sloku mÚ 1 ]

aucwrx sloku mh`lw pihlw

salok ma 1 ||

Shalok, First Mehl:

sic kwlu kUVu vriqAw kil kwlK byqwl ]

sach kaal koorr varathiaa kal kaalakh baethaal ||

There is a famine of Truth; falsehood prevails, and the blackness of the Dark Age of Kali Yuga has turned men into demons.

bIau bIij piq lY gey Ab ikau augvY dwil ]

beeo beej path lai geae ab kio ougavai dhaal ||

Those who planted their seed have departed with honor; now, how can the shattered seed sprout?

jy ieku hoie q augvY ruqI hU ruiq hoie ]

aucwrx ru`qI; ru`iq

jae eik hoe th ougavai ruthee hoo ruth hoe ||

If the seed is whole, and it is the proper season, then the seed will sprout.

nwnk pwhY bwhrw korY rMgu n soie ]

naanak paahai baaharaa korai rang n soe ||

O Nanak, without treatment, the raw fabric cannot be dyed.

BY ivic KuMib cVweIAY srmu pwhu qin hoie ]

bhai vich khunb charraaeeai saram paahu than hoe ||

In the Fear of God it is bleached white, if the treatment of modesty is applied to the cloth of the body.

nwnk BgqI jy rpY kUVY soie n koie ]1]

aucwrx r`pY

naanak bhagathee jae rapai koorrai soe n koe ||1||

O Nanak, if one is imbued with devotional worship, his reputation is not false. ||1||