ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥ महला १ ॥ Mėhlā 1. First Mehl: ਆਖਣਿ ਅਉਖਾ ਸੁਨਣਿ ਅਉਖਾ ਆਖਿ ਨ ਜਾਪੀ ਆਖਿ ॥ आखणि अउखा सुनणि अउखा आखि न जापी आखि ॥ Ākẖaṇ a▫ukẖā sunaṇ a▫ukẖā ākẖ na jāpī ākẖ. It is difficult to chant it; it is difficult to listen to it. It cannot be chanted with the mouth. ਇਕਿ ਆਖਿ ਆਖਹਿ ਸਬਦੁ ਭਾਖਹਿ ਅਰਧ ਉਰਧ ਦਿਨੁ ਰਾਤਿ ॥ इकि आखि आखहि सबदु भाखहि अरध उरध दिनु राति ॥ Ik ākẖ ākẖahi sabaḏ bẖākẖahi araḏẖ uraḏẖ ḏin rāṯ. Some speak with their mouths and chant the Word of the Shabad - the low and the high, day and night. ਜੇ ਕਿਹੁ ਹੋਇ ਤ ਕਿਹੁ ਦਿਸੈ ਜਾਪੈ ਰੂਪੁ ਨ ਜਾਤਿ ॥ जे किहु होइ त किहु दिसै जापै रूपु न जाति ॥ Je kihu ho▫e ṯa kihu ḏisai jāpai rūp na jāṯ. If He were something, then He would be visible. His form and state cannot be seen. ਸਭਿ ਕਾਰਣ ਕਰਤਾ ਕਰੇ ਘਟ ਅਉਘਟ ਘਟ ਥਾਪਿ ॥ सभि कारण करता करे घट अउघट घट थापि ॥ Sabẖ kāraṇ karṯā kare gẖat a▫ugẖat gẖat thāp. The Creator Lord does all deeds; He is established in the hearts of the high and the low. ਆਖਣਿ ਅਉਖਾ ਨਾਨਕਾ ਆਖਿ ਨ ਜਾਪੈ ਆਖਿ ॥੨॥ आखणि अउखा नानका आखि न जापै आखि ॥२॥ Ākẖaṇ a▫ukẖā nānkā ākẖ na jāpai ākẖ. ||2|| It is so difficult to chant it, O Nanak; it cannot be chanted with the mouth. ||2|| |