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1By wearing her red dress, no one has found her Husband Lord; the self-willed manmukh is burnt to death.

2Meeting the True Guru, she discards her red dress, and eradicates egotism from within.

3Her mind and body are imbued with the deep red color of His Love, and her tongue is imbued, singing His Praises and excellences.

4She becomes His soul-bride forever, with the Word of the Shabad in her mind; she makes the Fear of God and the Love of God her ornaments and decorations.

5O Nanak, by His Merciful Grace, she obtains the Mansion of the Lord's Presence, and keeps Him enshrined in her heart. ||1||

6Third Mehla:

7O bride, forsake your red dress, and decorate yourself with the crimson color of His Love.

8Your comings and goings shall be forgotten, contemplating the Word of the Guru's Shabad.

9The soul-bride is adorned and beautiful; the Celestial Lord, her Husband, abides in her home.

10O Nanak, the bride ravishes and enjoys Him; and He, the Ravisher, ravishes and enjoys her. ||2||

11Pauree:

12The foolish, self-willed manmukh is engrossed in false attachment to family.

13Practicing egotism and self-conceit, he dies and departs, taking nothing along with him.

14He does not understand that the Messenger of Death is hovering over his head; he is deluded by duality.

15This opportunity will not come into his hands again; the Messenger of Death will seize him.

16He acts according to his pre-ordained destiny. ||5||

17Shalok, Third Mehla:

18Do not call them 'satee', who burn themselves along with their husbands' corpses.

19O Nanak, they alone are known as 'satee', who die from the shock of separation. ||1||

20Third Mehla:

21They are also known as 'satee', who abide in modesty and contentment.

22They serve their Lord, and rise in the early hours to contemplate Him. ||2||

23Third Mehla:

24The widows burn themselves in the fire, along with their husbands' corpses.

25If they truly knew their husbands, then they suffer terrible bodily pain.

26O Nanak, if they did not truly know their husbands, why should they burn themselves in the fire?

27Whether their husbands are alive or dead, those wives remain far away from them. ||3||

28Pauree:

29You created pain along with pleasure; O Creator, such is the writ You have written.

30There is no other gift as great as the Name; it has no form or sign.

31The Naam, the Name of the Lord, is an inexhaustible treasure; it abides in the mind of the Gurmukh.

32In His Mercy, He blesses us with the Naam, and then, the writ of pain and pleasure is not written.

33Those humble servants who serve with love, meet the Lord, chanting the Chant of the Lord. ||6||

34Shalok, Second Mehla:

35They know that they will have to depart, so why do they make such ostentatious displays?

36Those who do not know that they will have to depart, continue to arrange their affairs. ||1||

37Second Mehla:

38He accumulates wealth during the night of his life, but in the morning, he must depart.

39O Nanak, it shall not go along with him, and so he regrets. ||2||

40Second Mehla:

41Paying a fine under pressure, does not bring either merit or goodness.

42That alone is a good deed, O Nanak, which is done by one's own free will. ||3||

43Second Mehla:

44Stubborn-mindedness will not win the Lord to one's side, no matter how much it is tried.

45The Lord is won over to your side, by offering Him your true love, O servant Nanak, and contemplating the Word of the Shabad. ||4||

46Pauree:

47The Creator created the world; He alone understands it.

48He Himself created the Universe, and He Himself shall destroy it afterwards.