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दूजै पहरै रैणि कै वणजारिआ मित्रा विसरि गइआ धिआनु ॥
Ḏūjai pahrai raiṇ kai vaṇjāri▫ā miṯrā visar ga▫i▫ā ḏẖi▫ān.
In the second watch of the night, O my merchant friend, you have forgotten to meditate.
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हथो हथि नचाईऐ वणजारिआ मित्रा जिउ जसुदा घरि कानु ॥
Hatho hath nacẖā▫ī▫ai vaṇjāri▫ā miṯrā ji▫o jasuḏā gẖar kān.
From hand to hand, you are passed around, O my merchant friend, like Krishna in the house of Yashoda.
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हथो हथि नचाईऐ प्राणी मात कहै सुतु मेरा ॥
Hatho hath nacẖā▫ī▫ai parāṇī māṯ kahai suṯ merā.
From hand to hand, you are passed around, and your mother says, "This is my son.
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चेति अचेत मूड़ मन मेरे अंति नही कछु तेरा ॥
Cẖeṯ acẖeṯ mūṛ man mere anṯ nahī kacẖẖ ṯerā.
O my thoughtless and foolish mind, think: In the end, nothing shall be yours.
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जिनि रचि रचिआ तिसहि न जाणै मन भीतरि धरि गिआनु ॥
Jin racẖ racẖi▫ā ṯisėh na jāṇai man bẖīṯar ḏẖar gi▫ān.
You do not know the One who created the creation. Gather spiritual wisdom within your mind.
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कहु नानक प्राणी दूजै पहरै विसरि गइआ धिआनु ॥२॥
Kaho Nānak parāṇī ḏūjai pahrai visar ga▫i▫ā ḏẖi▫ān. ||2||
Says Nanak, in the second watch of the night, you have forgotten to meditate. ||2||
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तीजै पहरै रैणि कै वणजारिआ मित्रा धन जोबन सिउ चितु ॥
Ŧījai pahrai raiṇ kai vaṇjāri▫ā miṯrā ḏẖan joban si▫o cẖiṯ.
In the third watch of the night, O my merchant friend, your consciousness is focused on wealth and youth.
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हरि का नामु न चेतही वणजारिआ मित्रा बधा छुटहि जितु ॥
Har kā nām na cẖeṯhī vaṇjāri▫ā miṯrā baḏẖā cẖẖutėh jiṯ.
You have not remembered the Name of the Lord, O my merchant friend, although it would release you from bondage.
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हरि का नामु न चेतै प्राणी बिकलु भइआ संगि माइआ ॥
Har kā nām na cẖeṯai parāṇī bikal bẖa▫i▫ā sang mā▫i▫ā.
You do not remember the Name of the Lord, and you become confused by Maya.
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धन सिउ रता जोबनि मता अहिला जनमु गवाइआ ॥
Ḏẖan si▫o raṯā joban maṯā ahilā janam gavā▫i▫ā.
Reveling in your riches and intoxicated with youth, you waste your life uselessly.
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धरम सेती वापारु न कीतो करमु न कीतो मितु ॥
Ḏẖaram seṯī vāpār na kīṯo karam na kīṯo miṯ.
You have not traded in righteousness and Dharma; you have not made good deeds your friends.
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कहु नानक तीजै पहरै प्राणी धन जोबन सिउ चितु ॥३॥
Kaho Nānak ṯījai pahrai parāṇī ḏẖan joban si▫o cẖiṯ. ||3||
Says Nanak, in the third watch of the night, your mind is attached to wealth and youth. ||3||
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चउथै पहरै रैणि कै वणजारिआ मित्रा लावी आइआ खेतु ॥
Cẖa▫uthai pahrai raiṇ kai vaṇjāri▫ā miṯrā lāvī ā▫i▫ā kẖeṯ.
In the fourth watch of the night, O my merchant friend, the Grim Reaper comes to the field.
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जा जमि पकड़ि चलाइआ वणजारिआ मित्रा किसै न मिलिआ भेतु ॥
Jā jam pakaṛ cẖalā▫i▫ā vaṇjāri▫ā miṯrā kisai na mili▫ā bẖeṯ.
When the Messenger of Death seizes and dispatches you, O my merchant friend, no one knows the mystery of where you have gone.
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भेतु चेतु हरि किसै न मिलिओ जा जमि पकड़ि चलाइआ ॥
Bẖeṯ cẖeṯ har kisai na mili▫o jā jam pakaṛ cẖalā▫i▫ā.
So think of the Lord! No one knows this secret, of when the Messenger of Death will seize you and take you away.
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झूठा रुदनु होआ दोआलै खिन महि भइआ पराइआ ॥
Jẖūṯẖā ruḏan ho▫ā ḏo▫ālai kẖin mėh bẖa▫i▫ā parā▫i▫ā.
All your weeping and wailing then is false. In an instant, you become a stranger.
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साई वसतु परापति होई जिसु सिउ लाइआ हेतु ॥
Sā▫ī vasaṯ parāpaṯ ho▫ī jis si▫o lā▫i▫ā heṯ.
