They alone are saved, who contemplate the Word of the Guru's Shabad. ||2||

The bumble bee, the moth, the elephant, the fish

and the deer - all suffer for their actions, and die.

Trapped by desire, they cannot see reality. ||3||

The lover of women is obsessed with sex.

All the wicked are ruined by their anger.

Honor and good sense are lost, when one forgets the Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||4||

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The self-willed manmukh is lured by another man's wife.

The noose is around his neck, and he is entangled in petty conflicts.

The Gurmukh is emancipated, singing the Glorious Praises of the Lord. ||5||

The lonely widow gives her body to a stranger;

she allows her mind to be controlled by others for lust or money

, but without her husband, she is never satisfied. ||6||

You may read, recite and study the scriptures, the Simritees, Vedas and Puraanas;

but without being imbued with the Lord's essence, the mind wanders endlessly. ||7||

As the rainbird thirsts longingly for the drop of rain,

and as the fish delights in the water,

Nanak is satisfied by the sublime essence of the Lord. ||8||11||

Gauree, First Mehl:

One who dies in stubbornness shall not be approved,

even though he may wear religious robes and smear his body all over with ashes.

Forgetting the Naam, the Name of the Lord, he comes to regret and repent in the end. ||1||

Believe in the Dear Lord, and you shall find peace of mind.

Forgetting the Naam, you shall have to endure the pain of death. ||1||Pause||

The smell of musk, sandalwood and camphor,

and the intoxication of Maya, takes one far away from the state of supreme dignity.

Forgetting the Naam, one becomes the most false of all the false. ||2||

Lances and swords, marching bands, thrones and the salutes of others

only increase his desire; he is engrossed in sexual desire.

Without seeking the Lord, neither devotional worship nor the Naam are obtained. ||3||

Union with God is not obtained by arguments and egotism.

But by offering your mind, the comfort of the Naam is obtained.

In the love of duality and ignorance, you shall suffer. ||4||

Without money, you cannot buy anything in the store.

Without a boat, you cannot cross over the ocean.

Without serving the Guru, everything is lost. ||5||

Waaho! Waaho! - Hail, hail, to the one who shows us the Way.

Waaho! Waaho! - Hail, hail, to the one who teaches the Word of the Shabad.

Waaho! Waaho! - Hail, hail, to the one who unites me in the Lord's Union. ||6||

Waaho! Waaho! - Hail, hail, to the one who is the Keeper of this soul.

Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, contemplate this Ambrosial Nectar.