Fareed, look at what has happened to the cotton and the sesame seed,

the sugar cane and paper, the clay pots and the charcoal.

This is the punishment for those who do evil deeds. ||49||

Fareed, you wear your prayer shawl on your shoulders and the robes of a Sufi; your words are sweet, but there is a dagger in your heart.

Outwardly, you look bright, but your heart is dark as night. ||50||

Fareed, not even a drop of blood would issue forth, if someone cut my body.

Those bodies which are imbued with the Lord - those bodies contain no blood. ||51||

Third Mehl:

This body is all blood; without blood, this body could not exist.

Those who are imbued with their Lord, do not have the blood of greed in their bodies.

When the Fear of God fills the body, it becomes thin; the blood of greed departs from within.

Just as metal is purified by fire, the Fear of God removes the filthy residues of evil-mindedness.

O Nanak, those humble beings are beautiful, who are imbued with the Lord's Love. ||52||

Fareed, seek that sacred pool, in which the genuine article is found.

Why do you bother to search in the pond? Your hand will only sink into the mud. ||53||

Fareed, when she is young, she does not enjoy her Husband. When she grows up, she dies.

Lying in the grave, the soul-bride cries, "I did not meet You, my Lord."||54||

Fareed, your hair has turned grey, your beard has turned grey, and your moustache has turned grey.

O my thoughtless and insane mind, why are you indulging in pleasures? ||55||

Fareed, how long can you run on the rooftop? You are asleep to your Husband Lord - give it up!

The days which were allotted to you are numbered, and they are passing, passing away. ||56||

Fareed, houses, mansions and balconies - do not attach your consciousness to these.

When these collapse into heaps of dust, none of them will be your friend. ||57||

Fareed, do not focus on mansions and wealth; center your consciousness on death, your powerful enemy.

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Remember that place where you must go. ||58||

Fareed, those deeds which do not bring merit - forget about those deeds.

Otherwise, you shall be put to shame, in the Court of the Lord. ||59||

Fareed, work for your Lord and Master; dispel the doubts of your heart.

The dervishes, the humble devotees, have the patient endurance of trees. ||60||

Fareed, my clothes are black, and my outfit is black.

I wander around full of sins, and yet people call me a dervish - a holy man. ||61||

The crop which is burnt will not bloom, even if it is soaked in water.

Fareed, she who is forsaken by her Husband Lord, grieves and laments. ||62||

When she is a virgin, she is full of desire; but when she is married, then her troubles begin.