This shabad has been sung by the following:

Title	Artist	Album	Shabad Submitter
06 - Harjinder Singh - Jia Re Ohla Naam Ka	Harjinder Singh (Sri Nagar Wale)	Ohla	HSinghDCWale

 

This Shabad is by Guru Arjan Dev Ji in Raag Gauree on Pannaa 211

gauVI mhlw 5 ]
gourree mehalaa 5 ||
Gauree, Fifth Mehla:

jIAry El@w nwm kw ]
jeearae oulhaa naam kaa ||
Hey, soul: your only Support is the Naam, the Name of the Lord.

Avru ij krn krwvno iqn mih Bau hY jwm kw ]1] rhwau ]
avar j karan karaavano thin mehi bho hai jaam kaa ||1|| rehaao ||
Whatever else you do or make happen, the fear of death still hangs over you. ||1||Pause||

Avr jqin nhI pweIAY ]
avar jathan nehee paaeeai ||
He is not obtained by any other efforts.

vfY Bwig hir iDAweIAY ]1]
vaddai bhaag har dhhiaaeeai ||1||
By great good fortune, meditate on the Lord. ||1||

lwK ihkmqI jwnIAY ]
laakh hikamathee jaaneeai ||
You may know hundreds of thousands of clever tricks,

AwgY iqlu nhI mwnIAY ]2]
aagai thil nehee maaneeai ||2||
but not even one will be of any use at all hereafter. ||2||

AhMbuiD krm kmwvny ] igRh bwlU nIir bhwvny ]3]
aha(n)budhh karam kamaavanae || grih baaloo neer behaavanae ||3||
Good deeds done in the pride of ego are swept away, like the house of sand by water. ||3||

pRBu ik®pwlu ikrpw krY ]
prabh kirapaal kirapaa karai ||
When God the Merciful shows His Mercy,

nwmu nwnk swDU sMig imlY ]4]4]142]
naam naanak saadhhoo sa(n)g milai ||4||4||142||
Nanak receives the Naam in the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy. ||4||4||142||

This translation is an updated version.