swrg mhlw 4 ]

aucwrx swrg mh`lw cauQw

saarag mehalaa 4 ||

Saarang, Fourth Mehl:

jip mn rwm nwmu pVu swru ]

jap man raam naam parrha 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 thhir nehee koee hor nihafal sabh bisathhaar ||1|| rehaao ||

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 ]

kiaa leejai kiaa thajeeai bourae jo dheesai so shhaar ||

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 bikhiaa ko thumh apunee kar jaanahu saa shhaadd 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 ]

aucwrx bU`iJ

thil thil pal pal aoudhh fun ghaattai boojh n 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 kishh karai j saathh n chaalai eihu saakath 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 sµig imlu baury qau pwvih moKduAwru ]

aucwrx moK-duAwru: sbµDk krky bolo

santh janaa kai sang mil bourae tho paavehi mokh dhuaar ||

So join together with the humble Saints, O madman, and you shall find the Gate of Salvation.

ibnu sqsµg suKu iknY n pwieAw jwie pUChu byd bIcwru ]3]

bin sathasang sukh kinai n paaeiaa jaae pooshhahu baedh 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 ]

aucwrx s`BY

raanaa raao sabhai kooo chaalai jhooth shhodd jaae 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 santh sadhaa thhir nihachal jin raam naam aadhhaar ||4||6||

O Nanak, the Saints are eternally steady and stable; they take the Support of the Name of the Lord. ||4||6||