sloku mÚ 1 ]

aucwrx sloku mh`lw pihlw

salok ma 1 ||

Shalok, First Mehl:

suxIAY eyku vKwxIAY surig imriq pieAwil ]

suneeai eaek vakhaaneeai surag mirath paeiaal ||

Listen to and speak the Name of the One Lord, who permeates the heavens, this world and the nether regions of the underworld.

hukmu n jweI myitAw jo iliKAw so nwil ]

hukam n jaaee maettiaa jo likhiaa so naal ||

The Hukam of His Command cannot be erased; whatever He has written, shall go with the mortal.

kauxu mUAw kauxu mwrsI kauxu AwvY kauxu jwie ]

koun mooaa koun maarasee koun aavai koun jaae ||

Who has died, and who kills? Who comes and who goes?

kauxu rhsI nwnkw iks kI suriq smwie ]1]

koun rehasee naanakaa kis kee surath samaae ||1||

Who is enraptured, O Nanak, and whose consciousness merges in the Lord? ||1||