neech jaat har japti-aa utam padvee paa-ay

sUhI mhlw 4 Gru 6 (733-7)
soohee mehlaa 4 ghar 6
Soohee, Fourth Mehl, Sixth House:


nIc jwiq hir jpiqAw auqm pdvI pwie ]
neech jaat har japti-aa utam padvee paa-ay.
When someone of low social class chants the Lord's Name, he obtains the state of highest dignity.

pUChu ibdr dwsI suqY iksnu auqirAw Gir ijsu jwie ]1]
poochhahu bidar daasee sutai kisan utri-aa ghar jis jaa-ay. ||1||
Go and ask Bidar, the son of a maid; Krishna himself stayed in his house. ||1||

hir kI AkQ kQw sunhu jn BweI ijqu shsw dUK BUK sB lih jwie ]1] rhwau ]
har kee akath kathaa sunhu jan bhaa-ee jit sahsaa dookh bhookh sabh leh jaa-ay. ||1|| rahaa-o.
Listen, O humble Siblings of Destiny, to the Unspoken Speech of the Lord; it removes all anxiety, pain and hunger. ||1||Pause||

rivdwsu cmwru ausqiq kry hir kIriq inmK iek gwie ]
ravidaas chamaar ustat karay har keerat nimakh ik gaa-ay.
Ravi Daas, the leather-worker, praised the Lord, and sang the Kirtan of His Praises each and every instant.

piqq jwiq auqmu BieAw cwir vrn pey pig Awie ]2]
patit jaat utam bha-i-aa chaar varan pa-ay pag aa-ay. ||2||
Although he was of low social status, he was exalted and elevated, and people of all four castes came and bowed at his feet. ||2||

nwmdyA pRIiq lgI hir syqI loku CIpw khY bulwie ]
naamday-a pareet lagee har saytee lok chheepaa kahai bulaa-ay.
Naam Dayv loved the Lord; the people called him a fabric dyer.

KqRI bRwhmx ipiT dy Cofy hir nwmdyau lIAw muiK lwie ]3]
khatree baraahman pith day chhoday har naamday-o lee-aa mukh laa-ay. ||3||
The Lord turned His back on the high-class Kh'shaatriyas and Brahmins, and showed His face to Naam Dayv. ||3||

ijqny Bgq hir syvkw muiK ATsiT qIrQ iqn iqlku kFwie ]
jitnay bhagat har sayvkaa mukh athsath tirath tin tilak kadhaa-ay.
All of the devotees and servants of the Lord have the tilak, the ceremonial mark, applied to their foreheads at the sixty-eight sacred shrines of pilgrimage.

jnu nwnku iqn kau Anidnu prsy jy ik®pw kry hir rwie ]4]1]8]
jan naanak tin ka-o an-din parsay jay kirpaa karay har raa-ay. ||4||1||8||
Servant Nanak shall touch their feet night and day, if the Lord, the King, grants His Grace. ||4||1||8||