| bIq jYhY bIq jYhY jnmu Akwju ry ] |
| beeth jaihai beeth jaihai junum akaaj rae || |
| Slipping away - your life is uselessly slipping away. |
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| inis idnu suin kY purwn smJq nh ry Ajwn ] |
| nis dhin sun kai puraan sumujhuth neh rae ajaan || |
| Night and day, you listen to the Puraanas, but you do not understand them, you ignorant fool! |
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| kwlu 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|| |
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| 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. |
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| ikau n hir ko nwmu lyih mUrK inlwj ry ]1] |
| kio n har ko naam laehi moorukh nilaaj rae ||1|| |
| Why don't you chant the Name of the Lord, you shameless fool? ||1|| |
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| rwm Bgiq hIey Awin Cwif dy qY mn ko mwnu ] |
| raam bhugath heeeae aan shhaadd dhae thai mun ko maan || |
| Let devotional worship of the Lord enter into your heart, and abandon the intellectualism of your mind. |
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| nwnk jn ieh bKwin jg mih ibrwju ry ]2]4] |
| naanuk jun eih bukhaan jug mehi biraaj rae ||2||4|| |
| O Servant Nanak, this is the way to live in the world. ||2||4|| |
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