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Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Raag Aasaa

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ੴ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥

ik oankaar satigur prasaad |

One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

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ਆਸਾ ਘਰੁ ੩ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥

aasaa ghar 3 mahalaa 1 |

Aasaa, Third House, First Mehl:

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ਲਖ ਲਸਕਰ ਲਖ ਵਾਜੇ ਨੇਜੇ ਲਖ ਉਠਿ ਕਰਹਿ ਸਲਾਮੁ ॥

lakh lasakar lakh vaaje neje lakh utth kareh salaam |

You may have thousands of armies, thousands of marching bands and lances, and thousands of men to rise and salute you.

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ਲਖਾ ਉਪਰਿ ਫੁਰਮਾਇਸਿ ਤੇਰੀ ਲਖ ਉਠਿ ਰਾਖਹਿ ਮਾਨੁ ॥

lakhaa upar furamaaeis teree lakh utth raakheh maan |

Your rule may extend over thousands of miles, and thousands of men may rise to honor you.

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ਜਾਂ ਪਤਿ ਲੇਖੈ ਨਾ ਪਵੈ ਤਾਂ ਸਭਿ ਨਿਰਾਫਲ ਕਾਮ ॥੧॥

jaan pat lekhai naa pavai taan sabh niraafal kaam |1|

But, if your honor is of no account to the Lord, then all of your ostentatious show is useless. ||1||

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ਹਰਿ ਕੇ ਨਾਮ ਬਿਨਾ ਜਗੁ ਧੰਧਾ ॥

har ke naam binaa jag dhandhaa |

Without the Name of the Lord, the world is in turmoil.

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ਜੇ ਬਹੁਤਾ ਸਮਝਾਈਐ ਭੋਲਾ ਭੀ ਸੋ ਅੰਧੋ ਅੰਧਾ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

je bahutaa samajhaaeeai bholaa bhee so andho andhaa |1| rahaau |

Even though the fool may be taught again and again, he remains the blindest of the blind. ||1||Pause||

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ਲਖ ਖਟੀਅਹਿ ਲਖ ਸੰਜੀਅਹਿ ਖਾਜਹਿ ਲਖ ਆਵਹਿ ਲਖ ਜਾਹਿ ॥

lakh khatteeeh lakh sanjeeeh khaajeh lakh aaveh lakh jaeh |

You may earn thousands, collect thousands, and spend thousands of dollars; thousands may come, and thousands may go.

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ਜਾਂ ਪਤਿ ਲੇਖੈ ਨਾ ਪਵੈ ਤਾਂ ਜੀਅ ਕਿਥੈ ਫਿਰਿ ਪਾਹਿ ॥੨॥

jaan pat lekhai naa pavai taan jeea kithai fir paeh |2|

But, if your honor is of no account to the Lord, then where will you go to find a safe haven? ||2||

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ਲਖ ਸਾਸਤ ਸਮਝਾਵਣੀ ਲਖ ਪੰਡਿਤ ਪੜਹਿ ਪੁਰਾਣ ॥

lakh saasat samajhaavanee lakh panddit parreh puraan |

Thousands of Shaastras may be explained to the mortal, and thousands of Pandits may read the Puraanas to him;

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ਜਾਂ ਪਤਿ ਲੇਖੈ ਨਾ ਪਵੈ ਤਾਂ ਸਭੇ ਕੁਪਰਵਾਣ ॥੩॥

jaan pat lekhai naa pavai taan sabhe kuparavaan |3|

but, if his honor is of no account to the Lord, then all of this is unacceptable. ||3||

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ਸਚ ਨਾਮਿ ਪਤਿ ਊਪਜੈ ਕਰਮਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਕਰਤਾਰੁ ॥

sach naam pat aoopajai karam naam karataar |

Honor comes from the True Name, the Name of the Merciful Creator.

