lakh cha-oraaseeh bharamtay bharamtay dulabh janam ab paa-i-o

mwrU mhlw 5 Gru 3 AstpdIAw (1017-2)
maaroo mehlaa 5 ghar 3 asatpadee-aa
Maaroo, Fifth Mehl, Third House, Ashtapadees:


lK caurwsIh BRmqy BRmqy dulB jnmu Ab pwieE ]1]
lakh cha-oraaseeh bharamtay bharamtay dulabh janam ab paa-i-o. ||1||
Wandering and roaming through 8.4 million incarnations, you have now been given this human life, so difficult to obtain. ||1||

ry mUVy qU hoCY ris lptwieE ]
ray moorhay too hochhai ras laptaa-i-o.
You fool! You are attached and clinging to such trivial pleasures!

AMimRqu sMig bsqu hY qyrY ibiKAw isau aurJwieE ]1] rhwau ]
amrit sang basat hai tayrai bikhi-aa si-o urjhaa-i-o. ||1|| rahaa-o.
The Ambrosial Nectar abides with you, but you are engrossed in sin and corruption. ||1||Pause||

rqn jvyhr bnjin AwieE kwlru lwid clwieE ]2]
ratan javayhar banjan aa-i-o kaalar laad chalaa-i-o. ||2||
You have come to trade in gems and jewels, but you have loaded only barren soil. ||2||

ijh Gr mih quDu rhnw bsnw so Gru cIiq n AwieE ]3]
jih ghar meh tuDh rahnaa basnaa so ghar cheet na aa-i-o. ||3||
That home within which you live - you have not kept that home in your thoughts. ||3||

Atl AKMf pRwx suKdweI iek inmK nhI quJu gwieE ]4]
atal akhand paraan sukh-daa-ee ik nimakh nahee tujh gaa-i-o. ||4||
He is immovable, indestructible, the Giver of peace to the soul; and yet you do not sing His Praises, even for an instant. ||4||

jhw jwxw so Qwnu ivswirE iek inmK nhI mnu lwieE ]5]
jahaa jaanaa so thaan visaar-i-o ik nimakh nahee man laa-i-o. ||5||
You have forgotten that place where you must go; you have not attached your mind to the Lord, even for an instant. ||5||

puqR klqR igRh dyiK smgRI ies hI mih aurJwieE ]6]
putar kaltar garih daykh samagree is hee meh urjhaa-i-o. ||6||
Gazing upon your children, spouse, household and paraphernalia, you are entangled in them. ||6||

ijqu ko lwieE iqq hI lwgw qYsy krm kmwieE ]7]
jit ko laa-i-o tit hee laagaa taisay karam kamaa-i-o. ||7||
As God links the mortals, so are they linked, and so are the deeds they do. ||7||

jau BieE ik®pwlu qw swDsMgu pwieAw jn nwnk bRhmu iDAwieE ]8]1]
ja-o bha-i-o kirpaal taa saaDhsang paa-i-aa jan naanak barahm Dhi-aa-i-o. ||8||1||
When He becomes Merciful, then the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, is found; servant Nanak meditates on God. ||8||1||