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1The sweet flavors tempt you, and you are occupied by your false and filthy business. ||2||

2Your senses are beguiled by sensual pleasures of sex, by anger, greed and emotional attachment.

3The All-powerful Architect of Destiny has ordained that you shall be reincarnated over and over again. ||3||

4When the Destroyer of the pains of the poor becomes merciful, then, as Gurmukh, you shall find absolute peace.

5Says Nanak, meditate on the Lord, day and night, and all your sickness shall be banished. ||4||

6Meditate in this way, O Siblings of Destiny, on the Lord, the Architect of Destiny.

7The Destroyer of the pains of the poor has become merciful; He has removed the pains of birth and death. ||1||Second Pause||4||4||126||

8Aasaa, Fifth Mehla:

9For a moment of sexual pleasure, you shall suffer in pain for millions of days.

10For an instant, you may savor pleasure, but afterwards, you shall regret it, again and again. ||1||

11O blind man, meditate on the Lord, the Lord, your King.

12Your day is drawing near. ||1||Pause||

13You are deceived, beholding with your eyes, the bitter melon and swallow-wort.

14But, like the companionship of a poisonous snake, so is the desire for another's spouse. ||2||

15For the sake of your enemy, you commit sins, while you neglect the reality of your faith.

16Your friendship is with those who abandon you, and you are angry with your friends. ||3||

17The entire world is entangled in this way; he alone is saved, who has the Perfect Guru.

18Says Nanak, I have crossed over the terrifying world-ocean; my body has become sanctified. ||4||5||127||

19Aasaa, Fifth Mehla Dho-Padhay:

20O Lord, You behold whatever we do in secrecy; the fool may stubbornly deny it.

21By his own actions, he is tied down, and in the end, he regrets and repents. ||1||

22My God knows, ahead of time, all things.

23Deceived by doubt, you may hide your actions, but in the end, you shall have to confess the secrets of your mind. ||1||Pause||

24Whatever they are attached to, they remain joined to that. What can any mere mortal do?

25Please, forgive me, O Supreme Lord Master. Nanak is forever a sacrifice to You. ||2||6||128||

26Aasaa, Fifth Mehla:

27He Himself preserves His servants; He causes them to chant His Name.

28Wherever the business and affairs of His servants are, there the Lord hurries to be. ||1||

29The Lord appears near at hand to His servant.

30Whatever the servant asks of his Lord and Master, immediately comes to pass. ||1||Pause||

31I am a sacrifice to that servant, who is pleasing to his God.

32Hearing of his glory, the mind is rejuvenated; Nanak comes to touch his feet. ||2||7||129||

33Aasaa, Eleventh House, Fifth Mehla:

34One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

35The actor displays himself in many disguises, but he remains just as he is.

36The soul wanders through countless incarnations in doubt, but it does not come to dwell in peace. ||1||