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1In the third watch, both hunger and thirst bark for attention, and food is put into the mouth.

2That which is eaten becomes dust, but they are still attached to eating.

3In the fourth watch, they become drowsy. They close their eyes and begin to dream.

4Rising up again, they engage in conflicts; they set the stage as if they will live for 100 years.

5If at all times, at each and every moment, they live in the fear of God

6-O Nanak, the Lord dwells within their minds, and their cleansing bath is true. ||1||

7Second Mehla:

8They are the perfect kings, who have found the Perfect Lord.

9Twenty-four hours a day, they remain unconcerned, imbued with the Love of the One Lord.

10Only a few obtain the Darshan, the Blessed Vision of the Unimaginably Beauteous Lord.

11Through the perfect karma of good deeds, one meets the Perfect Guru, whose speech is perfect.

12O Nanak, when the Guru makes one perfect, one's weight does not decrease. ||2||

13Pauree:

14When You are with me, what more could I want? I speak only the Truth.

15Plundered by the thieves of worldly affairs, she does not obtain the Mansion of His Presence.

16Being so stone-hearted, she has lost her chance to serve the Lord.

17That heart, in which the True Lord is not found, should be torn down and re-built.

18How can she be weighed accurately, upon the scale of perfection?

19No one will say that her weight has been shorted, if she rids herself of egotism.

20The genuine are assayed, and accepted in the Court of the All-knowing Lord.

21The genuine merchandise is found only in one shop-it is obtained from the Perfect Guru. ||17||

22Shalok, Second Mehla:

23Twenty-four hours a day, destroy the eight things, and in the ninth place, conquer the body.

24Within the body are the nine treasures of the Name of the Lord-seek the depths of these virtues.

25Those blessed with the karma of good actions praise the Lord. O Nanak, they make the Guru their spiritual teacher.

26In the fourth watch of the early morning hours, a longing arises in their higher consciousness.

27They are attuned to the river of life; the True Name is in their minds and on their lips.

28The Ambrosial Nectar is distributed, and those with good karma receive this gift.

29Their bodies become golden, and take on the color of spirituality.

30If the Jeweller casts His Glance of Grace, they are not placed in the fire again.

31Throughout the other seven watches of the day, it is good to speak the Truth, and sit with the spiritually wise.

32There, vice and virtue are distinguished, and the capital of falsehood is decreased.

33There, the counterfeit are cast aside, and the genuine are cheered.

34Speech is vain and useless. O Nanak, pain and pleasure are in the power of our Lord and Master. ||1||

35Second Mehla:

36Air is the Guru, Water is the Father, and Earth is the Great Mother of all.

37Day and night are the two nurses, in whose lap all the world is at play.

38Good deeds and bad deeds-the record is read out in the Presence of the Lord of Dharma.

39According to their own actions, some are drawn closer, and some are driven farther away.

40Those who have meditated on the Naam, the Name of the Lord, and departed after having worked by the sweat of their brow

41-O Nanak, their faces are radiant in the Court of the Lord, and many others are saved along with them! ||2||

42Pauree:

43The True Food is the Love of the Lord; the True Guru has spoken.

44With this True Food, I am satisfied, and with the Truth, I am delighted.

45True are the cities and the villages, where one abides in the True Home of the self.

46When the True Guru is pleased, one receives the Lord's Name, and blossoms forth in His Love.

47No one enters the Court of the True Lord through falsehood.

48By uttering falsehood and only falsehood, the Mansion of the Lord's Presence is lost.