ਮਤਿ ਪੰਖੇਰੂ ਕਿਰਤੁ ਸਾਥਿ ਕਬ ਉਤਮ ਕਬ ਨੀਚ ॥ मति पंखेरू किरतु साथि कब उतम कब नीच ॥ Maṯ pankẖerū kiraṯ sāth kab uṯam kab nīcẖ. The intellect is a bird; on account of its actions, it is sometimes high, and sometimes low. ਮਃ ੧ ॥ मः १ ॥ Mėhlā 1. First Mehl: ਨਾਨਕ ਹੁਕਮਿ ਚਲਾਈਐ ਸਾਹਿਬ ਲਗੀ ਰੀਤਿ ॥੨॥ नानक हुकमि चलाईऐ साहिब लगी रीति ॥२॥ Nānak hukam cẖalā▫ī▫ai sāhib lagī rīṯ. ||2|| O Nanak, our Lord and Master leads us on, according to the Hukam of His Command; such is His Way. ||2|| ਕਬ ਚੰਦਨਿ ਕਬ ਅਕਿ ਡਾਲਿ ਕਬ ਉਚੀ ਪਰੀਤਿ ॥ कब चंदनि कब अकि डालि कब उची परीति ॥ Kab cẖanḏan kab ak dāl kab ucẖī parīṯ. Sometimes it is perched on the sandalwood tree, and sometimes it is on the branch of the poisonous swallow-wort. Sometimes, it soars through the heavens.