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Ang 723 · Guru Granth Sahib Ji

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Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Raag Tilang

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ਖੂਨ ਕੇ ਸੋਹਿਲੇ ਗਾਵੀਅਹਿ ਨਾਨਕ ਰਤੁ ਕਾ ਕੁੰਗੂ ਪਾਇ ਵੇ ਲਾਲੋ ॥੧॥

khoon ke sohile gaaveeeh naanak rat kaa kungoo paae ve laalo |1|

The wedding songs of murder are sung, O Nanak, and blood is sprinkled instead of saffron, O Lalo. ||1||

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ਸਾਹਿਬ ਕੇ ਗੁਣ ਨਾਨਕੁ ਗਾਵੈ ਮਾਸ ਪੁਰੀ ਵਿਚਿ ਆਖੁ ਮਸੋਲਾ ॥

saahib ke gun naanak gaavai maas puree vich aakh masolaa |

Nanak sings the Glorious Praises of the Lord and Master in the city of corpses, and voices this account.

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ਜਿਨਿ ਉਪਾਈ ਰੰਗਿ ਰਵਾਈ ਬੈਠਾ ਵੇਖੈ ਵਖਿ ਇਕੇਲਾ ॥

jin upaaee rang ravaaee baitthaa vekhai vakh ikelaa |

The One who created, and attached the mortals to pleasures, sits alone, and watches this.

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ਸਚਾ ਸੋ ਸਾਹਿਬੁ ਸਚੁ ਤਪਾਵਸੁ ਸਚੜਾ ਨਿਆਉ ਕਰੇਗੁ ਮਸੋਲਾ ॥

sachaa so saahib sach tapaavas sacharraa niaau kareg masolaa |

The Lord and Master is True, and True is His justice. He issues His Commands according to His judgement.

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ਕਾਇਆ ਕਪੜੁ ਟੁਕੁ ਟੁਕੁ ਹੋਸੀ ਹਿਦੁਸਤਾਨੁ ਸਮਾਲਸੀ ਬੋਲਾ ॥

kaaeaa kaparr ttuk ttuk hosee hidusataan samaalasee bolaa |

The body-fabric will be torn apart into shreds, and then India will remember these words.

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ਆਵਨਿ ਅਠਤਰੈ ਜਾਨਿ ਸਤਾਨਵੈ ਹੋਰੁ ਭੀ ਉਠਸੀ ਮਰਦ ਕਾ ਚੇਲਾ ॥

aavan atthatarai jaan sataanavai hor bhee utthasee marad kaa chelaa |

Coming in seventy-eight (1521 A.D.), they will depart in ninety-seven (1540 A.D.), and then another disciple of man will rise up.

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ਸਚ ਕੀ ਬਾਣੀ ਨਾਨਕੁ ਆਖੈ ਸਚੁ ਸੁਣਾਇਸੀ ਸਚ ਕੀ ਬੇਲਾ ॥੨॥੩॥੫॥

sach kee baanee naanak aakhai sach sunaaeisee sach kee belaa |2|3|5|

Nanak speaks the Word of Truth; he proclaims the Truth at this, the right time. ||2||3||5||

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Guru Ramdas Ji · Raag Tilang

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ਤਿਲੰਗ ਮਹਲਾ ੪ ਘਰੁ ੨ ॥

tilang mahalaa 4 ghar 2 |

Tilang, Fourth Mehl, Second House:

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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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ਸਭਿ ਆਏ ਹੁਕਮਿ ਖਸਮਾਹੁ ਹੁਕਮਿ ਸਭ ਵਰਤਨੀ ॥

sabh aae hukam khasamaahu hukam sabh varatanee |

Everyone comes by Command of the Lord and Master. The Hukam of His Command extends to all.

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ਸਚੁ ਸਾਹਿਬੁ ਸਾਚਾ ਖੇਲੁ ਸਭੁ ਹਰਿ ਧਨੀ ॥੧॥

sach saahib saachaa khel sabh har dhanee |1|

True is the Lord and Master, and True is His play. The Lord is the Master of all. ||1||

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ਸਾਲਾਹਿਹੁ ਸਚੁ ਸਭ ਊਪਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਧਨੀ ॥

saalaahihu sach sabh aoopar har dhanee |

So praise the True Lord; the Lord is the Master over all.

