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1The ignorant self-willed manmukhs are blind. They are born, only to die again, and continue coming and going.

2Their affairs are not resolved, and in the end, they depart, regretting and repenting.

3One who is blessed with the Lord's Grace, meets the True Guru; he alone meditates on the Name of the Lord, Har, Har.

4Imbued with the Naam, the humble servants of the Lord find a lasting peace; servant Nanak is a sacrifice to them. ||1||

5Third Mehla:

6Hope and desire entice the world; they entice the whole universe.

7Everyone, and all that has been created, is under the domination of Death.

8By the Hukam of the Lord's Command, Death seizes the mortal; he alone is saved, whom the Creator Lord forgives.

9O Nanak, by Guru's Grace, this mortal swims across, if he abandons his ego.

10Conquer hope and desire, and remain unattached; contemplate the Word of the Guru's Shabad. ||2||

11Pauree:

12Wherever I go in this world, I see the Lord there.

13In the world hereafter as well, the Lord, the True Judge Himself, is pervading and permeating everywhere.

14The faces of the false are cursed, while the true devotees are blessed with glorious greatness.

15True is the Lord and Master, and true is His justice. The heads of the slanderers are covered with ashes.

16Servant Nanak worships the True Lord in adoration; as Gurmukh, he finds peace. ||5||

17Shalok, Third Mehla:

18By perfect destiny, one finds the True Guru, if the Lord God grants forgiveness.

19Of all efforts, the best effort is to attain the Lord's Name.

20It brings a cooling, soothing tranquility deep within the heart, and eternal peace.

21Then, one eats and wears the Ambrosial Nectar; O Nanak, through the Name, comes glorious greatness. ||1||

22Third Mehla:

23O mind, listening to the Guru's Teachings, you shall obtain the treasure of virtue.

24The Giver of peace shall dwell in your mind; you shall be rid of egotism and pride.

25O Nanak, by His Grace, one is blessed with the Ambrosial Nectar of the treasure of virtue. ||2||

26Pauree:

27The kings, emperors, rulers, lords, nobles and chiefs, are all created by the Lord.

28Whatever the Lord causes them to do, they do; they are all beggars, dependent on the Lord.

29Such is God, the Lord of all; He is on the True Guru's side. All castes and social classes, the four sources of creation, and the whole universe are slaves of the True Guru; God makes them work for Him.

30See the glorious greatness of serving the Lord, O Saints of the Lord; He has conquered and driven all the enemies and evil-doers out of the body-village.

31The Lord, Har, Har, is Merciful to His humble devotees; granting His Grace, the Lord Himself protects and preserves them. ||6||

32Shalok, Third Mehla:

33Fraud and hypocrisy within bring constant pain; the self-willed manmukh does not practice meditation.

34Suffering in pain, he does his deeds; he is immersed in pain, and he shall suffer in pain hereafter.

35By his karma, he meets the True Guru, and then, he is lovingly attuned to the True Name.

36O Nanak, he is naturally at peace; doubt and fear run away and leave him. ||1||

37Third Mehla:

38The Gurmukh is in love with the Lord forever. The Name of the Lord is pleasing to his mind.