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1Shalok, First Mehla:

2Thieves, adulterers, prostitutes and pimps, make friendships with the unrighteous, and eat with the unrighteous.

3They do not know the value of the Lord's Praises, and Satan is always with them.

4If a donkey is anointed with sandalwood paste, he still loves to roll in the dirt.

5O Nanak, by spinning falsehood, a fabric of falsehood is woven.

6False is the cloth and its measurement, and false is pride in such a garment. ||1||

7First Mehla:

8The callers to prayer, the flute-players, the horn-blowers, and also the singers

9- some are givers, and some are beggars; they become acceptable only through Your Name, Lord.

10O Nanak, I am a sacrifice to those who hear and accept the Name. ||2||

11Pauree:

12Attachment to Maya is totally false, and false are those who go that way.

13Through egotism, the world is caught in conflict and strife, and it dies.

14The Gurmukh is free of conflict and strife, and sees the One Lord, pervading everywhere.

15Recognizing that the Supreme Soul is everywhere, he crosses over the terrifying world-ocean.

16His light merges into the Light, and he is absorbed into the Lord's Name. ||14||

17Shalok: First Mehla:

18O True Guru, bless me with Your charity; You are the All-powerful Giver.

19May I subdue and quiet my egotism, pride, sexual desire, anger and self-conceit.

20Burn away all my greed, and give me the Support of the Naam, the Name of the Lord.

21Day and night, keep me ever-fresh and new, spotless and pure; let me never be soiled by sin.

22O Nanak, in this way I am saved; by Your Grace, I have found peace. ||1||

23First Mehla:

24There is only the one Husband Lord, for all who stand at His Door.

25O Nanak, they ask for news of their Husband Lord, from those who are imbued with His Love. ||2||

26First Mehla:

27All are imbued with love for their Husband Lord; I am a discarded bride - what good am I?

28My body is filled with so many faults; my Lord and Master does not even turn His thoughts to me. ||3||

29First Mehla:

30I am a sacrifice to those who praise the Lord with their mouths.

31All the nights are for the happy soul-brides; I am a discarded bride - if only I could have even one night with Him! ||4||

32Pauree:

33I am a beggar at Your Door, begging for charity; O Lord, please grant me Your Mercy, and give to me.

34As Gurmukh, unite me, your humble servant, with You, that I may receive Your Name.

35Then, the unstruck melody of the Shabad will vibrate and resound, and my light will blend with the Light.

36Within my heart, I sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord, and celebrate the Word of the Lord's Shabad.

37The Lord Himself is pervading and permeating the world; so fall in love with Him! ||15||

38Shalok, First Mehla:

39Those who do not obtain the sublime essence, the love and delight of their Husband Lord,

40are like guests in a deserted house; they leave just as they have come, empty-handed. ||1||

41First Mehla:

42He receives hundreds and thousands of reprimands, day and night;

43the swan-soul has renounced the Lord's Praises, and attached itself to a rotting carcass.

44Cursed is that life, in which one only eats to fill his belly.

45O Nanak, without the True Name, all one's friends turn to enemies. ||2||

46Pauree:

47The minstrel continually sings the Glorious Praises of the Lord, to embellish his life.

48The Gurmukh serves and praises the True Lord, enshrining Him within his heart.