ਸਲੋਕੁ ਮ: ੧ ॥

Salok Ma 1 ||

Shalok, First Mehl:

ਸਚਿ ਕਾਲੁ ਕੂੜੁ ਵਰਤਿਆ ਕਲਿ ਕਾਲਖ ਬੇਤਾਲ ॥

Sach Kal Koorr Varathia Kal Kalakh Baethal ||

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

ਬੀਉ ਬੀਜਿ ਪਤਿ ਲੈ ਗਏ ਅਬ ਕਿਉ ਉਗਵੈ ਦਾਲਿ ॥

Beeo Beej Path Lai Geae Ab Kio Ougavai Dhal ||

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

ਜੇ ਇਕੁ ਹੋਇ ਤ ਉਗਵੈ ਰੁਤੀ ਹੂ ਰੁਤਿ ਹੋਇ ॥

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.

ਨਾਨਕ ਪਾਹੈ ਬਾਹਰਾ ਕੋਰੈ ਰੰਗੁ ਨ ਸੋਇ ॥

Naanak Pahai Bahara Korai Rang N Soe ||

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

ਭੈ ਵਿਚਿ ਖੁੰਬਿ ਚੜਾਈਐ ਸਰਮੁ ਪਾਹੁ ਤਨਿ ਹੋਇ ॥

Bhai Vich Khunb Charraeeai Saram Pahu Than Hoe ||

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

ਨਾਨਕ ਭਗਤੀ ਜੇ ਰਪੈ ਕੂੜੈ ਸੋਇ ਨ ਕੋਇ ॥੧॥

Naanak Bhagathee Jae Rapai Koorrai Soe N Koe ||1||

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