The slanderous and greedy people are hard-hearted.

Those who do not love to serve the Guru are the most thieving of thieves. ||2||

When the Guru is pleased, He blesses the mortals with loving devotional worship of the Lord.

When the Guru is pleased, the mortal obtains a place in the Mansion of the Lord's Presence.

So renounce slander, and awaken in devotional worship of the Lord.

Devotion to the Lord is wonderful; it comes through good karma and destiny. ||3||

The Guru unites in union with the Lord, and grants the gift of the Name.

The Guru loves His Sikhs, day and night.

They obtain the fruit of the Naam, when the Guru's favor is bestowed.

Says Nanak, those who receive it are very rare indeed. ||4||7||

Basant, Third Mehl, Ik-Tukas:

When it pleases our Lord and Master, His servant serves Him.

He remains dead while yet alive, and redeems all his ancestors. ||1||

I shall not renounce Your devotional worship, O Lord; what does it matter if people laugh at me?

The True Name abides within my heart. ||1||Pause||

Just as the mortal remains engrossed in attachment to Maya,

so does the Lord's humble Saint remain absorbed in the Lord's Name. ||2||

I am foolish and ignorant, O Lord; please be merciful to me.

May I remain in Your Sanctuary. ||3||

Says Nanak, worldly affairs are fruitless.

Only by Guru's Grace does one receive the Nectar of the Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||4||8||

First Mehl, Basant Hindol, Second House:

One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

O Brahmin, you worship and believe in your stone-god, and wear your ceremonial rosary beads.

Chant the Name of the Lord. Build your boat, and pray, "O Merciful Lord, please be merciful to me."||1||

Section 29 - Raag Basant - Part 004

Why do you irrigate the barren, alkaline soil? You are wasting your life away!

This wall of mud is crumbling. Why bother to patch it with plaster? ||1||Pause||

Let your hands be the buckets, strung on the chain, and yoke the mind as the ox to pull it; draw the water up from the well.

Irrigate your fields with the Ambrosial Nectar, and you shall be owned by God the Gardener. ||2||

Let sexual desire and anger be your two shovels, to dig up the dirt of your farm, O Siblings of Destiny.

The more you dig, the more peace you shall find. Your past actions cannot be erased. ||3||

The crane is again transformed into a swan, if You so will, O Merciful Lord.

Prays Nanak, the slave of Your slaves: O Merciful Lord, have mercy on me. ||4||1||9||

Basant, First Mehl, Hindol:

In the House of the Husband Lord - in the world hereafter, everything is jointly owned; but in this world - in the house of the soul-bride's parents, the soul-bride owns them separately.