Japji Sahib · Pauri 6

ਥਾਪਿਆ ਨ ਜਾਇ ਕੀਤਾ ਨ ਹੋਇ ॥ਆਪੇ ਆਪਿ ਨਿਰੰਜਨੁ ਸੋਇ ॥ਜਿਨਿ ਸੇਵਿਆ ਤਿਨਿ ਪਾਇਆ ਮਾਨੁ ॥ਨਾਨਕ ਗਾਵੀਐ ਗੁਣੀ ਨਿਧਾਨੁ ॥ਗਾਵੀਐ ਸੁਣੀਐ ਮਨਿ ਰਖੀਐ ਭਾਉ ॥ਦੁਖੁ ਪਰਹਰਿ ਸੁਖੁ ਘਰਿ ਲੈ ਜਾਇ ॥ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਨਾਦੰ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਵੇਦੰ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਰਹਿਆ ਸਮਾਈ ॥ਗੁਰੁ ਈਸਰੁ ਗੁਰੁ ਗੋਰਖੁ ਬਰਮਾ ਗੁਰੁ ਪਾਰਬਤੀ ਮਾਈ ॥ਜੇ ਹਉ ਜਾਣਾ ਆਖਾ ਨਾਹੀ ਕਹਣਾ ਕਥਨੁ ਨ ਜਾਈ ॥ਗੁਰਾ ਇਕ ਦੇਹਿ ਬੁਝਾਈ ॥ਸਭਨਾ ਜੀਆ ਕਾ ਇਕੁ ਦਾਤਾ ਸੋ ਮੈ ਵਿਸਰਿ ਨ ਜਾਈ ॥੫॥

Thaapi-aa na jaa-ay keetaa na ho-ay. Aapay aap niranjan so-ay. Jin sayvi-aa tin paa-i-aa maan. Nanak gaavee-ai gunee nidhaan. Gaavee-ai sunee-ai man rakhee-ai bhaa-o. Dukh parhar sukh ghar lai jaa-ay. Gurmukh naadang gurmukh vaydang gurmukh rahi-aa samaa-ee. Gur eesar gur Gorakh Barmaa gur Paarbatee maa-ee. Jay ha-o jaanaa aakhaa naahee, kahnaa kathan na jaa-ee. Guraa ik dayh bujhaa-ee. Sabhnaa jee-aa kaa ik daataa, so mai visar na jaa-ee.

He cannot be installed, He cannot be fashioned — He, the Stainless One, is Himself, of Himself. Whoever has served Him has received honor. Nanak says — sing of the Treasury of Virtues. Sing, listen, and keep love in the heart — sorrow is dispelled, joy comes home. Through the Guru is the Word; through the Guru, the Veda; through the Guru, He is found pervading all. The Guru is Shiva, the Guru is Gorakh, the Guru is Brahma; the Guru is Mother Parvati. Even if I knew Him, I could not describe Him — He is beyond speech. O Guru — grant me this one understanding: All beings have one Giver. May I never forget Him.

— Japji Sahib 6

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