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1if the mountains became gold and silver, studded with gems and jewels

2-even then, I would worship and adore You, and my longing to chant Your Praises would not decrease. ||1||

3First Mehla:

4If all the eighteen loads of vegetation became fruits,

5and the growing grass became sweet rice; if I were able to stop the sun and the moon in their orbits and hold them perfectly steady

6-even then, I would worship and adore You, and my longing to chant Your Praises would not decrease. ||2||

7First Mehla:

8If my body were afflicted with pain, under the evil influence of unlucky stars;

9and if the blood-sucking kings were to hold power over me

10-even if this were my condition, I would still worship and adore You, and my longing to chant Your Praises would not decrease. ||3||

11First Mehla:

12If fire and ice were my clothes, and the wind was my food;

13and even if the enticing heavenly beauties were my wives, O Nanak-all this shall pass away!

14Even then, I would worship and adore You, and my longing to chant Your Praises would not decrease. ||4||

15Pauree:

16The foolish demon, who does evil deeds, does not know his Lord and Master.

17Call him a mad-man, if he does not understand himself.

18The strife of this world is evil; these struggles are consuming it.

19Without the Lord's Name, life is worthless. Through doubt, the people are being destroyed.

20One who recognizes that all spiritual paths lead to the One shall be emancipated.

21One who speaks lies shall fall into hell and burn.

22In all the world, the most blessed and sanctified are those who remain absorbed in Truth.

23One who eliminates selfishness and conceit is redeemed in the Court of the Lord. ||9||

24First Mehla, Shalok:

25They alone are truly alive, whose minds are filled with the Lord.

26O Nanak, no one else is truly alive;

27those who merely live shall depart in dishonor;

28everything they eat is impure.

29Intoxicated with power and thrilled with wealth, they delight in their pleasures, and dance about shamelessly.

30O Nanak, they are deluded and defrauded.

31Without the Lord's Name, they lose their honor and depart. ||1||

32First Mehla:

33What good is food, and what good are clothes,

34if the True Lord does not abide within the mind?

35What good are fruits, what good is ghee, sweet jaggery, what good is flour, and what good is meat?

36What good are clothes, and what good is a soft bed, to enjoy pleasures and sensual delights?

37What good is an army, and what good are soldiers, servants and mansions to live in?

38O Nanak, without the True Name, all this paraphernalia shall disappear. ||2||

39Pauree:

40What good is social class and status? Truthfulness is measured within.

41Pride in one's status is like poison-holding it in your hand and eating it, you shall die.

42The True Lord's Sovereign Rule is known throughout the ages.

43One who respects the Hukam of the Lord's Command is honored and respected in the Court of the Lord.

44By the Order of our Lord and Master, we have been brought into this world.

45The Drummer, the Guru, has announced the Lord's meditation, through the Word of the Shabad.

46Some have mounted their horses in response, and others are saddling up.

47Some have tied up their bridles, and others have already ridden off. ||10||

48Shalok, First Mehla:

49When the crop is ripe, then it is cut down; only the stalks are left standing.

50The corn on the cob is put into the thresher, and the kernels are separated from the cobs.

51Placing the kernels between the two mill-stones, people sit and grind the corn.

52Those kernels which stick to the central axle are spared-Nanak has seen this wonderful vision! ||1||

53First Mehla:

54Look, and see how the sugar-cane is cut down. After cutting away its branches, its feet are bound together into bundles,