avar panch ham ayk janaa ki-o raakha-o ghar baar manaa

gauVI cyqI mhlw 1(155-10)
ga-orhee chaytee mehlaa 1
Gauree Chaytee, First Mehl


Avir pMc hm eyk jnw ikau rwKau Gr bwru mnw ]
avar panch ham ayk janaa ki-o raakha-o ghar baar manaa.
There are five of them, but I am all alone. How can I protect my hearth and home, O my mind?

mwrih lUtih nIq nIq iksu AwgY krI pukwr jnw ]1]
maareh looteh neet neet kis aagai karee pukaar janaa. ||1||
They are beating and plundering me over and over again; unto whom can I complain? ||1||

sRI rwm nwmw aucru mnw ]
saree raam naamaa uchar manaa.
Chant the Name of the Supreme Lord, O my mind.

AwgY jm dlu ibKmu Gnw ]1] rhwau ]
aagai jam dal bikham ghanaa. ||1|| rahaa-o.
Otherwise, in the world hereafter, you will have to face the awesome and cruel army of Death. ||1||Pause||

auswir mVolI rwKY duAwrw BIqir bYTI sw Dnw ]
usaar marholee raakhai du-aaraa bheetar baithee saa Dhanaa.
God has erected the temple of the body; He has placed the nine doors, and the soul-bride sits within.

AMimRq kyl kry inq kwmix Avir lutyin su pMc jnw ]2]
amrit kayl karay nit kaaman avar lutayn so panch janaa. ||2||
She enjoys the sweet play again and again, while the five demons are plundering her. ||2||

Fwih mVolI lUitAw dyhurw sw Dn pkVI eyk jnw ]
dhaahi marholee looti-aa dayhuraa saa Dhan pakrhee ayk janaa.
In this way, the temple is being demolished; the body is being plundered, and the soul-bride, left all alone, is captured.

jm fMfw gil sMglu piVAw Bwig gey sy pMc jnw ]3]
jam dandaa gal sangal parhi-aa bhaag ga-ay say panch janaa. ||3||
Death strikes her down with his rod, the shackles are placed around her neck, and now the five have left. ||3||

kwmix loVY suienw rupw imqR luVyin su KwDwqw ]
kaaman lorhai su-inaa rupaa mitar lurhayn so khaaDhaataa.
The wife yearns for gold and silver, and her friends, the senses, yearn for good food.

nwnk pwp kry iqn kwrix jwsI jmpuir bwDwqw ]4]2]14]
naanak paap karay tin kaaran jaasee jampur baaDhaataa. ||4||2||14||
O Nanak, she commits sins for their sake; she shall go, bound and gagged, to the City of Death. ||4||2||14||