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1Shalok, First Mehla:

2Through the night the time ticks away; through the day the time ticks away.

3The body wears away and turns to straw.

4All are involved and entangled in worldly entanglements.

5The mortal has mistakenly renounced the way of service.

6The blind fool is caught in conflict, bothered and bewildered.

7Those who weep after someone has died - can they bring him back to life?

8Without realization, nothing can be understood.

9The weepers who weep for the dead shall themselves die as well.

10O Nanak, this is the Will of our Lord and Master.

11Those who do not remember the Lord, are dead. ||1||

12First Mehla:

13Love dies, and affection dies; hatred and strife die.

14The color fades, and beauty vanishes; the body suffers and collapses.

15Where did he come from? Where is he going? Did he exist or not?

16The self-willed manmukh made empty boasts, indulging in parties and pleasures.

17O Nanak, without the True Name, his honor is torn away, from head to foot. ||2||

18Pauree:

19The Ambrosial Naam, the Name of the Lord, is forever the Giver of peace. It shall be your Help and Support in the end.

20Without the Guru, the world is insane. It does not appreciate the worth of the Name.

21Those who serve the True Guru are accepted and approved. Their light merges into the Light.

22That servant who enshrines the Lord's Will within his mind, becomes just like his Lord and Master.

23Tell me, who has ever found peace by following his own will? The blind act in blindness.

24No one is ever satisfied and fulfilled by evil and corruption. The hunger of the fool is not satisfied.

25Attached to duality, all are ruined; without the True Guru, there is no understanding.

26Those who serve the True Guru find peace; they are blessed with Grace by the Will of the Lord. ||20||

27Shalok, First Mehla:

28Modesty and righteousness both, O Nanak, are qualities of those who are blessed with true wealth.

29Do not refer to that wealth as your friend, which leads you to get your head beaten.

30Those who possess only this worldly wealth are known as paupers.

31But those, within whose hearts You dwell, O Lord - those people are oceans of virtue. ||1||

32First Mehla:

33Worldly possessions are obtained by pain and suffering; when they are gone, they leave pain and suffering.

34O Nanak, without the True Name, hunger is never satisfied.

35Beauty does not satisfy hunger; when the man sees beauty, he hungers even more.

36As many as are the pleasures of the body, so many are the pains which afflict it. ||2||

37First Mehla:

38Acting blindly, the mind becomes blind. The blind mind makes the body blind.

39Why make a dam with mud and plaster? Even a dam made of stones gives way.

40The dam has burst. There is no boat. There is no raft. The water's depth is unfathomable.

41O Nanak, without the True Name, many multitudes have drowned. ||3||

42First Mehla:

43Thousands of pounds of gold, and thousands of pounds of silver; the king over the heads of thousands of kings.

44Thousands of armies, thousands of marching bands and spearmen; the emperor of thousands of horsemen.

45The unfathomable ocean of fire and water must be crossed.

46The other shore cannot be seen; only the roar of pitiful cries can be heard.

47O Nanak, there, it shall be known, whether anyone is a king or an emperor. ||4||

48Pauree:

49Some have chains around their necks, in bondage to the Lord.

50They are released from bondage, realizing the True Lord as True.