ਤ੍ਰਿਪਤਿ ਨ ਆਵੈ ਮਾਇਆ ਪਾਛੈ ਪਾਵੈ ॥ taripat na aavai maa-i-aa paachhai paavai. He keeps on amassing wealth, but is never satiated. Yeye anaendelea kukusanya utajiri, lakini kamwe hatoshelezwi. ਅਨਿਕ ਭੋਗ ਬਿਖਿਆ ਕੇ ਕਰੈ ॥ anik bhog bikhi-aa kay karai. He enjoys many pleasures of Maya, Anafurahia raha nyingi za Maya, ਨਹ ਤ੍ਰਿਪਤਾਵੈ ਖਪਿ ਖਪਿ
ਨਾਨਾ ਰੂਪ ਜਿਉ ਸ੍ਵਾਗੀ ਦਿਖਾਵੈ ॥ naanaa roop ji-o savaagee dikhaavai. Like a performer, he is seen assuming various disguises. Kama mwigizaji, anaonekana akivaa maficho tofauti. ਜਿਉ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਭਾਵੈ ਤਿਵੈ ਨਚਾਵੈ ॥ ji-o parabh bhaavai tivai nachaavai. As it pleases God, He makes the mortal dance accordingly. Inavyopendeza Mungu, Yeye anafanya binadamu acheze anavyotaka. ਜੋ
ਐਸਾ ਤੈਂ ਜਗੁ ਭਰਮਿ ਲਾਇਆ ॥ aisaa taiN jag bharam laa-i-aa. O’ God, You have cast the world into such a deep delusion. Ee Mungu, Wewe umeweka dunia katika udanganyo wa kina sana. ਕੈਸੇ ਬੂਝੈ ਜਬ ਮੋਹਿਆ ਹੈ ਮਾਇਆ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥ kaisay boojhai jab mohi-aa hai maa-i-aa. ||1|| rahaa-o. How can one understand You,
ਵਖਤੁ ਵੀਚਾਰੇ ਸੁ ਬੰਦਾ ਹੋਇ ॥ vakhat veechaaray so bandaa ho-ay. Person who reflects on the purpose of human birth, is the true devotee of God. Mtu anayetafakari kuhusu kusudi la uzao wa kibinadamu, ndiye mtawa wa kweli wa Mungu. ਕੁਦਰਤਿ ਹੈ ਕੀਮਤਿ ਨਹੀ ਪਾਇ ॥ kudrat hai keemat nahee paa-ay. One sees God pervading
ਅੰਤਿ ਕਾਲਿ ਪਛੁਤਾਸੀ ਅੰਧੁਲੇ ਜਾ ਜਮਿ ਪਕੜਿ ਚਲਾਇਆ ॥ ant kaal pachhutaasee anDhulay jaa jam pakarh chalaa-i-aa. At the end, the blind (spiritually ignorant) person regrets deeply when the messenger of death carries him away. Mwishowe, kipofu (mjinga wa kiroho) anajuta sana wakati mjumbe wa kifo anamchukua. ਸਭੁ ਕਿਛੁ ਅਪੁਨਾ ਕਰਿ ਕਰਿ ਰਾਖਿਆ ਖਿਨ ਮਹਿ
ਦੂਜੈ ਪਹਰੈ ਰੈਣਿ ਕੈ ਵਣਜਾਰਿਆ ਮਿਤ੍ਰਾ ਵਿਸਰਿ ਗਇਆ ਧਿਆਨੁ ॥ doojai pahrai rain kai vanjaari-aa mitraa visar ga-i-aa Dhi-aan. O’merchant friend, in the second watch of the night (stage of your life), as soon as you come out of the womb you become oblivious to God. Ee rafiki mchuuzi, katika mtazamo wa pili wa usiku
ਸੁਣਿ ਗਲਾ ਗੁਰ ਪਹਿ ਆਇਆ ॥ sun galaa gur peh aa-i-aa. I heard of the Guru, and so I went to Him. Nilisikia kuhusu Guru, na hivyo nikaenda kwake. ਨਾਮੁ ਦਾਨੁ ਇਸਨਾਨੁ ਦਿੜਾਇਆ ॥ naam daan isnaan dirhaa-i-aa. He instilled within me the Naam, the goodness of charity and true cleansing. Yeye alisitawisha ndani mwangu
ਤੁਧੁ ਆਪੇ ਆਪੁ ਉਪਾਇਆ ॥ tuDh aapay aap upaa-i-aa. O God, You revealed Yourself in the form of this Universe, Ee Mungu, ulijidhihirisha Mwenyewe katika muundo wa Ulimwengu huu, ਦੂਜਾ ਖੇਲੁ ਕਰਿ ਦਿਖਲਾਇਆ ॥ doojaa khayl kar dikhlaa-i-aa. and You Yourself staged this play of Maya as Your manifestation which seems separate from You. Na
ਮਨਮੁਖੁ ਜਾਣੈ ਆਪਣੇ ਧੀਆ ਪੂਤ ਸੰਜੋਗੁ ॥ manmukh jaanai aapnay Dhee-aa poot sanjog. A self-willed person thinks his children as his own. He does not understand that these relations are formed according to God’s Will. Mtu mwenye hiari binafsi anafikiria watoto wake kuwa wake mwenyewe. Haelewi kwamba uhusiano huo unaundwa kulingana na Mapenzi ya Mungu.
ਸਿਰੀਰਾਗੁ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ॥ sireeraag mehlaa 5. Siree Raag, by the Fifth Guru: Siree Raag, na Guru wa Tano: ਮਿਲਿ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਸਭੁ ਦੁਖੁ ਗਇਆ ਹਰਿ ਸੁਖੁ ਵਸਿਆ ਮਨਿ ਆਇ ॥ mil satgur sabh dukh ga-i-aa har sukh vasi-aa man aa-ay. Meeting the True Guru and following his teachings, one’s sufferings end, and the mind is