Kabit Savaiye Bhai Gurdas Ji
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ਜੈਸੇ ਖਰ ਬੋਲ ਸੁਨ ਸਗੁਨੀਆ ਮਾਨ ਲੇਤ ਗੁਨ ਅਵਗੁਨ ਤਾਂ ਕੋ ਕਛੂ ਨ ਬਿਚਾਰਈ ।
jaise khar bol sun saguneea maan let gun avagun taan ko kachhoo na bichaaree |Just as a believer of omens, regards braying of a donkey as a good omen, but pays no attention to the donkey's good or bad qualities.
ਜੈਸੇ ਮ੍ਰਿਗ ਨਾਦ ਸੁਨਿ ਸਹੈ ਸਨਮੁਖ ਬਾਨ ਪ੍ਰਾਨ ਦੇਤ ਬਧਿਕ ਬਿਰਦੁ ਨ ਸਮਾਰਹੀ ।
jaise mrig naad sun sahai sanamukh baan praan det badhik birad na samaarahee |Just as a deer, attracted by the music of Ghanda Hehra rushes towards its source and is killed by the hunter's arrow, but it does not ponder over his killer qualities.
ਸੁਨਤ ਜੂਝਾਊ ਜੈਸੇ ਜੂਝੈ ਜੋਧਾ ਜੁਧ ਸਮੈ ਢਾਡੀ ਕੋ ਨ ਬਰਨ ਚਿਹਨ ਉਰ ਧਾਰਹੀ ।
sunat joojhaaoo jaise joojhai jodhaa judh samai dtaaddee ko na baran chihan ur dhaarahee |Just as a battle warrior rushes into the battlefield on hearing the sound of war-drums that fills him with excitement, but he does not bring the form or colour of the drummer in his mind.
ਤੈਸੇ ਗੁਰ ਸਬਦ ਸੁਨਾਇ ਗਾਇ ਦਿਖ ਠਗੋ ਭੇਖਧਾਰੀ ਜਾਨਿ ਮੋਹਿ ਮਾਰਿ ਨ ਬਿਡਾਰਹੀ ।੬੧੧।
taise gur sabad sunaae gaae dikh tthago bhekhadhaaree jaan mohi maar na biddaarahee |611|Similarly, I a cheat different from inside and outside swindle gullible Sikhs by singing to them the sacred hymns of the Guru. But those Sikhs enamoured by the sweetness of Gurbani and of very generous nature, don't even scold me despite them knowing that