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1One Universal Creator God. Truth Is The Name. Creative Being Personified. No Fear. No Hatred. Image Of The Undying. Beyond Birth. Self-Existent. By Guru's Grace:

2Sorat'h, First Mehla, First House, Chau-Padhay:

3Death comes to all, and all must suffer separation.

4Go and ask the clever people, whether they shall meet in the world hereafter.

5Those who forget my Lord and Master shall suffer in terrible pain. ||1||

6So praise the True Lord,

7by whose Grace peace ever prevails. ||Pause||

8Praise Him as great; He is, and He shall ever be.

9You alone are the Great Giver; mankind cannot give anything.

10Whatever pleases Him, comes to pass; what good does it do to cry out in protest? ||2||

11Many have proclaimed their sovereignty over millions of fortresses on the earth, but they have now departed.

12And those, whom even the sky could not contain, had ropes put through their noses.

13O mind, if you only knew the torment in your future, you would not relish the sweet pleasures of the present. ||3||

14O Nanak, as many as are the sins one commits, so many are the chains around his neck.

15If he possesses virtues, then the chains are cut away; these virtues are his brothers, his true brothers.

16Going to the world hereafter, those who have no Guru are not accepted; they are beaten, and expelled. ||4||1||

17Sorat'h, First Mehla, First House:

18Make your mind the farmer, good deeds the farm, modesty the water, and your body the field.

19Let the Lord's Name be the seed, contentment the plow, and your humble dress the fence.

20Doing deeds of love, the seed shall sprout, and you shall see your home flourish. ||1||

21O Baba, the wealth of Maya does not go with anyone.

22This Maya has bewitched the world, but only a rare few understand this. ||Pause||

23Make your ever-decreasing life your shop, and make the Lord's Name your merchandise.

24Make understanding and contemplation your warehouse, and in that warehouse, store the Lord's Name.

25Deal with the Lord's dealers, earn your profits, and rejoice in your mind. ||2||

26Let your trade be listening to scripture, and let Truth be the horses you take to sell.

27Gather up merits for your travelling expenses, and do not think of tomorrow in your mind.

28When you arrive in the land of the Formless Lord, you shall find peace in the Mansion of His Presence. ||3||

29Let your service be the focusing of your consciousness, and let your occupation be the placing of faith in the Naam.