Awsw mhlw 5 ]

aucwrx Awsw mh`lw pMjvw

aasaa mehalaa 5 ||

Aasaa, Fifth Mehl:

ikAw sovih nwmu ivswir gwPl gihilAw ]

kiaa sovehi naam visaar gaafal gehiliaa ||

Why are you sleeping, and forgetting the Name, O careless and foolish mortal?

ikqˆØI iequ drIAwie vM\in@ vhidAw ]1]

kithanaee eith dhareeaae vannjanih vehadhiaa ||1||

So many have been washed away and carried off by this river of life. ||1||

boihQVw hir crx mn ciV lµGIAY ]

bohithharraa har charan man charr langheeai ||

O mortal, get aboard the boat of the Lord's Lotus Feet, and cross over.

AwT phr gux gwie swDU sµgIAY ]1] rhwau ]

aath pehar gun gaae saadhhoo sangeeai ||1|| rehaao ||

Twenty-four hours a day, sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord, in the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy. ||1||Pause||

Bogih Bog Anyk ivxu nwvY suµi\Aw ]

bhogehi bhog anaek vin naavai sunnjiaa ||

You may enjoy various pleasures, but they are useless without the Name.

hir kI Bgiq ibnw mir mir ruµinAw ]2]

har kee bhagath binaa mar mar runniaa ||2||

Without devotion to the Lord, you shall die in sorrow, again and again. ||2||

kpV Bog sugµD qin mrdn mwlxw ]

kaparr bhog sugandhh than maradhan maalanaa ||

You may dress and eat and apply scented oils to your body,

ibnu ismrn qnu Cwru srpr cwlxw ]3]

bin simaran than shhaar sarapar chaalanaa ||3||

But without the meditative remembrance of the Lord, your body shall surely turn to dust, and you shall have to depart. ||3||

mhw ibKmu sMswru ivrlY pyiKAw ]

mehaa bikham sansaar viralai paekhiaa ||

How very treacherous is this world-ocean; how very few realize this!

CUtnu hir kI srix lyKu nwnk lyiKAw ]4]8]110]

shhoottan har kee saran laekh naanak laekhiaa ||4||8||110||

Salvation rests in the Lord's Sanctuary; O Nanak, this is your pre-ordained destiny. ||4||8||110||