jnmM q mrxµ hrKM q sogµ Bogµ q rogµ ]

janaman th maranan harakhan th sogan bhogan th rogan ||

If there is birth, then there is death. If there is pleasure, then there is pain. If there is enjoyment, then there is disease.

aUcµ q nIcµ nwn@w su mUcµ ]

oochan th neechan naanhaa s moochan ||

If there is high, then there is low. If there is small, then there is great.

rwjµ q mwnµ AiBmwnµ q hInµ ]

raajan th maanan abhimaanan th heenan ||

If there is power, then there is pride. If there is egotistical pride, then there will be a fall.

pRivriq mwrgµ vrqµiq ibnwsnµ ]

aucwrx ib-nwsnµ

pravirath maaragan varathanth binaasanan ||

Engrossed in worldly ways, one is ruined.

goibMd Bjn swD sµgyx AsiQrµ nwnk Bgvµq Bjnwsnµ ]12]

aucwrx Bjn: polw bolo; Bj-nwsnµ: polw bolo

gobindh bhajan saadhh sangaen asathhiran naanak bhagavanth bhajanaasanan ||12||

Meditating and vibrating on the Lord of the Universe in the Company of the Holy, you shall become steady and stable. Nanak vibrates and meditates on the Lord God. ||12||