ਆਸਾ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ॥

Asa Mehala 5 ||

Aasaa, Fifth Mehl:

ਕਿਆ ਸੋਵਹਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਵਿਸਾਰਿ ਗਾਫਲ ਗਹਿਲਿਆ ॥

Kia Sovehi Nam Visar Gafal Gehilia ||

Why are you sleeping, and forgetting the Name, O careless and foolish mortal?

ਕਿਤੀ ਇਤੁ ਦਰੀਆਇ ਵੰਨ੍ਹ੍ਹਿ ਵਹਦਿਆ ॥੧॥

Kithanaee Eith Dhareeae Vannjanih Vehadhia ||1||

So many have been washed away and carried off by this river of life. ||1||

ਬੋਹਿਥੜਾ ਹਰਿ ਚਰਣ ਮਨ ਚੜਿ ਲੰਘੀਐ ॥

Bohithharra Har Charan Man Charr Langheeai ||

O mortal, get aboard the boat of the Lord's Lotus Feet, and cross over.

ਆਠ ਪਹਰ ਗੁਣ ਗਾਇ ਸਾਧੂ ਸੰਗੀਐ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

Ath Pehar Gun Gae Sadhhoo Sangeeai ||1|| Rehao ||

Twenty-four hours a day, sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord, in the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy. ||1||Pause||

ਭੋਗਹਿ ਭੋਗ ਅਨੇਕ ਵਿਣੁ ਨਾਵੈ ਸੁੰਆਿ ॥

Bhogehi Bhog Anaek Vin Navai Sunnjia ||

You may enjoy various pleasures, but they are useless without the Name.

ਹਰਿ ਕੀ ਭਗਤਿ ਬਿਨਾ ਮਰਿ ਮਰਿ ਰੁੰਨਿਆ ॥੨॥

Har Kee Bhagath Bina Mar Mar Runnia ||2||

Without devotion to the Lord, you shall die in sorrow, again and again. ||2||

ਕਪੜ ਭੋਗ ਸੁਗੰਧ ਤਨਿ ਮਰਦਨ ਮਾਲਣਾ ॥

Kaparr Bhog Sugandhh Than Maradhan Malana ||

You may dress and eat and apply scented oils to your body,

ਬਿਨੁ ਸਿਮਰਨ ਤਨੁ ਛਾਰੁ ਸਰਪਰ ਚਾਲਣਾ ॥੩॥

Bin Simaran Than Shhar Sarapar Chalana ||3||

But without the meditative remembrance of the Lord, your body shall surely turn to dust, and you shall have to depart. ||3||

ਮਹਾ ਬਿਖਮੁ ਸੰਸਾਰੁ ਵਿਰਲੈ ਪੇਖਿਆ ॥

Meha Bikham Sansar Viralai Paekhia ||

How very treacherous is this world-ocean; how very few realize this!

ਛੂਟਨੁ ਹਰਿ ਕੀ ਸਰਣਿ ਲੇਖੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਲੇਖਿਆ ॥੪॥੮॥੧੧੦॥

Shhoottan Har Kee Saran Laekh Naanak Laekhia ||4||8||110||

Salvation rests in the Lord's Sanctuary; O Nanak, this is your pre-ordained destiny. ||4||8||110||