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1The Creator Himself plays all the games; only a few understand this. ||3||

2Meditate on the Name, and the Word of the Shabad, in the early hours before dawn; leave your worldly entanglements behind.

3Prays Nanak, the slave of God's slaves: the world loses, and he wins. ||4||9||

4Prabhaatee, First Mehla:

5The mind is Maya, the mind is a chaser; the mind is a bird flying across the sky.

6The thieves are overpowered by the Shabad, and then the body-village prospers and celebrates.

7Lord, when You save someone, he is saved; his capital is safe and sound. ||1||

8Such is my Treasure, the Jewel of the Naam;

9please bless me with the Guru's Teachings, so that I may fall at Your Feet. ||1||Pause||

10The mind is a Yogi, the mind is a pleasure-seeker; the mind is foolish and ignorant.

11The mind is the giver, the mind is the beggar; the mind is the Great Guru, the Creator.

12The five thieves are conquered, and peace is attained; such is the contemplative wisdom of God. ||2||

13The One Lord is said to be in each and every heart, but no one can see Him.

14The false are cast upside-down into the womb of reincarnation; without the Name, they lose their honor.

15Those whom You unite, remain united, if it is Your Will. ||3||

16God does not ask about social class or birth; you must find your true home.

17That is your social class and that is your status - the karma of what you have done.

18The pains of death and rebirth are eradicated; O Nanak, salvation is in the Lord's Name. ||4||10||

19Prabhaatee, First Mehla:

20He is awake, and even happy, but he is being plundered - he is blind!

21The noose is around his neck, and yet, his head is busy with worldly affairs.

22In hope, he comes and in desire, he leaves.

23The strings of his life are all tangled up; he is utterly helpless. ||1||

24The Lord of Awareness, the Lord of Life is awake and aware.

25He is the Ocean of peace, the Treasure of Ambrosial Nectar. ||1||Pause||

26He does not understand what he is told; he is blind - he does not see, and so he does his evil deeds.

27The Transcendent Lord Himself showers His Love and Affection; by His Grace, He bestows glorious greatness. ||2||

28With the coming of each and every day, his life is wearing away, bit by bit; but still, his heart is attached to Maya.

29Without the Guru, he is drowned, and finds no place of rest, as long as he is caught in duality. ||3||

30Day and night, God watches over and takes care of His living beings; they receive pleasure and pain according to their past actions.

31Nanak, the unfortunate one, begs for the charity of Truth; please bless him with this glory. ||4||11||

32Prabhaatee, First Mehla:

33If I remain silent, the world calls me a fool.

34If I talk too much, I miss out on Your Love.

35My mistakes and faults will be judged in Your Court.

36Without the Naam, the Name of the Lord, how can I maintain good conduct? ||1||

37Such is the falsehood which is plundering the world.

38The slanderer slanders me, but even so, I love him. ||1||Pause||

39He alone knows the way, who has been slandered.

40Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, he is stamped with the Lord's Insignia in His Court.

41He realizes the Naam, the Cause of causes, deep within himself.

42He alone knows the way, who is blessed by the Lord's Glance of Grace. ||2||

43I am filthy and polluted; the True Lord is Immaculate and Sublime.

44Calling oneself sublime, one does not become exalted.

45The self-willed manmukh openly eats the great poison.

46But one who becomes Gurmukh is absorbed in the Name. ||3||

47I am blind, deaf, foolish and ignorant,