swrg mhlw 5 ]

aucwrx swrg mh`lw pMjvw

saarag mehalaa 5 ||

Saarang, Fifth Mehl:

khw krih ry Kwit KwtulI ]

kehaa karehi rae khaatt khaattulee ||

Why are you working so hard to earn profits?

pvin APwr qor cwmro Aiq jjrI qyrI ry mwtulI ]1] rhwau ]

aucwrx Aiq: polw bolo

pavan afaar thor chaamaro ath jajaree thaeree rae maattulee ||1|| rehaao ||

You are puffed up like a bag of air, and your skin is very brittle. Your body has grown old and dusty. ||1||Pause||

aUhI qy hirE aUhw ly DirE jYsy bwsw mws dyq JwtulI ]

oohee thae hariou oohaa lae dhhariou jaisae baasaa maas dhaeth jhaattulee ||

You move things from here to there, like the hawk swooping down on the flesh of its prey.

dyvnhwru ibswirE AMDuly ijau sPrI audru BrY bih hwtulI ]1]

dhaevanehaar bisaariou andhhulae jio safaree oudhar bharai behi haattulee ||1||

You are blind - you have forgotten the Great Giver. You fill your belly like a traveller at an inn. ||1||

swd ibkwr ibkwr JUT rs jh jwno qh BIr bwtulI ]

saadh bikaar bikaar jhooth ras jeh jaano theh bheer baattulee ||

You are entangled in the taste of false pleasures and corrupt sins; the path which you have to take is very narrow.

khu nwnk smJu ry ieAwny Awju kwil Kul@Y qyrI gWTulI ]2]38]61]

kahu naanak samajh rae eiaanae aaj kaal khulhai thaeree gaanthulee ||2||38||61||

Says Nanak: figure it out, you ignorant fool! Today or tomorrow, the knot will be untied! ||2||38||61||