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1The Gurmukhs dwell on the Word of the Shabad. They sing the Glorious Praises of the True Lord.

2O Nanak, those humble beings who are imbued with the Naam are pure and immaculate. They are intuitively merged in the True Lord. ||2||

3Pauree:

4Serving the Perfect True Guru, I have found the Perfect Lord.

5Meditating on the Perfect Lord, by perfect karma, I have enshrined the Shabad within my mind.

6Through perfect spiritual wisdom and meditation, my filth has been washed away.

7The Lord is my sacred shrine of pilgrimage and pool of purification; I wash my mind in Him.

8One who dies in the Shabad and conquers his mind - blessed is the mother who gave birth to him.

9He is true in the Court of the Lord, and his coming into this world is judged to be true.

10No one can challenge that person, with whom our Lord and Master is pleased.

11O Nanak, praising the True Lord, his pre-ordained destiny is activated. ||18||

12Shalok, First Mehla:

13Those who give out ceremonial hats of recognition are fools; those who receive them have no shame.

14The mouse cannot enter its hole with a basket tied around its waist.

15Those who give out blessings shall die, and those that they bless shall also depart.

16O Nanak, no one knows the Lord's Command, by which all must depart.

17The spring harvest is the Name of the One Lord; the harvest of autumn is the True Name.

18I receive a letter of pardon from my Lord and Master, when I reach His Court.

19There are so many courts of the world, and so many who come and go there.

20There are so many beggars begging; so many beg and beg until death. ||1||

21First Mehla:

22The elephant eats a hundred pounds of ghee and molasses, and five hundred pounds of corn.

23He belches and grunts and scatters dust, and when the breath leaves his body, he regrets it.

24The blind and arrogant die insane.

25Submitting to the Lord, one become pleasing to Him.

26The sparrow eats only half a grain, then it flies through the sky and chirps.

27The good sparrow is pleasing to her Lord and Master, if she chirps the Name of the Lord.

28The powerful tiger kills hundreds of deer, and all sorts of other animals eat what it leaves.

29It becomes very strong, and cannot be contained in its den, but when it must go, it regrets.

30So who is impressed by the roar of the blind beast?

31He is not pleasing at all to his Lord and Master.

32The insect loves the milkweed plant; perched on its branch, it eats it.

33It becomes good and pleasing to its Lord and Master, if it chirps the Name of the Lord.

34O Nanak, the world lasts for only a few days; indulging in pleasures, pain is produced.

35There are many who boast and brag, but none of them can remain detached from the world.

36The fly dies for the sake of sweets.

37O Lord, death does not even approach those whom You protect. You carry them across the terrifying world-ocean. ||2||

38Pauree:

39You are Inaccessible and Unfathomable, O Invisible and Infinite True Lord Master.

40You are the Giver, all are beggars of You. You alone are the Great Giver.

41Those who serve You find peace, reflecting on the Guru's Teachings.

42Some, according to Your Will, are in love with Maya.

43Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, praise the Lord with love and affection within.

44Without love, there is no devotion. Without the True Guru, love is not enshrined.

45You are the Lord God; everyone serves You. This is the prayer of Your humble minstrel.

46Please bless me with the gift of contentment, that I may receive the True Name as my Support. ||19||