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1In this world, you shall not find any shelter; in the world hereafter, being false, you shall suffer. ||1||Pause||

2The True Lord Himself knows all; He makes no mistakes. He is the Great Farmer of the Universe.

3First, He prepares the ground, and then He plants the Seed of the True Name.

4The nine treasures are produced from Name of the One Lord. By His Grace, we obtain His Banner and Insignia. ||2||

5Some are very knowledgeable, but if they do not know the Guru, then what is the use of their lives?

6The blind have forgotten the Naam, the Name of the Lord. The self-willed manmukhs are in utter darkness.

7Their comings and goings in reincarnation do not end; through death and rebirth, they are wasting away. ||3||

8The bride may buy sandalwood oil and perfumes, and apply them in great quantities to her hair;

9she may sweeten her breath with betel leaf and camphor,

10but if this bride is not pleasing to her Husband Lord, then all these trappings are false. ||4||

11Her enjoyment of all pleasures is futile, and all her decorations are corrupt.

12Until she has been pierced through with the Shabad, how can she look beautiful at Guru's Gate?

13O Nanak, blessed is that fortunate bride, who is in love with her Husband Lord. ||5||13||

14Siree Raag, First Mehla:

15The empty body is dreadful, when the soul goes out from within.

16The burning fire of life is extinguished, and the smoke of the breath no longer emerges.

17The five relatives (the senses) weep and wail painfully, and waste away through the love of duality. ||1||

18You fool: chant the Name of the Lord, and preserve your virtue.

19Egotism and possessiveness are very enticing; egotistical pride has plundered everyone. ||1||Pause||

20Those who have forgotten the Naam, the Name of the Lord, are attached to affairs of duality.

21Attached to duality, they putrefy and die; they are filled with the fire of desire within.

22Those who are protected by the Guru are saved; all others are cheated and plundered by deceitful worldly affairs. ||2||

23Love dies, and affection vanishes. Hatred and alienation die.

24Entanglements end, and egotism dies, along with attachment to Maya, possessiveness and anger.

25Those who receive His Mercy obtain the True One. The Gurmukhs dwell forever in balanced restraint. ||3||

26By true actions, the True Lord is met, and the Guru's Teachings are found.

27Then, they are not subject to birth and death; they do not come and go in reincarnation.

28O Nanak, they are respected at the Lord's Gate; they are robed in honor in the Court of the Lord. ||4||14||

29Siree Raag, First Mehla:

30The body is burnt to ashes; by its love of Maya, the mind is rusted through.

31Demerits become one's enemies, and falsehood blows the bugle of attack.

32Without the Word of the Shabad, people wander lost in reincarnation. Through the love of duality, multitudes have been drowned. ||1||

33O mind, swim across, by focusing your consciousness on the Shabad.

34Those who do not become Gurmukh do not understand the Naam; they die, and continue coming and going in reincarnation. ||1||Pause||

35That body is said to be pure, in which the True Name abides.

36One whose body is imbued with the Fear of the True One, and whose tongue savors Truthfulness,

37is brought to ecstasy by the True Lord's Glance of Grace. That person does not have to go through the fire of the womb again. ||2||

38From the True Lord came the air, and from the air came water.

39From water, He created the three worlds; in each and every heart He has infused His Light.

40The Immaculate Lord does not become polluted. Attuned to the Shabad, honor is obtained. ||3||

41One whose mind is contented with Truthfulness, is blessed with the Lord's Glance of Grace.