Japji Sahib · Pauri 8

ਜੇ ਜੁਗ ਚਾਰੇ ਆਰਜਾ ਹੋਰ ਦਸੂਣੀ ਹੋਇ ॥ਨਵਾ ਖੰਡਾ ਵਿਚਿ ਜਾਣੀਐ ਨਾਲਿ ਚਲੈ ਸਭੁ ਕੋਇ ॥ਚੰਗਾ ਨਾਉ ਰਖਾਇ ਕੈ ਜਸੁ ਕੀਰਤਿ ਜਗਿ ਲੇਇ ॥ਜੇ ਤਿਸੁ ਨਦਰਿ ਨ ਆਵਈ ਤ ਵਾਤ ਨ ਪੁਛੈ ਕੇ ॥ਕੀਟਾ ਅੰਦਰਿ ਕੀਟੁ ਕਰਿ ਦੋਸੀ ਦੋਸੁ ਧਰੇ ॥ਨਾਨਕ ਨਿਰਗੁਣਿ ਗੁਣੁ ਕਰੇ ਗੁਣਵੰਤਿਆ ਗੁਣੁ ਦੇ ॥ਤੇਹਾ ਕੋਇ ਨ ਸੁਝਈ ਜਿ ਤਿਸੁ ਗੁਣੁ ਕੋਇ ਕਰੇ ॥੭॥

Jay jug chaaray aarjaa, hor dasoonee ho-ay. Navaa khandaa vich jaanee-ai, naal chalai sabh ko-ay. Changaa naa-o rakhaa-ay kai, jas keerat jag lay-ay. Jay tis nadar na aavee, ta vaat na puchhai kay. Keetaa andar keet kar, dosee dos dharay. Nanak nirgun gun karay, gunvanti-aa gun day. Tayhaa ko-ay na sujh-ee, je tis gun ko-ay karay.

Even if one lived through all four ages — and ten times more. Even if one were known across all nine continents, with everyone walking alongside. Even if one earned a great name, with fame and praise across the world. If His glance does not fall upon you, no one cares to ask. He can make you a worm among worms; the guilty stand condemned. Nanak says — He gives virtue to the virtueless, and to the virtuous He gives more virtue. There is no one imaginable who could in turn give virtue to Him.

— Japji Sahib 8

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