jip mn rwm nwmu pVHü swru ]
jap man raam naam parhho saar.
O my mind, chant the Name of the Lord, and study His Excellence.

rwm nwm ibnu iQru nhI koeI horu inhPl sBu ibsQwru ]1] rhwau ]
raam naam bin thir nahee ko-ee hor nihfal sabh bisthaar. ||1|| rahaa-o.
Without the Lord's Name, nothing is steady or stable. All the rest of the show is useless. ||1||Pause||

ikAw lIjY ikAw qjIAY baury jo dIsY so Cwru ]
ki-aa leejai ki-aa tajee-ai ba-uray jo deesai so chhaar.
What is there to accept, and what is there to reject, O madman? Whatever is seen shall turn to dust.

ijsu ibiKAw kau qum@ ApunI kir jwnhu sw Cwif jwhu isir Bwru ]1]
jis bikhi-aa ka-o tum^H apunee kar jaanhu saa chhaad jaahu sir bhaar. ||1||
That poison which you believe to be your own - you must abandon it and leave it behind. What a load you have to carry on your head! ||1||

iqlu iqlu plu plu AauD Puin GwtY bUiJ n skY gvwru ]
til til pal pal a-oDh fun ghaatai boojh na sakai gavaar.
Moment by moment, instant by instant, your life is running out. The fool cannot understand this.

so ikCu krY ij swiQ n cwlY iehu swkq kw Awcwru ]2]
so kichh karai je saath na chaalai ih saakat kaa aachaar. ||2||
He does things which will not go along with him in the end. This is the lifestyle of the faithless cynic. ||2||

sMq jnw kY sMig imlu baury qau pwvih moK duAwru ]
sant janaa kai sang mil ba-uray ta-o paavahi mokh du-aar.
So join together with the humble Saints, O madman, and you shall find the Gate of Salvation.

ibnu sqsMg suKu iknY n pwieAw jwie pUChu byd bIcwru ]3]
bin satsang sukh kinai na paa-i-aa jaa-ay poochhahu bayd beechaar. ||3||
Without the Sat Sangat, the True Congregation, no one finds any peace. Go and ask the scholars of the Vedas. ||3||

rwxw rwau sBY koaU cwlY JUTu Coif jwie pwswru ]
raanaa raa-o sabhai ko-oo chaalai jhooth chhod jaa-ay paasaar.
All the kings and queens shall depart; they must leave this false expanse.

nwnk sMq sdw iQru inhclu ijn rwm nwmu AwDwru ]4]6]
naanak sant sadaa thir nihchal jin raam naam aaDhaar. ||4||6||
O Nanak, the Saints are eternally steady and stable; they take the Support of the Name of the Lord. ||4||6||