You obtain exactly what you have longed for.
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कहु नानक प्राणी चउथै पहरै लावी लुणिआ खेतु ॥४॥१॥
Kaho Nānak parāṇī cẖa▫uthai pahrai lāvī luṇi▫ā kẖeṯ. ||4||1||
Says Nanak, in the fourth watch of the night, O mortal, the Grim Reaper has harvested your field. ||4||1||
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सिरीरागु महला १ ॥
Sirīrāg mėhlā 1.
Siree Raag, First Mehl:
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पहिलै पहरै रैणि कै वणजारिआ मित्रा बालक बुधि अचेतु ॥
Pahilai pahrai raiṇ kai vaṇjāri▫ā miṯrā bālak buḏẖ acẖeṯ.
In the first watch of the night, O my merchant friend, your innocent mind has a child-like understanding.
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खीरु पीऐ खेलाईऐ वणजारिआ मित्रा मात पिता सुत हेतु ॥
Kẖīr pī▫ai kẖelā▫ī▫ai vaṇjāri▫ā miṯrā māṯ piṯā suṯ heṯ.
You drink milk, and you are fondled so gently, O my merchant friend, the mother and father love their child.
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मात पिता सुत नेहु घनेरा माइआ मोहु सबाई ॥
Māṯ piṯā suṯ nehu gẖanerā mā▫i▫ā moh sabā▫ī.
The mother and father love their child so much, but in Maya, all are caught in emotional attachment.
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संजोगी आइआ किरतु कमाइआ करणी कार कराई ॥
Sanjogī ā▫i▫ā kiraṯ kamā▫i▫ā karṇī kār karā▫ī.
By the good fortune of good deeds done in the past, you have come, and now you perform actions to determine your future.
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राम नाम बिनु मुकति न होई बूडी दूजै हेति ॥
Rām nām bin mukaṯ na ho▫ī būdī ḏūjai heṯ.
Without the Lord's Name, liberation is not obtained, and you are drowned in the love of duality.
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कहु नानक प्राणी पहिलै पहरै छूटहिगा हरि चेति ॥१॥
Kaho Nānak parāṇī pahilai pahrai cẖẖūtahigā har cẖeṯ. ||1||
Says Nanak, in the first watch of the night, O mortal, you shall be saved by remembering the Lord. ||1||
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दूजै पहरै रैणि कै वणजारिआ मित्रा भरि जोबनि मै मति ॥
Ḏūjai pahrai raiṇ kai vaṇjāri▫ā miṯrā bẖar joban mai maṯ.
In the second watch of the night, O my merchant friend, you are intoxicated with the wine of youth and beauty.
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अहिनिसि कामि विआपिआ वणजारिआ मित्रा अंधुले नामु न चिति ॥
Ahinis kām vi▫āpi▫ā vaṇjāri▫ā miṯrā anḏẖule nām na cẖiṯ.
Day and night, you are engrossed in sexual desire, O my merchant friend, and your consciousness is blind to the Naam.
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राम नामु घट अंतरि नाही होरि जाणै रस कस मीठे ॥
Rām nām gẖat anṯar nāhī hor jāṇai ras kas mīṯẖe.
The Lord's Name is not within your heart, but all sorts of other tastes seem sweet to you.
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गिआनु धिआनु गुण संजमु नाही जनमि मरहुगे झूठे ॥
Gi▫ān ḏẖi▫ān guṇ sanjam nāhī janam marhuge jẖūṯẖe.
You have no wisdom at all, no meditation, no virtue or self-discipline; in falsehood, you are caught in the cycle of birth and death.
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तीरथ वरत सुचि संजमु नाही करमु धरमु नही पूजा ॥
Ŧirath varaṯ sucẖ sanjam nāhī karam ḏẖaram nahī pūjā.
Pilgrimages, fasts, purification and self-discipline are of no use, nor are rituals, religious ceremonies or empty worship.
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नानक भाइ भगति निसतारा दुबिधा विआपै दूजा ॥२॥
Nānak bẖā▫e bẖagaṯ nisṯārā ḏubiḏẖā vi▫āpai ḏūjā. ||2||
O Nanak, emancipation comes only by loving devotional worship; through duality, people are engrossed in duality. ||2||
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तीजै पहरै रैणि कै वणजारिआ मित्रा सरि हंस उलथड़े आइ ॥
Ŧījai pahrai raiṇ kai vaṇjāri▫ā miṯrā sar hans ulthaṛe ā▫e.
In the third watch of the night, O my merchant friend, the swans, the white hairs, come and land upon the pool of the head.
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जोबनु घटै जरूआ जिणै वणजारिआ मित्रा आव घटै दिनु जाइ ॥
Joban gẖatai jarū▫ā jiṇai vaṇjāri▫ā miṯrā āv gẖatai ḏin jā▫e.
Youth wears itself out, and old age triumphs, O my merchant friend; as time passes, your days diminish.
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