ਕੂੜੁ ਕਲਰੁ ਤਨੁ ਭਸਮੈ ਢੇਰੀ ॥
koorh kalar tan bhasmai dhayree.
The body of the false person is just a pile of barren dirt.
ਬਿਨੁ ਨਾਵੈ ਕੈਸੀ ਪਤਿ ਤੇਰੀ ॥
bin naavai kaisee pat tayree.
Without the Name, what honor can you have?
ਬਾਧੇ ਮੁਕਤਿ ਨਾਹੀ ਜੁਗ ਚਾਰੇ ਜਮਕੰਕਰਿ ਕਾਲਿ ਪਰਾਤਾ ਹੇ ॥੯॥
baaDhay mukat naahee jug chaaray jamkankar kaal paraataa hay. ||9||
Bound and gagged throughout the four ages, there is no liberation; the Messenger of Death keeps such a person under his gaze. ||9||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
A life with nothing real inside it can feel dry and empty, like bare ground.
Without the Name, where does lasting honour come from?
Tangled up in only the passing things, a person stays stuck for a long time — but the Name loosens every knot and gives a life its true, shining worth.
The Name gives a life its true, shining worth.
Koorh kalar tan — a false life is like barren, salty ground, a heap of ash. Bin naavai kaisee pat tayree — without the Naam, what honour can you have? The Naam gives a life its pat (honour) and loosens every knot.
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