| jIAry El@w nwm kw ] |
| jeearae ouluaa naam kaa || |
| Hey, soul: your only Support is the Naam, the Name of the Lord. |
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| Avru ij krn krwvno iqn mih Bau hY jwm kw ]1] rhwau ] |
| avur j kurun kuraavuno thin mehi bho hai jaam kaa ||1|| rehaao || |
| Whatever else you do or make happen, the fear of death still hangs over you. ||1||Pause|| |
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| Avr jqin nhI pweIAY ] |
| avur juthan nehee paaeeai || |
| He is not obtained by any other efforts. |
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| vfY Bwig hir iDAweIAY ]1] |
| vuddai bhaag har dhhiaaeeai ||1|| |
| By great good fortune, meditate on the Lord. ||1|| |
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| lwK ihkmqI jwnIAY ] |
| laakh hikumuthee jaaneeai || |
| You may know hundreds of thousands of clever tricks, |
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| AwgY iqlu nhI mwnIAY ]2] |
| aagai thil nehee maaneeai ||2|| |
| but not even one will be of any use at all hereafter. ||2|| |
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| AhMbuiD krm kmwvny ] igRh bwlU nIir bhwvny ]3] |
| ahunbudhh kurum kumaavunae || grih baaloo neer behaavunae ||3|| |
| Good deeds done in the pride of ego are swept away, like the house of sand by water. ||3|| |
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| pRBu ik®pwlu ikrpw krY ] |
| prubh kirupaal kirupaa kurai || |
| When God the Merciful shows His Mercy, |
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| nwmu nwnk swDU sMig imlY ]4]4]142] |
| naam naanuk saadhhoo sung milai ||4||4||142|| |
| Nanak receives the Naam in the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy. ||4||4||142|| |
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