and to the serious point
aasaa mehalaa 5 ||
bhee paraapath maanukh dhaehureeaa ||
gobi(n)dh milan kee eih thaeree bareeaa ||
avar kaaj thaerai kithai n kaam ||
mil saadhhasa(n)gath bhaj kaeval naam ||1||
sara(n)jaam laag bhavajal tharan kai ||
janam brithhaa jaath ra(n)g maaeiaa kai ||1|| rehaao ||
jap thap sa(n)jam dhharam n kamaaeiaa ||
saevaa saadhh n jaaniaa har raaeiaa ||
kahu naanak ham neech kara(n)maa ||
saran parae kee raakhahu saramaa ||2||4||
Aasaa, Fifth Mehla:
This human body has been given to you.
This is your chance to meet the Lord of the Universe.
Nothing else will work.
Join the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy; vibrate and meditate on the Jewel of the Naam. ||1||
Make every effort to cross over this terrifying world-ocean.
You are squandering this life uselessly in the love of Maya. ||1||Pause||
I have not practiced meditation, self-discipline, self-restraint or righteous living.
I have not served the Holy; I have not acknowledged the Lord, my King.
Says Nanak, my actions are contemptible!
O Lord, I seek Your Sanctuary; please, preserve my honor! ||2||4||
YOU READ IT EVERY DAY!!!