Awsw ]
Aasaa:
bwrh brs bwlpn bIqy bIs brs kCu qpu n kIE ]
Twelve years pass in childhood, and for another twenty years, he does not practice self-discipline and austerity.
qIs brs kCu dyv n pUjw iPir pCuqwnw ibriD BieE ]1]
For another thirty years, he does not worship God in any way, and then, when he is old, he repents and regrets. ||1||
myrI myrI krqy jnmu gieE ]
His life wastes away as he cries out, “Mine, mine!”
swieru soiK BujM blieE ]1] rhwau ]
The pool of his power has dried up. ||1||Pause||
sUky srvir pwil bMDwvY lUxY Kyiq hQ vwir krY ]
He makes a dam around the dried-up pool, and with his hands, he makes a fence around the harvested field.
AwieE coru qurMqh ly gieE myrI rwKq mugDu iPrY ]2]
When the thief of Death comes, he quickly carries away what the fool had tried to preserve as his own. ||2||
crn sIsu kr kMpn lwgy nYnI nIru Aswr bhY ]
His feet and head and hands begin to tremble, and the tears flow copiously from his eyes.
ijhvw bcnu suDu nhI inksY qb ry Drm kI Aws krY ]3]
His tongue has not spoken the correct words, but now, he hopes to practice religion! ||3||
hir jIau ik®pw krY ilv lwvY lwhw hir hir nwmu lIE ]
If the Dear Lord shows His Mercy, one enshrines love for Him, and obtains the Profit of the Lord’s Name.
gur prswdI hir Dnu pwieE AMqy clidAw nwil cilE ]4]
By Guru’s Grace, he receives the wealth of the Lord’s Name, which alone shall go with him, when he departs in the end. ||4||
khq kbIr sunhu ry sMqhu Anu Dnu kCUAY lY n gieE ]
Says Kabeer, listen, O Saints – he shall not take any other wealth with him.
AweI qlb gopwl rwie kI mwieAw mMdr Coif cilE ]5]2]15]
When the summons comes from the King, the Lord of the Universe, the mortal departs, leaving behind his wealth and mansions. ||5||2||15||
(aumr dy pihly) bwrHW swl AMwxpuxy ivc lµG gey, (hor) vIh vrHy (lµG gey, Bwv, qIh swlW qoN t`p igAw, qd qk BI) koeI qp nw kIqw;
qIh swl (hor bIq gey, aumr s`T qoN t`p geI, qW BI) koeI Bjn-bMdgI nwh kIqI, hux h`Q mlx l`gw (ikauNik) bu`Fw ho igAw [1[
‘mmqw’ ivc hI (juAwnI dI) aumr bIq geI, srIr-rUp smuMdr su`k igAw, qy bwhW dI qwkq (BI mu`k geI) [1[ rhwau [
(hux buFypw Awaux qy BI mOq qoN bcx leI Awhr krdw hY, pr ies dy au`dm ieauN hn ijvyN) su`ky hoey qlw ivc v`t bMnH irhw hY (qW ik pwxI qlw ivcoN bwhr nw inkl jwey), Aqy k`ty hoey Kyq dy duAwly vwV dy irhw hY [
mUrK mnu`K ijs srIr nMU Awpxw bxweI r`Kx dy jqn krdw iPrdw hY, pr (jdoN jm rUp) cor (Bwv, cup kIqy hI jm) AwauNdw hY qy (ijMd nMU) lY qurdw hY [2[
pYr, isr, h`Q kMbx l`g jWdy hn, A`KW ivcoN Awp-muhwry pwxI vgI jWdw hY, jIB ivcoN koeI swPæ lPæjæ nhIN inkldw [
hy mUrK! (kI) aus vyly qUM Drm kmwx dI Aws krdw hYN?
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ijs mnu`K au`qy prmwqmw imhr krdw hY, aus dI suriq (Awpxy crnW ivc) joVdw hY, auh mnu`K prmwqmw dw nwm-rUp lwB K`tdw hY [
jgq qoN qurn vyly BI iehI nwm-Dn (mnu`K dy) nwl jWdw hY (pr) ieh Dn imldw hY siqgurU dI ikrpw nwl [4[
kbIr kihMdw hY—hy sMq jno! suxo, (koeI jIv BI mrn vyly) koeI hor Dn-pdwrQ Awpxy nwl nhIN lY jWdw, ikauNik jdoN prmwqmw vloN s`dw AwauNdw hY qW mnu`K dOlq qy Gr (sB kuJ ieQy hI) C`f ky qur pYNdw hY [5[2[15[