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1Raag Maaroo, First Mehla, First House, Chau-Padhay:

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:

3Shalok:

4O my Friend, I shall forever remain the dust of Your feet.

5Nanak seeks Your protection, and beholds You ever-present, here and now. ||1||

6Shabad:

7Those who receive the call in the last hours of the night, chant the Name of their Lord and Master.

8Tents, canopies, pavilions and carriages are prepared and made ready for them.

9You send out the call, Lord, to those who meditate on Your Name. ||1||

10Father, I am unfortunate, a fraud.

11I have not found Your Name; my mind is blind and deluded by doubt. ||1||Pause||

12I have enjoyed the tastes, and now my pains have come to fruition; such is my pre-ordained destiny, O my mother.

13Now my joys are few, and my pains are many. In utter agony, I pass my life. ||2||

14What separation could be worse than separation from the Lord? For those who are united with Him, what other union can there be?

15Praise the Lord and Master, who, having created this play, beholds it. ||3||

16By good destiny, this union comes about; this body enjoys its pleasures.

17Those who have lost their destiny, suffer separation from this union. O Nanak, they may still be united once again! ||4||1||

18Maaroo, First Mehla:

19The union of the mother and father brings the body into being.

20The Creator inscribes upon it the inscription of its destiny.

21According to this inscription, gifts, light and glorious greatness are received.

22Joining with Maya, the spiritual consciousness is lost. ||1||

23O foolish mind, why are you so proud?

24You shall have to arise and depart when it pleases your Lord and Master. ||1||Pause||

25Abandon the tastes of the world, and find intuitive peace.

26All must abandon their worldly homes; no one remains here forever.

27Eat some, and save the rest,

28if you are destined to return to the world again. ||2||

29He adorns his body and ress in silk robes.

30He issues all sorts of commands.

31Preparing his comfortable bed, he sleeps.

32When he falls into the hands of the Messenger of Death, what good does it do to cry out? ||3||

33Household affairs are whirlpools of entanglements, O Siblings of Destiny.