Shabad : Gur bin samajh na aavai

Shabad (Ang 1399 of SGGS) : gur bin ghor a(n)dhaar 

  guroo bin samajh na aavai ||

(Without the Guru, there is utter darkness; 

without the Guru, understanding does not come)

gur bin surat na sidh 

  guroo bin mukat na paavai ||

(Without the Guru, there is no intuitive awareness or success; 

without the Guru, there is no liberation.)

gur kar sach beechaar 

  guroo kar re man mere ||

(So make Him your Guru, and contemplate the Truth; 

make Him your Guru, O my mind.)

gur kar sabadh sapu(n)n 

  aghan kaTeh sabh tere ||

(Make Him your Guru, who is embellished and exalted in the Word of the Shabad;

all your sins shall be washed away.)

gur nayan bayan gur gur karahu 

  guroo sat kav nalaye keh ||

(So speaks NALL the poet: with your eyes, make Him your Guru; 

with the words you speak, make Him your Guru, your True Guru.)

jin guroo na dhekhiaau nahu keeaau 

  te akayath sa(n)saar meh ||

(Those who have not seen the Guru, who have not made Him their Guru, 

are useless in this world.)