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1Third Mehla:

2The rainbird prays: O Lord, grant Your Grace, and bless me with the gift of the life of the soul.

3Without the water, my thirst is not quenched, and my breath of life is ended and gone.

4You are the Giver of peace, O Infinite Lord God; You are the Giver of the treasure of virtue.

5O Nanak, the Gurmukh is forgiven; in the end, the Lord God shall be your only friend. ||2||

6Pauree:

7He created the world; He considers the merits and demerits of the mortals.

8Those who are entangled in the three gunas - the three dispositions - do not love the Naam, the Name of the Lord.

9Forsaking virtue, they practice evil; they shall be miserable in the Court of the Lord.

10They lose their life in the gamble; why did they even come into the world?

11But those who conquer and subdue their minds, through the True Word of the Shabad - night and day, they love the Naam.

12Those people enshrine the True, Invisible and Infinite Lord in their hearts.

13You, O Lord, are the Giver, the Treasure of virtue; I am unvirtuous and unworthy.

14He alone finds You, whom You bless and forgive, and inspire to contemplate the Word of the Guru's Shabad. ||13||

15Shalok, Fifth Mehla:

16The faithless cynics forget the Name of the Lord; the night of their lives does not pass in peace.

17Their days and nights become comfortable, O Nanak, singing the Glorious Praises of the Lord. ||1||

18Fifth Mehla:

19All sorts of jewels and gems, diamonds and rubies, shine forth from their foreheads.

20O Nanak, those who are pleasing to God, look beautiful in the Court of the Lord. ||2||

21Pauree:

22Serving the True Guru, I dwell on the True Lord.

23The work you have done for the True Guru shall be very useful in the end.

24The Messenger of Death cannot even touch that person who is protected by the True Lord.

25Lighting the lamp of the Guru's Teachings, my awareness has been awakened.

26The self-willed manmukhs are false; without the Name, they wander around like demons.

27They are nothing more than beasts, wrapped up in human skin; they are black-hearted within.

28The True Lord is pervading all; through the True Word of the Shabad, He is seen.

29O Nanak, the Naam is the greatest treasure. The Perfect Guru has revealed it to me. ||14||

30Shalok, Third Mehla:

31The rainbird realizes the Hukam of the Lord's Command with intuitive ease through the Guru.

32The clouds mercifully burst forth, and the rain pours down in torrents.

33The cries and wailings of the rainbird have ceased, and peace has come to abide in its mind.

34O Nanak, praise that Lord, who reaches out and gives sustenance to all beings and creatures. ||1||

35Third Mehla:

36O rainbird, you do not know what thirst is within you, or what you can drink to quench it.

37You wander in the love of duality, and you do not obtain the Ambrosial Water.

38When God casts His Glance of Grace, then the mortal automatically meets the True Guru.

39O Nanak, the Ambrosial Water is obtained from the True Guru, and then the mortal remains merged in the Lord with intuitive ease. ||2||

40Pauree:

41Some go and sit in the forest realms, and do not answer any calls.

42Some, in the dead of winter, break the ice and immerse themselves in freezing water.

43Some rub ashes on their bodies, and never wash off their dirt.

44Some look hideous, with their uncut hair matted and dishevelled. They bring dishonor to their family and ancestry.