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1They alone are acclaimed as brave warriors in the world hereafter, who receive true honor in the Court of the Lord.

2They are honored in the Court of the Lord; they depart with honor, and they do not suffer pain in the world hereafter.

3They meditate on the One Lord, and obtain the fruits of their rewards. Serving the Lord, their fear is dispelled.

4Do not indulge in egotism, and dwell within your own mind; the Knower Himself knows everything.

5The death of brave heroes is blessed, if it is approved by God. ||3||

6Nanak: for whom should we mourn, O Baba? This world is merely a play.

7The Lord Master beholds His work, and contemplates His creative potency.

8He contemplates His creative potency, having established the Universe. He who created it, He alone knows.

9He Himself beholds it, and He Himself understands it. He Himself realizes the Hukam of His Command.

10He who created these things, He alone knows. His subtle form is infinite.

11Nanak: for whom should we mourn, O Baba? This world is merely a play. ||4||2||

12Wadahans, First Mehla, Dakhanee:

13The True Creator Lord is True - know this well; He is the True Sustainer.

14He Himself fashioned His Own Self; the True Lord is invisible and infinite.

15He brought together, and then separated, the two grinding stones of the earth and the sky; without the Guru, there is only pitch darkness.

16He created the sun and the moon; night and day, they move according to His Thought. ||1||

17O True Lord and Master, You are True. O True Lord, bless me with Your Love. ||Pause||

18You created the Universe; You are the Giver of pain and pleasure.

19You created woman and man, the love of poison, and emotional attachment to Maya.

20The four sources of creation, and the power of the Word, are also of Your making. You give Support to all beings.

21You have made the Creation as Your Throne; You are the True Judge. ||2||

22You created comings and goings, but You are ever-stable, O Creator Lord.

23In birth and death, in coming and going, this soul is held in bondage by corruption.

24The evil person has forgotten the Naam; he has drowned - what can he do now?

25Forsaking merit, he has loaded the poisonous cargo of demerits; he is a trader of sins. ||3||

26The beloved soul has received the Call, the Command of the True Creator Lord.

27The soul, the husband, has become separated from the body, the bride. The Lord is the Re-uniter of the separated ones.

28No one cares for your beauty, O beautiful bride.; the Messenger of Death is bound only by the Lord Commander's Command.

29He does not distinguish between young children and old people; he tears apart love and affection. ||4||

30The nine doors are closed by the True Lord's Command, and the swan-soul takes flight into the skies.

31The body-bride is separated, and defrauded by falsehood; she is now a widow - her husband's body lies dead in the courtyard.

32The widow cries out at the door, ""The light of my mind has gone out, O my mother, with his death.""

33So cry out, O soul-brides of the Husband Lord, and dwell on the Glorious Praises of the True Lord. ||5||

34Her loved one is cleansed, bathed in water, and dressed in silken robes.

35The musicians play, and the Bani of the True Lord's Words are sung; the five relatives feel as if they too are dead, so deadened are their minds.

36"Separation from my beloved is like death to me!" cries the widow. "My life in this world is cursed and worthless!"

37But she alone is approved, who dies, while yet still alive; she lives for the sake of the Love of her Beloved. ||6||

38So cry out in mourning, you who have come to mourn; this world is false and fraudulent.