Guru Nanak Jee in Baghdad

[Balait_da_Sher]

bwbw igAw bgdwd nUM bwhr jwie kIAw AsQwnw]

baabaa giaa bagadhaadh noo(n) baahar jaae keeaa asathhaanaa||

From Mecca Baba went to Baghdad and stayed outside the city.

iek bwbw Akwl rUp dUjw rbwbI mrdwnw]

eik baabaa akaal roop dhoojaa rabaabee maradhaanaa||

Firstly, Baba himself was in the form of Timeless and secondly, he had his companion Mardana, the rebeck player.

idqI bWg inmwz kr suMn smwn hoXw jhwnw]

dhithee baa(n)g nimaaz kar su(n)n samaan hoyaa jehaanaa||

For namaz (in his own style), Baba gave call, listening to which the whole world went into absolute silence.

suMn muMn ngrI BeI dyK pIr BieAw hYrwnw]

su(n)n mu(n)

n nagaree bhee dhaekh peer bhaeiaa hairaanaa||

The whole city became quiet and lo! to behold it, the pir (of the town) also got wonderstruck.

vyKY iDAwn lgwie kr iek PkIr vfw msqwnw]

vaekhai dhhiaan lagaae kar eik fakeer vaddaa masathaanaa||

Observing minutely he found (in the form of Baba Nanak) an exhilerated faquir.

puiCAw iPrky dsqgIr kOn PkIr iks kw Grwnw]

pushhiaa firakae dhasathageer kaan fakeer kis kaa gharaanaa||

Pir Dastegir asked him, which category of faquir you belong to and what is your parentage.

nwnk kil ivc AwieAw rb PkIr iek pihcwnw]

naanak kal vich aaeiaa rab fakeer eik pehichaanaa||

(Mardana told) He is Nanak, who has come into kaliyug, and, he recognises God and His faquirs as one.

Drq AkwS chUM ids jwnw ]óõ]

dhharath akaash chehoo(n) dhis jaanaa ||aa||

He is known in all the directions besides earth and sky.

[Akaal Purakh Di Fauj]

WAHEGURU

Balait this shabad also written by bhai Gurdas Ji?