Japji Sahib · Pauri 5

ਸਾਚਾ ਸਾਹਿਬੁ ਸਾਚੁ ਨਾਇ ਭਾਖਿਆ ਭਾਉ ਅਪਾਰੁ ॥ਆਖਹਿ ਮੰਗਹਿ ਦੇਹਿ ਦੇਹਿ ਦਾਤਿ ਕਰੇ ਦਾਤਾਰੁ ॥ਫੇਰਿ ਕਿ ਅਗੈ ਰਖੀਐ ਜਿਤੁ ਦਿਸੈ ਦਰਬਾਰੁ ॥ਮੁਹੌ ਕਿ ਬੋਲਣੁ ਬੋਲੀਐ ਜਿਤੁ ਸੁਣਿ ਧਰੇ ਪਿਆਰੁ ॥ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਵੇਲਾ ਸਚੁ ਨਾਉ ਵਡਿਆਈ ਵੀਚਾਰੁ ॥ਕਰਮੀ ਆਵੈ ਕਪੜਾ ਨਦਰੀ ਮੋਖੁ ਦੁਆਰੁ ॥ਨਾਨਕ ਏਵੈ ਜਾਣੀਐ ਸਭੁ ਆਪੇ ਸਚਿਆਰੁ ॥੪॥

Saachaa Saahib saach naa-ay, bhaakhi-aa bhaa-o apaar. Aakhah mangah deh deh, daat kare daataar. Pher ke agai rakhee-ai, jit disai darbaar. Muho ke bolan bolee-ai, jit sun dhare pi-aar. Amrit vaylaa sach naa-o, vadi-aa-ee veechaar. Karmee aavai kaprhaa, nadree mokh du-aar. Nanak evai jaanee-ai, sabh aapay sachi-aar.

True is the Master, True is His Name — spoken with boundless love. People beg and beg, 'give us, give us' — the Giver gives. Then what can we offer back, that the divine court may be seen? What words from the mouth, that hearing them He may bestow love? In the ambrosial hour, the True Name — contemplate His greatness. By past actions the body's robe is given; by grace the door of liberation. Nanak says — know this: He Himself is all Truth.

— Japji Sahib 5

Source: Original Gurmukhi by Guru Nanak Dev Ji (1469–1539). Public-domain English renderings drawn from Manmohan Singh and Pritam Singh Chahil translations.