jYjwvµqI mhlw 9 ]

aucwrx jYjwvµqI mh`lw nwvw: 'jYjwvµqI' kµny sihq bolo

jaijaavanthee mehalaa 9 ||

Jaijaavantee, Ninth Mehl:

bIq jYhY bIq jYhY jnmu Akwj ry ]

beeth jaihai beeth jaihai janam akaaj rae ||

Slipping away - your life is uselessly slipping away.

insidn suin kY purwn ] smJq nh ry Ajwn ]

nis dhin sun kai puraan || samajhath neh rae ajaan ||

Night and day, you listen to the Puraanas, but you do not understand them, you ignorant fool!

kwl qau phUicE AWin khw jYhY Bwij ry ]1] rhwau ]

kaal tho pehoochiou aan kehaa jaihai bhaaj rae ||1|| rehaao ||

Death has arrived; now where will you run? ||1||Pause||

AsiQru jo mwinE dyh so qau qyrau hoie hY Kyh ]

asathhir jo maaniou dhaeh so tho thaero hoe hai khaeh ||

You believed that this body was permanent, but it shall turn to dust.

ikau n hir ko nwmu lyh mUrK inlwj ry ]1]

kio n har ko naam laehi moorakh nilaaj rae ||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 bhagath heeeae aan shhaadd dhae thai man ko maan ||

Let devotional worship of the Lord enter into your heart, and abandon the intellectualism of your mind.

nwnk jn ieh bKwn jg mY ibrwju ry ]2]4]

naanak jan eih bakhaan jag mehi biraaj rae ||2||4||

O Servant Nanak, this is the way to live in the world. ||2||4||