ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥ महला १ ॥ Mėhlaa 1. First Mehl: ਆਖਣਿ ਅਉਖਾ ਸੁਨਣਿ ਅਉਖਾ ਆਖਿ ਨ ਜਾਪੀ ਆਖਿ ॥ आखणि अउखा सुनणि अउखा आखि न जापी आखि ॥ Aakʰaṇ a▫ukʰaa sunaṇ a▫ukʰaa aakʰ na jaapee aakʰ. 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 aakʰ aakʰahi sabaḋ bʰaakʰahi araḋʰ uraḋʰ ḋin raaṫ. 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 ॥ Jé kihu ho▫é ṫa kihu ḋisæ jaapæ roop na jaaṫ. 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 ॥ Sabʰ kaaraṇ karṫaa karé gʰat a▫ugʰat gʰat ṫʰaap. 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॥ Aakʰaṇ a▫ukʰaa naankaa aakʰ na jaapæ aakʰ. ||2|| It is so difficult to chant it, O Nanak; it cannot be chanted with the mouth. ||2||