The Guru then travelled through Sultanpur--his old head quarters when he was a Government official--Vairowal, and Jalalabad, until he arrived at a place called Kari Pathandi in the Amritsar District. In Kari Pathandi he made many Pathan converts. They used to serenade him with instrumental music, interspersed with cries of 'Hail to King Nanak!' The Guru there composed the following:--

He who made the world watcheth over it; what shall we say, O brother?

He Himself who hath laid out its garden knoweth and acteth.

Sing the praises of the Beloved; sing His praises by which happiness is ever obtained.

She who enjoyeth not her Spouse with love shall afterwards repent.

She shall wring her hands, and beat her head as the night passeth away.

She shall not be able to repent when the whole night is at an end;

But she may again enjoy her Husband when it cometh to her turn.'

The wife whom the Spouse hath chosen is better than[1].

I have not her merits; whom shall I blame?

I will go and ask the female companions who have enjoyed their Spouse;

I will touch their feet, implore them, and induce them to show me the way.

Nanak, she who obeyeth her Spouse's order, applieth fear as her sandal,

And performeth the incantation of merits, shall find her Beloved.

She who meeteth Him with her heart shall continue to meet Him; that is called a real meeting.

However much one may desire it, a meeting is not effected by words.

[1. That is, in a future birth.]

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Metal blendeth with metal and love hasteneth to love.

Know the Guru's favour, and thou shalt find the Fearless One.

A garden of betel may be in the house, but the donkey knoweth not its merits.

When one is a judge of perfume, then may one appreciate flowers.

He who drinketh nectar,[1] Nanak, putteth an end to his doubts and transmigration;

He easily blendeth with God, and obtaineth the undying dignity.[2]

The Guru continued his wanderings and visited Batala in the Gurdaspur District. Thence he proceeded a second time to Saiyidpur, where he again visited Lalo. Lalo complained to him of the oppression of the Pathans. The Guru replied that their dominion should be brief, as Babar was on his way to the conquest of India. The Guru then addressed the following threnody to his host:--

As the word of the Lord cometh to me, so I make known, O Lalo--

Bringing a bridal procession of sin, Babar hath hasted from Kabul and demandeth wealth as his bride, O Lalo.

Modesty and religion have vanished; falsehood marcheth in the van, O Lalo.

The occupation of the Qazis and the Brahmans is gone the devil readeth the marriage service,[3] O Lalo.

Musalman women read the Quran, and in suffering call upon God, O Lalo.

Hindu women whether of high or low caste, meet the same fate as they, O Lalo.