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ਅਹਿਨਿਸਿ ਹਿਰਦੈ ਜੇ ਵਸੈ ਨਾਨਕ ਨਦਰੀ ਪਾਰੁ ॥੪॥੧॥੩੧॥

ahinis hiradai je vasai naanak nadaree paar |4|1|31|

If it abides in the heart, day and night, O Nanak, then the mortal shall swim across, by His Grace. ||4||1||31||

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ਆਸਾ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥

aasaa mahalaa 1 |

Aasaa, First Mehl:

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ਦੀਵਾ ਮੇਰਾ ਏਕੁ ਨਾਮੁ ਦੁਖੁ ਵਿਚਿ ਪਾਇਆ ਤੇਲੁ ॥

deevaa meraa ek naam dukh vich paaeaa tel |

The One Name is my lamp; I have put the oil of suffering into it.

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ਉਨਿ ਚਾਨਣਿ ਓਹੁ ਸੋਖਿਆ ਚੂਕਾ ਜਮ ਸਿਉ ਮੇਲੁ ॥੧॥

aun chaanan ohu sokhiaa chookaa jam siau mel |1|

Its flame has dried up this oil, and I have escaped my meeting with the Messenger of Death. ||1||

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ਲੋਕਾ ਮਤ ਕੋ ਫਕੜਿ ਪਾਇ ॥

lokaa mat ko fakarr paae |

O people, do not make fun of me.

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ਲਖ ਮੜਿਆ ਕਰਿ ਏਕਠੇ ਏਕ ਰਤੀ ਲੇ ਭਾਹਿ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

lakh marriaa kar ekatthe ek ratee le bhaeh |1| rahaau |

Thousands of wooden logs, piled up together, need only a tiny flame to burn. ||1||Pause||

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ਪਿੰਡੁ ਪਤਲਿ ਮੇਰੀ ਕੇਸਉ ਕਿਰਿਆ ਸਚੁ ਨਾਮੁ ਕਰਤਾਰੁ ॥

pindd patal meree kesau kiriaa sach naam karataar |

The Lord is my festive dish, of rice balls on leafy plates; the True Name of the Creator Lord is my funeral ceremony.

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ਐਥੈ ਓਥੈ ਆਗੈ ਪਾਛੈ ਏਹੁ ਮੇਰਾ ਆਧਾਰੁ ॥੨॥

aithai othai aagai paachhai ehu meraa aadhaar |2|

Here and hereafter, in the past and in the future, this is my support. ||2||

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ਗੰਗ ਬਨਾਰਸਿ ਸਿਫਤਿ ਤੁਮਾਰੀ ਨਾਵੈ ਆਤਮ ਰਾਉ ॥

gang banaaras sifat tumaaree naavai aatam raau |

The Lord's Praise is my River Ganges and my city of Benares; my soul takes its sacred cleansing bath there.

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ਸਚਾ ਨਾਵਣੁ ਤਾਂ ਥੀਐ ਜਾਂ ਅਹਿਨਿਸਿ ਲਾਗੈ ਭਾਉ ॥੩॥

sachaa naavan taan theeai jaan ahinis laagai bhaau |3|

That becomes my true cleansing bath, if night and day, I enshrine love for You. ||3||

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ਇਕ ਲੋਕੀ ਹੋਰੁ ਛਮਿਛਰੀ ਬ੍ਰਾਹਮਣੁ ਵਟਿ ਪਿੰਡੁ ਖਾਇ ॥

eik lokee hor chhamichharee braahaman vatt pindd khaae |

The rice balls are offered to the gods and the dead ancestors, but it is the Brahmins who eat them!

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ਨਾਨਕ ਪਿੰਡੁ ਬਖਸੀਸ ਕਾ ਕਬਹੂੰ ਨਿਖੂਟਸਿ ਨਾਹਿ ॥੪॥੨॥੩੨॥

naanak pindd bakhasees kaa kabahoon nikhoottas naeh |4|2|32|

O Nanak, the rice balls of the Lord are a gift which is never exhausted. ||4||2||32||

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ਆਸਾ ਘਰੁ ੪ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥

aasaa ghar 4 mahalaa 1 |

Aasaa, Fourth House, First Mehl:

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ੴ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥

ik oankaar satigur prasaad |

One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

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ਦੇਵਤਿਆ ਦਰਸਨ ਕੈ ਤਾਈ ਦੂਖ ਭੂਖ ਤੀਰਥ ਕੀਏ ॥

devatiaa darasan kai taaee dookh bhookh teerath kee |

The Gods, yearning for the Blessed Vision of the Lord's Darshan, suffered through pain and hunger at the sacred shrines.

