bIq jYhY bIq jYhY jnmu Akwju ry ]
beet jaihai beet jaihai janam akaaj ray.
Slipping away - your life is uselessly slipping away.

inis idnu suin kY purwn smJq nh ry Ajwn ]
nis din sun kai puraan samjhat nah ray ajaan.
Night and day, you listen to the Puraanas, but you do not understand them, you ignorant fool!

kwlu qau phUicE Awin khw jYhY Bwij ry ]1] rhwau ]
kaal ta-o pahoochi-o aan kahaa jaihai bhaaj ray. ||1|| rahaa-o.
Death has arrived; now where will you run? ||1||Pause||

AsiQru jo mwinE dyh so qau qyrau hoie hY Kyh ]
asthir jo maani-o dayh so ta-o tayra-o ho-ay hai khayh.
You believed that this body was permanent, but it shall turn to dust.

ikau n hir ko nwmu lyih mUrK inlwj ry ]1]
ki-o na har ko naam layhi moorakh nilaaj ray. ||1||
Why don't you chant the Name of the Lord, you shameless fool? ||1||

rwm Bgiq hIey Awin Cwif dy qY mn ko mwnu ]
raam bhagat hee-ay aan chhaad day tai man ko maan.
Let devotional worship of the Lord enter into your heart, and abandon the intellectualism of your mind.

nwnk jn ieh bKwin jg mih ibrwju ry ]2]4]
naanak jan ih bakhaan jag meh biraaj ray. ||2||4||
O Servant Nanak, this is the way to live in the world. ||2||4||