mehlaa 1.
First Mehl:
andrahu jhoothay paij baahar dunee-aa andar fail.
Those who are false within, and honorable on the outside, are very common in this world.
athsath tirath jay naaveh utrai naahee mail.
Even though they may bathe at the sixty-eight sacred shrines of pilgrimage, still, their filth does not depart.
jinH pat andar baahar gudarh tay bhalay sansaar.
Those who have silk on the inside and rags on the outside, are the good ones in this world.
tinH nayhu lagaa rab saytee daykhnHay veechaar.
They embrace love for the Lord, and contemplate beholding Him.
rang haseh rang roveh chup bhee kar jaahi.
In the Lord's Love, they laugh, and in the Lord's Love, they weep, and also keep silent.
parvaah naahee kisai kayree baajh sachay naah.
They do not care for anything else, except their True Husband Lord.
dar vaat upar kharach mangaa jabai day-ay ta khaahi.
Sitting, waiting at the Lord's Door, they beg for food, and when He gives to them, they eat.
deebaan ayko kalam aykaa hamaa tumHaa mayl.
There is only One Court of the Lord, and He has only one pen; there, you and I shall meet.
dar la-ay laykhaa peerh chhutai naankaa ji-o tayl. ||2||
In the Court of the Lord, the accounts are examined; O Nanak, the sinners are crushed, like oil seeds in the press. ||2||