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ਜਿਸੁ ਨਾਹੀ ਕੋਇ ਸਰੀਕੁ ਕਿਸੁ ਲੇਖੈ ਹਉ ਗਨੀ ॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

jis naahee koe sareek kis lekhai hau ganee | rahaau |

No one is equal to Him; am I of any account? ||Pause||

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ਪਉਣ ਪਾਣੀ ਧਰਤੀ ਆਕਾਸੁ ਘਰ ਮੰਦਰ ਹਰਿ ਬਨੀ ॥

paun paanee dharatee aakaas ghar mandar har banee |

Air, water, earth and sky - the Lord has made these His home and temple.

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ਵਿਚਿ ਵਰਤੈ ਨਾਨਕ ਆਪਿ ਝੂਠੁ ਕਹੁ ਕਿਆ ਗਨੀ ॥੨॥੧॥

vich varatai naanak aap jhootth kahu kiaa ganee |2|1|

He Himself is pervading everywhere, O Nanak. Tell me: what can be counted as false? ||2||1||

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Guru Ramdas Ji · Raag Tilang

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ਤਿਲੰਗ ਮਹਲਾ ੪ ॥

tilang mahalaa 4 |

Tilang, Fourth Mehl:

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ਨਿਤ ਨਿਹਫਲ ਕਰਮ ਕਮਾਇ ਬਫਾਵੈ ਦੁਰਮਤੀਆ ॥

nit nihafal karam kamaae bafaavai duramateea |

The evil-minded person continually does fruitless deeds, all puffed up with pride.

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ਜਬ ਆਣੈ ਵਲਵੰਚ ਕਰਿ ਝੂਠੁ ਤਬ ਜਾਣੈ ਜਗੁ ਜਿਤੀਆ ॥੧॥

jab aanai valavanch kar jhootth tab jaanai jag jiteea |1|

When he brings home what he has acquired, by practicing deception and falsehood, he thinks that he has conquered the world. ||1||

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ਐਸਾ ਬਾਜੀ ਸੈਸਾਰੁ ਨ ਚੇਤੈ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮਾ ॥

aisaa baajee saisaar na chetai har naamaa |

Such is the drama of the world, that he does not contemplate the Lord's Name.

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ਖਿਨ ਮਹਿ ਬਿਨਸੈ ਸਭੁ ਝੂਠੁ ਮੇਰੇ ਮਨ ਧਿਆਇ ਰਾਮਾ ॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

khin meh binasai sabh jhootth mere man dhiaae raamaa | rahaau |

In an instant, all this false play shall perish; O my mind, meditate on the Lord. ||Pause||

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ਸਾ ਵੇਲਾ ਚਿਤਿ ਨ ਆਵੈ ਜਿਤੁ ਆਇ ਕੰਟਕੁ ਕਾਲੁ ਗ੍ਰਸੈ ॥

saa velaa chit na aavai jit aae kanttak kaal grasai |

He does not think of that time, when Death, the Torturer, shall come and seize him.

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ਤਿਸੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਲਏ ਛਡਾਇ ਜਿਸੁ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਿ ਹਿਰਦੈ ਵਸੈ ॥੨॥੨॥

tis naanak le chhaddaae jis kirapaa kar hiradai vasai |2|2|

O Nanak, the Lord saves that one, within whose heart the Lord, in His Kind Mercy, dwells. ||2||2||

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Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Raag Tilang

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ਤਿਲੰਗ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ਘਰੁ ੧ ॥

tilang mahalaa 5 ghar 1 |

Tilang, Fifth Mehl, First House:

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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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ਖਾਕ ਨੂਰ ਕਰਦੰ ਆਲਮ ਦੁਨੀਆਇ ॥

khaak noor karadan aalam duneeae |

The Lord infused His Light into the dust, and created the world, the universe.

