the Merciful shows His Mercy,

nwmu nwnk swDU sMig imlY ]4]4]142]
naam naanak saaDhoo sang milai. ||4||4||142||
Nanak receives the Naam in the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy. ||4||4||142||