Kabit Savaiye Bhai Gurdas Ji
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ਜੈਸੇ ਘਰਿ ਲਾਗੈ ਆਗਿ ਜਾਗਿ ਕੂਆ ਖੋਦਿਓ ਚਾਹੈ ਕਾਰਜ ਨ ਸਿਧਿ ਹੋਇ ਰੋਇ ਪਛੁਤਾਈਐ ।
jaise ghar laagai aag jaag kooaa khodio chaahai kaaraj na sidh hoe roe pachhutaaeeai |Just as while sleeping, someone's house catches fire and he wakes up and starts digging well, he cannot succeed in putting off the fire. Instead, he then repents and cries.
ਜੈਸੇ ਤਉ ਸੰਗ੍ਰਾਮ ਸਮੈ ਸੀਖਿਓ ਚਾਹੈ ਬੀਰ ਬਿਦਿਆ ਅਨਿਥਾ ਉਦਮ ਜੈਤ ਪਦਵੀ ਨ ਪਾਈਐ ।
jaise tau sangraam samai seekhio chaahai beer bidiaa anithaa udam jait padavee na paaeeai |Just as someone wants to learn the art of warfare when the battle is in progress, it is a futile effort. Victory cannot be achieved.
ਜੈਸੇ ਨਿਸਿ ਸੋਵਤ ਸੰਗਾਤੀ ਚਲਿ ਜਾਤਿ ਪਾਛੇ ਭੋਰ ਭਏ ਭਾਰ ਬਾਧ ਚਲੇ ਕਤ ਜਾਈਐ ।
jaise nis sovat sangaatee chal jaat paachhe bhor bhe bhaar baadh chale kat jaaeeai |Just as a traveller goes to sleep at night and all his companions proceed further leaving him behind, then where will he go with all his luggage when the day breaks?
ਤੈਸੇ ਮਾਇਆ ਧੰਧ ਅੰਧ ਅਵਧਿ ਬਿਹਾਇ ਜਾਇ ਅੰਤਕਾਲ ਕੈਸੇ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮ ਲਿਵ ਲਾਈਐ ।੪੯੫।
taise maaeaa dhandh andh avadh bihaae jaae antakaal kaise har naam liv laaeeai |495|Similarly, an ignorant man entangled in worldly love and attachments, spends his life accumulating wealth. How can he engross his mind in the name of the Lord when he is on his last breaths? (495)