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1What makes you think that it is real? ||1||

2Wealth, spouse, property and household

3- none of them shall go along with you; you must know that this is true! ||2||

4Only devotion to the Lord shall go with you.

5Says Nanak, vibrate and meditate on the Lord with single-minded love. ||3||4||

6Basant, Ninth Mehla:

7Why do you wander lost, O mortal, attached to falsehood and greed?

8Nothing has been lost yet - there is still time to wake up! ||1||Pause||

9You must realize that this world is nothing more than a dream.

10In an instant, it shall perish; know this as true. ||1||

11The Lord constantly abides with you.

12Night and day, vibrate and meditate on Him, O my friend. ||2||

13At the very last instant, He shall be your Help and Support.

14Says Nanak, sing His Praises. ||3||5||

15Basant, First Mehla, Ashtpadheeyaa, First House, Du-Tukees:

16One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

17The world is a crow; it does not remember the Naam, the Name of the Lord.

18Forgetting the Naam, it sees the bait, and pecks at it.

19The mind wavers unsteadily, in guilt and deceit.

20I have shattered my attachment to the false world. ||1||

21The burden of sexual desire, anger and corruption is unbearable.

22Without the Naam, how can the mortal maintain a virtuous lifestyle? ||1||Pause||

23The world is like a house of sand, built on a whirlpool;

24it is like a bubble formed by drops of rain.

25It is formed from a mere drop, when the Lord's wheel turns round.

26The lights of all souls are the servants of the Lord's Name. ||2||

27My Supreme Guru has created everything.

28I perform devotional worship service to You, and fall at Your Feet, O Lord.

29Imbued with Your Name, I long to be Yours.

30Those who do not let the Naam become manifest within themselves, depart like thieves in the end. ||3||

31The mortal loses his honor, gathering sin and corruption.

32But imbued with the Lord's Name, you shall go to your true home with honor.

33God does whatever He wills.

34One who abides in the Fear of God, becomes fearless, O my mother. ||4||

35The woman desires beauty and pleasure.

36But betel leaves, garlands of flowers and sweet tastes lead only to disease.

37The more she plays and enjoys, the more she suffers in sorrow.

38But when she enters into the Sanctuary of God, whatever she wishes comes to pass. ||5||

39She wears beautiful clothes with all sorts of decorations.

40But the flowers turn to dust, and her beauty leads her into evil.

41Hope and desire have blocked the doorway.

42Without the Naam, one's hearth and home are deserted. ||6||

43O princess, my daughter, run away from this place!

44Chant the True Name, and embellish your days.

45Serve your Beloved Lord God, and lean on the Support of His Love.

46Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, abandon your thirst for corruption and poison. ||7||

47My Fascinating Lord has fascinated my mind.

48Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, I have realized You, Lord.

49Nanak stands longingly at God's Door.

50I am content and satisfied with Your Name; please shower me with Your Mercy. ||8||1||

51Basant, First Mehla:

52The mind is deluded by doubt; it comes and goes in reincarnation.

53It is lured by the poisonous lure of Maya.

54It does not remain stable in the Love of the One Lord.

55Like the fish, its neck is pierced by the hook. ||1||

56The deluded mind is instructed by the True Name.

57It contemplates the Word of the Guru's Shabad, with intuitive ease. ||1||Pause||