ijau mInw ibnu pwxIAY iqau swkqu mrY ipAws ]
ji-o meenaa bin paanee-ai ti-o saakat marai pi-aas.
Like a fish without water is the faithless cynic, who dies of thirst.

iqau hir ibnu mrIAY ry mnw jo ibrQw jwvY swsu ]1]
ti-o har bin maree-ai ray manaa jo birthaa jaavai saas. ||1||
So shall you die, O mind, without the Lord, as your breath goes in vain. ||1||

mn ry rwm nwm jsu lyie ]
man ray raam naam jas lay-ay.
O mind, chant the Lord's Name, and praise Him.

ibnu gur iehu rsu ikau lhau guru mylY hir dyie ] rhwau ]
bin gur ih ras ki-o laha-o gur maylai har day-ay. rahaa-o.
Without the Guru, how will you obtain this juice? The Guru shall unite you with the Lord. ||Pause||

sMq jnw imlu sMgqI gurmuiK qIrQu hoie ]
sant janaa mil sangtee gurmukh tirath ho-ay.
For the Gurmukh, meeting with the Society of the Saints is like making a pilgrimage to a sacred shrine.

ATsiT qIrQ mjnw gur drsu prwpiq hoie ]2]
athsath tirath majnaa gur daras paraapat ho-ay. ||2||
The benefit of bathing at the sixty-eight sacred shrines of pilgrimage is obtained by the Blessed Vision of the Guru's Darshan. ||2||

ijau jogI jq bwhrw qpu nwhI squ sMqoKu ]
ji-o jogee jat baahraa tap naahee sat santokh.
Like the Yogi without abstinence, and like penance without truth and contentment,

iqau nwmY ibnu dyhurI jmu mwrY AMqir doKu ]3]
ti-o naamai bin dayhuree jam maarai antar dokh. ||3||
so is the body without the Lord's Name; death will slay it, because of the sin within. ||3||

swkq pRymu n pweIAY hir pweIAY siqgur Bwie ]
saakat paraym na paa-ee-ai har paa-ee-ai satgur bhaa-ay.
The faithless cynic does not obtain the Lord's Love; the Lord's Love is obtained only through the True Guru.

suK duK dwqw guru imlY khu nwnk isPiq smwie ]4]7]
sukh dukh daataa gur milai kaho naanak sifat samaa-ay. ||4||7||
One who meets with the Guru, the Giver of pleasure and pain, says Nanak, is absorbed in the Lord's Praise. ||4||7||