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1He gathers up that which brings corruption;

2leaving them, the fool must depart in an instant. ||5||

3He wanders in attachment to Maya.

4He acts in accordance with the karma of his past actions.

5Only the Creator Himself remains detached.

6God is not affected by virtue or vice. ||6||

7Please save me, O Merciful Lord of the Universe!

8I seek Your Sanctuary, O Perfect Compassionate Lord.

9Without You, I have no other place of rest.

10Please take pity on me, God, and bless me with Your Name. ||7||

11You are the Creator, and You are the Doer.

12You are High and Exalted, and You are totally Infinite.

13Please be merciful, and attach me to the hem of Your robe.

14Slave Nanak has entered the Sanctuary of God. ||8||2||

15Basant Kee Vaar, Fifth Mehla:

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

17Meditate on the Lord's Name, and blossom forth in green abundance.

18By your high destiny, you have been blessed with this wondrous spring of the soul.

19See all the three worlds in bloom, and obtain the Fruit of Ambrosial Nectar.

20Meeting with the Holy Saints, peace wells up, and all sins are erased.

21O Nanak, remember in meditation the One Name, and you shall never again be consigned to the womb of reincarnation.. ||1||

22The five powerful desires are bound down, when you lean on the True Lord.

23The Lord Himself leads us to dwell at His Feet. He stands right in our midst.

24All sorrows and sicknesses are eradicated, and you become ever-fresh and rejuvenated.

25Night and day, meditate on the Naam, the Name of the Lord. You shall never again die.

26And the One, from whom we came, O Nanak, into Him we merge once again. ||2||

27Where do we come from? Where do we live? Where do we go in the end?

28All creatures belong to God, our Lord and Master. Who can place a value on Him?

29Those who meditate, listen and chant, those devotees are blessed and beautified.

30The Lord God is Inaccessible and Unfathomable; there is no other equal to Him.

31The Perfect Guru has taught this Truth. Nanak proclaims it to the world. ||3||1||

32Basant, The Word Of The Devotees,

33Kabeer Jee, First House:

34One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

35The earth is in bloom, and the sky is in bloom.

36Each and every heart has blossomed forth, and the soul is illumined. ||1||

37My Sovereign Lord King blossoms forth in countless ways.

38Wherever I look, I see Him there pervading. ||1||Pause||

39The four Vedas blossom forth in duality.

40The Simritees blossom forth, along with the Koran and the Bible. ||2||

41Shiva blossoms forth in Yoga and meditation.

42Kabeer's Lord and Master pervades in all alike. ||3||1||

43The Pandits, the Hindu religious scholars, are intoxicated, reading the Puraanas.

44The Yogis are intoxicated in Yoga and meditation.

45The Sannyaasees are intoxicated in egotism.

46The penitents are intoxicated with the mystery of penance. ||1||

47All are intoxicated with the wine of Maya; no one is awake and aware.

48The thieves are with them, plundering their homes. ||1||Pause||

49Suk Dayv and Akrur are awake and aware.