koit kotI myrI Awrjw pvxu pIAxu AipAwau ]
kot kotee mayree aarjaa pavan pee-an api-aa-o.
If I could live for millions and millions of years, and if the air was my food and drink,

cMdu sUrju duie guPY n dyKw supnY saux n Qwau ]
chand sooraj du-ay gufai na daykhaa supnai sa-un na thaa-o.
and if I lived in a cave and never saw either the sun or the moon, and if I never slept, even in dreams

BI qyrI kImiq nw pvY hau kyvfu AwKw nwau ]1]
bhee tayree keemat naa pavai ha-o kayvad aakhaa naa-o. ||1||
-even so, I could not estimate Your Value. How can I describe the Greatness of Your Name? ||1||

swcw inrMkwru inj Qwie ]
saachaa nirankaar nij thaa-ay.
The True Lord, the Formless One, is Himself in His Own Place.

suix suix AwKxu AwKxw jy BwvY kry qmwie ]1] rhwau ]
sun sun aakhan aakh-naa jay bhaavai karay tamaa-ay. ||1|| rahaa-o.
I have heard, over and over again, and so I tell the tale; as it pleases You, Lord, please instill within me the yearning for You. ||1||Pause||

kusw ktIAw vwr vwr pIsix pIsw pwie ]
kusaa katee-aa vaar vaar peesan peesaa paa-ay.
If I was slashed and cut into pieces, over and over again, and put into the mill and ground into flour,

AgI syqI jwlIAw Bsm syqI ril jwau ]
agee saytee jaalee-aa bhasam saytee ral jaa-o.
burnt by fire and mixed with ashes

BI qyrI kImiq nw pvY hau kyvfu AwKw nwau ]2]
bhee tayree keemat naa pavai ha-o kayvad aakhaa naa-o. ||2||
-even then, I could not estimate Your Value. How can I describe the Greatness of Your Name? ||2||

pMKI hoie kY jy Bvw sY AsmwnI jwau ]
pankhee ho-ay kai jay bhavaa sai asmaanee jaa-o.
If I was a bird, soaring and flying through hundreds of heavens,

ndrI iksY n AwvaU nw ikCu pIAw n Kwau ]
nadree kisai na aav-oo naa kichh pee-aa na khaa-o.
and if I was invisible, neither eating nor drinking anything

BI qyrI kImiq nw pvY hau kyvfu AwKw nwau ]3]
bhee tayree keemat naa pavai ha-o kayvad aakhaa naa-o. ||3||
-even so, I could not estimate Your Value. How can I describe the Greatness of Your Name? ||3||

nwnk kwgd lK mxw piV piV kIcY Bwau ]
naanak kaagad lakh manaa parh parh keechai bhaa-o.
O Nanak, if I had hundreds of thousands of stacks of paper, and if I were to read and recite and embrace love for the Lord,

msU qoit n AwveI lyKix pauxu clwau ]
masoo tot na aavee laykhan pa-un chalaa-o.
and if ink were never to fail me, and if my pen were able to move like the wind

BI qyrI kImiq nw pvY hau kyvfu AwKw nwau ]4]2]
bhee tayree keemat naa pavai ha-o kayvad aakhaa naa-o. ||4||2||
-even so, I could not estimate Your Value. How can I describe the Greatness of Your Name? ||4||2||