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1The Lord has exposed the penitent's secret sin to the elders.

2The Righteous Judge of Dharma said to the Messenger of Death, ""Take this penitent and put him with the worst of the worst murderers.""

3No one is to look at the face of this penitent again. He has been cursed by the True Guru.

4Nanak speaks and reveals what has taken place in the Court of the Lord.

5He alone understands, who is blessed and adorned by the Lord. ||1||

6Fourth Mehla:

7The devotees of the Lord worship and adore the Lord, and the glorious greatness of the Lord.

8The Lord's devotees continually sing the Kirtan of His Praises; the Name of the Lord is the Giver of peace.

9The Lord ever bestows upon His devotees the glorious greatness of His Name, which increases day by day.

10The Lord inspires His devotees to sit, steady and stable, in the home of their inner being. He preserves their honor.

11The Lord summons the slanderers to answer for their accounts, and He punishes them severely.

12As the slanderers think of acting, so are the fruits they obtain.

13Actions done in secrecy are sure to come to light, even if one does it underground.

14Servant Nanak blossoms forth in joy, beholding the glorious greatness of the Lord. ||2||

15Pauree, Fifth Mehla:

16The Lord Himself is the Protector of His devotees; what can the sinner do to them?

17The proud fool acts in pride, and eating his own poison, he dies.

18His few days have come to an end, and he is cut down like the crop at harvest.

19According to one's actions, so is one spoken of.

20Glorious and great is the Lord and Master of servant Nanak; He is the Master of all. ||30||

21Shalok, Fourth Mehla:

22The self-willed manmukhs forget the Primal Lord, the Source of all; they are caught in greed and egotism.

23They pass their nights and days in conflict and struggle; they do not contemplate the Word of the Shabad.

24The Creator has taken away all their understanding and purity; all their speech is evil and corrupt.

25No matter what they are given, they are not satisfied; within their hearts there is great desire, ignorance and darkness.

26O Nanak, it is good to break away from the self-willed manmukhs, who have love and attachment to Maya. ||1||

27Fourth Mehla:

28Those whose hearts are filled with the love of duality, do not love the Gurmukhs.

29They come and go, and wander in reincarnation; even in their dreams, they find no peace.

30They practice falsehood and they speak falsehood; attached to falsehood, they become false.

31The love of Maya is total pain; in pain they perish, and in pain they cry out.

32O Nanak, there can be no union between the love of worldliness and the love of the Lord, no matter how much everyone may desire it.

33Those who have the treasure of virtuous deeds find peace through the Word of the Guru's Shabad. ||2||

34Pauree, Fifth Mehla:

35O Nanak, the Saints and the silent sages think, and the four Vedas proclaim,

36that whatever the Lord's devotees speak comes to pass.

37He is revealed in His cosmic workshop; all people hear of it.

38The foolish people, who fight with the Saints, find no peace.

39The Saints seek to bless them with virtue, but they are burning with egotism.

40What can those wretched ones do? Their evil destiny was pre-ordained.