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1Raag Tilang, First Mehla, First House:

2One 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:

3I offer this one prayer to You; please listen to it, O Creator Lord.

4You are true, great, merciful and spotless, O Cherisher Lord. ||1||

5The world is a transitory place of mortality - know this for certain in your mind.

6Azraa-eel, the Messenger of Death, has caught me by the hair on my head, and yet, I do not know it at all in my mind. ||1||Pause||

7Spouse, children, parents and siblings - none of them will be there to hold your hand.

8And when at last I fall, and the time of my last prayer has come, there shall be no one to rescue me. ||2||

9Night and day, I wandered around in greed, contemplating evil schemes.

10I never did good deeds; this is my condition. ||3||

11I am unfortunate, miserly, negligent, shameless and without the Fear of God.

12Says Nanak, I am Your humble servant, the dust of the feet of Your slaves. ||4||1||

13Tilang, First Mehla, Second House:

14One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

15The Fear of You, O Lord God, is my marijuana; my consciousness is the pouch which holds it.

16I have become an intoxicated hermit.

17My hands are my begging bowl; I am so hungry for the Blessed Vision of Your Darshan.

18I beg at Your Door, day after day. ||1||

19I long for the Blessed Vision of Your Darshan.

20I am a beggar at Your Door - please bless me with Your charity. ||1||Pause||

21Saffron, flowers, musk oil and gold embellish the bodies of all.

22The Lord's devotees are like sandalwood, which imparts its fragrance to everyone. ||2||

23No one says that ghee or silk are polluted.

24Such is the Lord's devotee, no matter what his social status is.

25Those who bow in reverence to the Naam, the Name of the Lord, remain absorbed in Your Love.

26Nanak begs for charity at their door. ||3||1||2||

27Tilang, First Mehla, Third House:

28One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

29This body fabric is conditioned by Maya, O beloved; this cloth is dyed in greed.