Raag Todi

ਕੋਈ ਬੋਲੈ ਨਿਰਵਾ ਕੋਈ ਬੋਲੈ ਦੂਰਿ ॥

koiee bolai niravaa koiee bolai dhoor ||

Some say that He is near, and others say that He is far away.

ਜਲ ਕੀ ਮਾਛੁਲੀ ਚਰੈ ਖਜੂਰਿ ॥੧॥

jal kee maachhulee charai khajoor ||1||

We might just as well say that the fish climbs out of the water, up the tree. ||1||

ਕਾਂਇ ਰੇ ਬਕਬਾਦੁ ਲਾਇਓ ॥

kaa(n)i re bakabaadh laio ||

Why do you speak such nonsense?

ਜਿਨਿ ਹਰਿ ਪਾਇਓ ਤਿਨਹਿ ਛਪਾਇਓ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

jin har paio tineh chhapaio ||1|| rahaau ||

One who has found the Lord, keeps quiet about it. ||1||Pause||

ਪੰਡਿਤੁ ਹੋਇ ਕੈ ਬੇਦੁ ਬਖਾਨੈ ॥

pa(n)ddit hoi kai bedh bakhaanai ||

Those who become Pandits, religious scholars, recite the Vedas,

ਮੂਰਖੁ ਨਾਮਦੇਉ ਰਾਮਹਿ ਜਾਨੈ ॥੨॥੧॥

moorakh naamadheau raameh jaanai ||2||1||

but foolish Naam Dayv knows only the Lord. ||2||1||

ਕਉਨ ਕੋ ਕਲੰਕੁ ਰਹਿਓ ਰਾਮ ਨਾਮੁ ਲੇਤ ਹੀ ॥

kaun ko kala(n)k rahio raam naam let hee ||

Whose blemishes remain, when one chants the Lord's Name?

ਪਤਿਤ ਪਵਿਤ ਭਏ ਰਾਮੁ ਕਹਤ ਹੀ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

patit pavit bhe raam kahat hee ||1|| rahaau ||

Sinners become pure, chanting the Lord's Name. ||1||Pause||

ਰਾਮ ਸੰਗਿ ਨਾਮਦੇਵ ਜਨ ਕਉ ਪ੍ਰਤਗਿਆ ਆਈ ॥

raam sa(n)g naamadhev jan kau pratagiaa aaiee ||

With the Lord, servant Naam Dayv has come to have faith.

ਏਕਾਦਸੀ ਬ੍ਰਤੁ ਰਹੈ ਕਾਹੇ ਕਉ ਤੀਰਥ ਜਾੲੀਂ ॥੧॥

ekaadhasee brat rahai kaahe kau teerath jaae(n)ee ||1||

I have stopped fasting on the eleventh day of each month; why should I bother to go on pilgrimages to sacred shrines? ||1||

ਭਨਤਿ ਨਾਮਦੇਉ ਸੁਕ੍ਰਿਤ ਸੁਮਤਿ ਭਏ ॥

bhanat naamadheau sukirat sumat bhe ||

Prays Naam Dayv, I have become a man of good deeds and good thoughts.

ਗੁਰਮਤਿ ਰਾਮੁ ਕਹਿ ਕੋ ਕੋ ਨ ਬੈਕੁੰਠਿ ਗਏ ॥੨॥੨॥

gurmat raam keh ko ko na baiku(n)Th ge ||2||2||

Chanting the Lord's Name, under Guru's Instructions, who has not gone to heaven? ||2||2||