बारह माहा मांझ महला ५ घरु ४ ॥
Baarah Maahaa ~ The Twelve Months: Maajh, Fifth Mehl, Fourth House:
ੴ सतिगुर प्रसादि ॥
One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:
किरति करम के वीछुड़े करि किरपा मेलहु राम ॥
By the actions we have committed, we are separated from You. Please show Your Mercy, and unite us with Yourself, Lord.
चारि कुंट दह दिस भ्रमे थकि आए प्रभ की साम ॥
We have grown weary of wandering to the four corners of the earth and in the ten directions. We have come to Your Sanctuary, God.
धेनु दुधै ते बाहरी कितै न आवै काम ॥
Without milk, a cow serves no purpose.
जल बिनु साख कुमलावती उपजहि नाही दाम ॥
Without water, the crop withers, and it will not bring a good price.
हरि नाह न मिलीऐ साजनै कत पाईऐ बिसराम ॥
If we do not meet the Lord, our Friend, how can we find our place of rest?
जितु घरि हरि कंतु न प्रगटई भठि नगर से ग्राम ॥
Those homes, those hearts, in which the Husband Lord is not manifest-those towns and villages are like burning furnaces.
स्रब सीगार तंबोल रस सणु देही सभ खाम ॥
All decorations, the chewing of betel to sweeten the breath, and the body itself, are all useless and vain.
प्रभ सुआमी कंत विहूणीआ मीत सजण सभि जाम ॥
Without God, our Husband, our Lord and Master, all friends and companions are like the Messenger of Death.
नानक की बेनंतीआ करि किरपा दीजै नामु ॥
This is Nanak's prayer: "Please show Your Mercy, and bestow Your Name.
हरि मेलहु सुआमी संगि प्रभ जिस का निहचल धाम ॥१॥
O my Lord and Master, please unite me with Yourself, O God, in the Eternal Mansion of Your Presence". ||1||
चेति गोविंदु अराधीऐ होवै अनंदु घणा ॥
In the month of Chayt, by meditating on the Lord of the Universe, a deep and profound joy arises.
संत जना मिलि पाईऐ रसना नामु भणा ॥
Meeting with the humble Saints, the Lord is found, as we chant His Name with our tongues.
जिनि पाइआ प्रभु आपणा आए तिसहि गणा ॥
Those who have found God-blessed is their coming into this world.
इकु खिनु तिसु बिनु जीवणा बिरथा जनमु जणा ॥
Those who live without Him, for even an instant-their lives are rendered useless.
जलि थलि महीअलि पूरिआ रविआ विचि वणा ॥
The Lord is totally pervading the water, the land, and all space. He is contained in the forests as well.
सो प्रभु चिति न आवई कितड़ा दुखु गणा ॥
Those who do not remember God-how much pain must they suffer!
जिनी राविआ सो प्रभू तिंना भागु मणा ॥
Those who dwell upon their God have great good fortune.
हरि दरसन कंउ मनु लोचदा नानक पिआस मना ॥
My mind yearns for the Blessed Vision of the Lord's Darshan. O Nanak, my mind is so thirsty!
चेति मिलाए सो प्रभू तिस कै पाइ लगा ॥२॥
I touch the feet of one who unites me with God in the month of Chayt. ||2||
वैसाखि धीरनि किउ वाढीआ जिना प्रेम बिछोहु ॥
In the month of Vaisaakh, how can the bride be patient? She is separated from her Beloved.
हरि साजनु पुरखु विसारि कै लगी माइआ धोहु ॥
She has forgotten the Lord, her Life-companion, her Master; she has become attached to Maya, the deceitful one.
पुत्र कलत्र न संगि धना हरि अविनासी ओहु ॥
Neither son, nor spouse, nor wealth shall go along with you-only the Eternal Lord.
पलचि पलचि सगली मुई झूठै धंधै मोहु ॥
Entangled and enmeshed in the love of false occupations, the whole world is perishing.
