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1The self-willed manmukh looks upon his daughters, sons and relatives as his own.

2Gazing upon his wife, he is pleased. But along with happiness, they bring grief.

3The Gurmukhs are attuned to the Word of the Shabad. Day and night, they enjoy the Sublime Essence of the Lord. ||3||

4The consciousness of the wicked, faithless cynics wanders around in search of transitory wealth, unstable and distracted.

5Searching outside of themselves, they are ruined; the object of their search is in that sacred place within the home of the heart.

6The self-willed manmukhs, in their ego, miss it; the Gurmukhs receive it in their laps. ||4||

7You worthless, faithless cynic-recognize your own origin!

8This body is made of blood and semen. It shall be consigned to the fire in the end.

9The body is under the power of the breath, according to the True Sign inscribed upon your forehead. ||5||

10Everyone begs for a long life-no one wishes to die.

11A life of peace and comfort comes to that Gurmukh, within whom God dwells.

12Without the Naam, what good those who do not have the Blessed Vision, the Darshan of the Lord and Guru? ||6||

13In their dreams at night, people wander around as long as they sleep;

14just so, they are under the power of the snake Maya, as long as their hearts are filled with ego and duality.

15Through the Guru's Teachings, they come to understand and see that this world is just a dream. ||7||

16As thirst is quenched with water, and the baby is satisfied with mother's milk,

17and as the lotus does not exist without water, and as the fish dies without water

18-O Nanak, so does the Gurmukh live, receiving the Sublime Essence of the Lord, and singing the Glorious Praises of the Lord. ||8||15||

19Siree Raag, First Mehla:

20Beholding the terrifying mountain in this world of my father's home, I am terrified.

21It is so difficult to climb this high mountain; there is no ladder which reaches up there.

22But as Gurmukh, I know that it is within my self; the Guru has brought me to Union, and so I cross over. ||1||

23O Siblings of Destiny, the terrifying world-ocean is so difficult to cross-I am terrified!

24The Perfect True Guru, in His Pleasure, has met with me; the Guru has saved me, through the Name of the Lord. ||1||Pause||

25I may say, ""I am going, I am going"", but I know that, in the end, I must really go.

26Whoever comes must also go. Only the Guru and the Creator are Eternal.

27So praise the True One continually, and love His Place of Truth. ||2||

28Beautiful gates, houses and palaces, solidly built forts,

29elephants, saddled horses, hundreds of thousands of uncounted armies

30-none of these will go along with anyone in the end, and yet, the fools bother themselves to exhaustion with these, and then die. ||3||

31You may gather gold and sliver, but wealth is just a net of entanglement.

32You may beat the drum and proclaim authority over the whole world, but without the Name, death hovers over your head.

33When the body falls, the play of life is over; what shall be the condition of the evil-doers then? ||4||

34The husband is delighted seeing his sons, and his wife upon his bed.

35He applies sandalwood and scented oils, and dresses himself in his beautiful clothes.

36But dust shall mix with dust, and he shall depart, leaving hearth and home behind. ||5||

37He may be called a chief, an emperor, a king, a governor or a lord;

38he may present himself as a leader or a chief, but this just burns him in the fire of egotistical pride.

39The self-willed manmukh has forgotten the Naam. He is like straw, burning in the forest fire. ||6||

40Whoever comes into the world and indulges in ego, must depart.