Shabad : Birkhey heth, sabh jant ikhathe

 

Shabad (Ang 1019 of SGGS) : birakhai heTh 

  sabh ja(n)t ikaThe ||

(Beneath the tree, 

all beings have gathered.)

eik tate 

  ik bolan miThe ||

(Some are hot-headed, 

and some speak very sweetly.)

asat udhot bhiaa uTh chale 

  jiau jiau aaudh vihaaneeaa ||1||

(Sunset has come, and they rise up and depart; 

their days have run their course and expired.)

paap karedhaR sarapar muThe ||

(Those who committed sins are sure to be ruined.)

ajaraieel faRe faR kuThe ||

(Azraa-eel, the Angel of Death, seizes and tortures them.)

dhojak paae sirajanahaarai 

  lekhaa ma(n)gai baaneeaa ||2||

(They are consigned to hell by the Creator Lord, 

and the Accountant calls them to give their account.)

sa(n)g na koiee bhieeaa bebaa ||

(No brothers or sisters can go with them.)

maal joban dhan chhodd van(j)esaa ||

(Leaving behind their property, youth and wealth, they march off.)

karan kareem na jaato karataa 

  til peeRe jiau ghaaneeaa ||3||

(They do not know the kind and compassionate Lord; 

they shall be crushed like sesame seeds in the oil-press.)

khus khus laidhaa vasat paraiee ||

(You happily, cheerfully steal the possessions of others,)

vekhai sune terai naal khudhaiee ||

(but the Lord God is with you, watching and listening.)

dhuneeaa lab piaa khaat a(n)dhar 

  agalee gal na jaaneeaa ||4||

(Through worldly greed, you have fallen into the pit; 

you know nothing of the future.)

jam jam marai marai fir ja(n)mai ||

(You shall be born and born again, and die and die again, 

only to be reincarnated again.)

bahut sajai piaa dhes la(n)mai ||

(You shall suffer terrible punishment, on your way to the land beyond.)

jin keetaa tisai na jaanee a(n)dhaa 

taa dhukh sahai paraaneeaa ||5||

(The mortal does not know the One who created him; 

he is blind, and so he shall suffer.)

khaalak thaavahu bhulaa muThaa ||

(Forgetting the Creator Lord, he is ruined.)

dhuneeaa khel buraa ruTh tuThaa ||

(The drama of the world is bad; 

it brings sadness and then happiness.)

sidhak sabooree sa(n)t na milio 

  vatai aapan bhaaneeaa ||6||

(One who does not meet the Saint does not have faith or contentment; 

he wanders just as he pleases.)

maulaa khel kare sabh aape || 

  ik kadde ik lahar viaape ||

(The Lord Himself stages all this drama. 

Some, he lifts up, and some he throws into the waves.)

jiau nachaae tiau tiau nachan 

  sir sir kirat vihaaneeaa ||7||

(As He makes them dance, so do they dance. 

Everyone lives their lives according to their past actions.)

mihar kare taa khasam dhiaaiee ||

(When the Lord and Master grants His Grace, then we meditate on Him.)

sa(n)taa sa(n)gat narak na paiee ||

(In the Society of the Saints, one is not consigned to hell.)

a(n)mirat naam dhaan naanak kau 

  gunn geetaa nit vakhaaneeaa ||8||

(Please bless Nanak with the gift of the Ambrosial Naam, the Name of the Lord; 

he continually sings the songs of Your Glories)