इकसु हरि के नाम बिनु अगै लईअहि खोहि ॥
Without the Naam, the Name of the One Lord, they lose their lives in the hereafter.
दयु विसारि विगुचणा प्रभ बिनु अवरु न कोइ ॥
Forgetting the Merciful Lord, they are ruined. Without God, there is no other at all.
प्रीतम चरणी जो लगे तिन की निरमल सोइ ॥
Pure is the reputation of those who are attached to the Feet of the Beloved Lord.
नानक की प्रभ बेनती प्रभ मिलहु परापति होइ ॥
Nanak makes this prayer to God: "Please, come and unite me with Yourself."
वैसाखु सुहावा तां लगै जा संतु भेटै हरि सोइ ॥३॥
The month of Vaisaakh is beautiful and pleasant, when the Saint causes me to meet the Lord. ||3||
हरि जेठि जुड़ंदा लोड़ीऐ जिसु अगै सभि निवंनि ॥
In the month of Jayt'h, the bride longs to meet with the Lord. All bow in humility before Him.
हरि सजण दावणि लगिआ किसै न देई बंनि ॥
One who has grasped the hem of the robe of the Lord, the True Friend-no one can keep him in bondage.
माणक मोती नामु प्रभ उन लगै नाही संनि ॥
God's Name is the Jewel, the Pearl. It cannot be stolen or taken away.
रंग सभे नाराइणै जेते मनि भावंनि ॥
In the Lord are all pleasures which please the mind.
जो हरि लोड़े सो करे सोई जीअ करंनि ॥
As the Lord wishes, so He acts, and so His creatures act.
जो प्रभि कीते आपणे सेई कहीअहि धंनि ॥
They alone are called blessed, whom God has made His Own.
आपण लीआ जे मिलै विछुड़ि किउ रोवंनि ॥
If people could meet the Lord by their own efforts, why would they be crying out in the pain of separation?
साधू संगु परापते नानक रंग माणंनि ॥
Meeting Him in the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, O Nanak, celestial bliss is enjoyed.
हरि जेठु रंगीला तिसु धणी जिस कै भागु मथंनि ॥४॥
In the month of Jayt'h, the playful Husband Lord meets her, upon whose forehead such good destiny is recorded. ||4||
आसाड़ु तपंदा तिसु लगै हरि नाहु न जिंना पासि ॥
The month of Aasaarh seems burning hot, to those who are not close to their Husband Lord.
जगजीवन पुरखु तिआगि कै माणस संदी आस ॥
They have forsaken God the Primal Being, the Life of the World, and they have come to rely upon mere mortals.
दुयै भाइ विगुचीऐ गलि पईसु जम की फास ॥
In the love of duality, the soul-bride is ruined; around her neck she wears the noose of Death.
जेहा बीजै सो लुणै मथै जो लिखिआसु ॥
As you plant, so shall you harvest; your destiny is recorded on your forehead.
रैणि विहाणी पछुताणी उठि चली गई निरास ॥
The life-night passes away, and in the end, one comes to regret and repent, and then depart with no hope at all.
जिन कौ साधू भेटीऐ सो दरगह होइ खलासु ॥
Those who meet with the Holy Saints are liberated in the Court of the Lord.
करि किरपा प्रभ आपणी तेरे दरसन होइ पिआस ॥
Show Your Mercy to me, O God; I am thirsty for the Blessed Vision of Your Darshan.
प्रभ तुधु बिनु दूजा को नही नानक की अरदासि ॥
Without You, God, there is no other at all. This is Nanak's humble prayer.
आसाड़ु सुहंदा तिसु लगै जिसु मनि हरि चरण निवास ॥५॥
The month of Aasaarh is pleasant, when the Feet of the Lord abide in the mind. ||5||
सावणि सरसी कामणी चरन कमल सिउ पिआरु ॥
In the month of Saawan, the soul-bride is happy, if she falls in love with the Lotus Feet of the Lord.
मनु तनु रता सच रंगि इको नामु अधारु ॥
Her mind and body are imbued with the Love of the True One; His Name is her only Support.
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