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ਅਸਮਾਨ ਜਿਮੀ ਦਰਖਤ ਆਬ ਪੈਦਾਇਸਿ ਖੁਦਾਇ ॥੧॥

asamaan jimee darakhat aab paidaaeis khudaae |1|

The sky, the earth, the trees, and the water - all are the Creation of the Lord. ||1||

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ਬੰਦੇ ਚਸਮ ਦੀਦੰ ਫਨਾਇ ॥

bande chasam deedan fanaae |

O human being, whatever you can see with your eyes, shall perish.

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ਦੁਨਂੀਆ ਮੁਰਦਾਰ ਖੁਰਦਨੀ ਗਾਫਲ ਹਵਾਇ ॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

dunaneea muradaar khuradanee gaafal havaae | rahaau |

The world eats dead carcasses, living by neglect and greed. ||Pause||

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ਗੈਬਾਨ ਹੈਵਾਨ ਹਰਾਮ ਕੁਸਤਨੀ ਮੁਰਦਾਰ ਬਖੋਰਾਇ ॥

gaibaan haivaan haraam kusatanee muradaar bakhoraae |

Like a goblin, or a beast, they kill and eat the forbidden carcasses of meat.

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ਦਿਲ ਕਬਜ ਕਬਜਾ ਕਾਦਰੋ ਦੋਜਕ ਸਜਾਇ ॥੨॥

dil kabaj kabajaa kaadaro dojak sajaae |2|

So control your urges, or else you will be seized by the Lord, and thrown into the tortures of hell. ||2||

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ਵਲੀ ਨਿਆਮਤਿ ਬਿਰਾਦਰਾ ਦਰਬਾਰ ਮਿਲਕ ਖਾਨਾਇ ॥

valee niaamat biraadaraa darabaar milak khaanaae |

Your benefactors, presents, companions, courts, lands and homes

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ਜਬ ਅਜਰਾਈਲੁ ਬਸਤਨੀ ਤਬ ਚਿ ਕਾਰੇ ਬਿਦਾਇ ॥੩॥

jab ajaraaeel basatanee tab chi kaare bidaae |3|

- when Azraa-eel, the Messenger of Death seizes you, what good will these be to you then? ||3||

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ਹਵਾਲ ਮਾਲੂਮੁ ਕਰਦੰ ਪਾਕ ਅਲਾਹ ॥

havaal maaloom karadan paak alaah |

The Pure Lord God knows your condition.

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ਬੁਗੋ ਨਾਨਕ ਅਰਦਾਸਿ ਪੇਸਿ ਦਰਵੇਸ ਬੰਦਾਹ ॥੪॥੧॥

bugo naanak aradaas pes daraves bandaah |4|1|

O Nanak, recite your prayer to the holy people. ||4||1||

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Guru Arjan Dev Ji · Raag Tilang

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ਤਿਲੰਗ ਘਰੁ ੨ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ॥

tilang ghar 2 mahalaa 5 |

Tilang, Second House, Fifth Mehl:

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ਤੁਧੁ ਬਿਨੁ ਦੂਜਾ ਨਾਹੀ ਕੋਇ ॥

tudh bin doojaa naahee koe |

There is no other than You, Lord.

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ਤੂ ਕਰਤਾਰੁ ਕਰਹਿ ਸੋ ਹੋਇ ॥

too karataar kareh so hoe |

You are the Creator; whatever You do, that alone happens.

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ਤੇਰਾ ਜੋਰੁ ਤੇਰੀ ਮਨਿ ਟੇਕ ॥

teraa jor teree man ttek |

You are the strength, and You are the support of the mind.

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ਸਦਾ ਸਦਾ ਜਪਿ ਨਾਨਕ ਏਕ ॥੧॥

sadaa sadaa jap naanak ek |1|

Forever and ever, meditate, O Nanak, on the One. ||1||

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ਸਭ ਊਪਰਿ ਪਾਰਬ੍ਰਹਮੁ ਦਾਤਾਰੁ ॥

sabh aoopar paarabraham daataar |

The Great Giver is the Supreme Lord God over all.

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ਤੇਰੀ ਟੇਕ ਤੇਰਾ ਆਧਾਰੁ ॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

teree ttek teraa aadhaar | rahaau |

You are our support, You are our sustainer. ||Pause||

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