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ਜੋਗੀ ਜਤੀ ਜੁਗਤਿ ਮਹਿ ਰਹਤੇ ਕਰਿ ਕਰਿ ਭਗਵੇ ਭੇਖ ਭਏ ॥੧॥

jogee jatee jugat meh rahate kar kar bhagave bhekh bhe |1|

The yogis and the celibates live their disciplined lifestyle, while others wear saffron robes and become hermits. ||1||

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ਤਉ ਕਾਰਣਿ ਸਾਹਿਬਾ ਰੰਗਿ ਰਤੇ ॥

tau kaaran saahibaa rang rate |

For Your sake, O Lord Master, they are imbued with love.

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ਤੇਰੇ ਨਾਮ ਅਨੇਕਾ ਰੂਪ ਅਨੰਤਾ ਕਹਣੁ ਨ ਜਾਹੀ ਤੇਰੇ ਗੁਣ ਕੇਤੇ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

tere naam anekaa roop anantaa kehan na jaahee tere gun kete |1| rahaau |

Your Names are so many, and Your Forms are endless. No one can tell how may Glorious Virtues You have. ||1||Pause||

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ਦਰ ਘਰ ਮਹਲਾ ਹਸਤੀ ਘੋੜੇ ਛੋਡਿ ਵਿਲਾਇਤਿ ਦੇਸ ਗਏ ॥

dar ghar mahalaa hasatee ghorre chhodd vilaaeit des ge |

Leaving behind hearth and home, palaces, elephants, horses and native lands, mortals have journeyed to foreign lands.

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ਪੀਰ ਪੇਕਾਂਬਰ ਸਾਲਿਕ ਸਾਦਿਕ ਛੋਡੀ ਦੁਨੀਆ ਥਾਇ ਪਏ ॥੨॥

peer pekaanbar saalik saadik chhoddee duneea thaae pe |2|

The spiritual leaders, prophets, seers and men of faith renounced the world, and became acceptable. ||2||

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ਸਾਦ ਸਹਜ ਸੁਖ ਰਸ ਕਸ ਤਜੀਅਲੇ ਕਾਪੜ ਛੋਡੇ ਚਮੜ ਲੀਏ ॥

saad sehaj sukh ras kas tajeeale kaaparr chhodde chamarr lee |

Renouncing tasty delicacies, comfort, happiness and pleasures, some have abandoned their clothes and now wear skins.

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ਦੁਖੀਏ ਦਰਦਵੰਦ ਦਰਿ ਤੇਰੈ ਨਾਮਿ ਰਤੇ ਦਰਵੇਸ ਭਏ ॥੩॥

dukhee daradavand dar terai naam rate daraves bhe |3|

Those who suffer in pain, imbued with Your Name, have become beggars at Your Door. ||3||

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ਖਲੜੀ ਖਪਰੀ ਲਕੜੀ ਚਮੜੀ ਸਿਖਾ ਸੂਤੁ ਧੋਤੀ ਕੀਨੑੀ ॥

khalarree khaparee lakarree chamarree sikhaa soot dhotee keenaee |

Some wear skins, and carry begging bowls, bearing wooden staffs, and sitting on deer skins. Others raise their hair in tufts and wear sacred threads and loin-cloths.

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ਤੂੰ ਸਾਹਿਬੁ ਹਉ ਸਾਂਗੀ ਤੇਰਾ ਪ੍ਰਣਵੈ ਨਾਨਕੁ ਜਾਤਿ ਕੈਸੀ ॥੪॥੧॥੩੩॥

toon saahib hau saangee teraa pranavai naanak jaat kaisee |4|1|33|

You are the Lord Master, I am just Your puppet. Prays Nanak, what is my social status to be? ||4||1||33||

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