Please, make me the slave of the slave of Your slaves; servant Nanak seeks the Lord's Sanctuary. ||4||2||124||

Aasaa, Fifth Mehl:

O fool, you are so slow to earn your profits, and so quick to run up losses.

You do not purchase the inexpensive merchandise; O sinner, you are tied to your debts. ||1||

O True Guru, You are my only hope.

Your Name is the Purifier of sinners, O Supreme Lord God; You are my only Shelter. ||1||Pause||

Listening to the evil talk, you are caught up in it, but you are hesitant to chant the Naam, the Name of the Lord.

You are delighted by slanderous talk; your understanding is corrupt. ||2||

Others' wealth, others' wives and the slander of others - eating the uneatable, you have gone crazy.

You have not enshrined love for the True Faith of Dharma; hearing the Truth, you are enraged. ||3||

O God, Merciful to the meek, Compassionate Lord Master, Your Name is the Support of Your devotees.

Nanak has come to Your Sanctuary; O God, make him Your Own, and preserve his honor. ||4||3||125||

Aasaa, Fifth Mehl

: They are attached to falsehood; clinging to the transitory, they are trapped in emotional attachment to Maya.

Wherever they go, they do not think of the Lord; they are blinded by intellectual egotism. ||1||

O mind, O renunciate, why don't you adore Him?

You dwell in that flimsy chamber, with all the sins of corruption. ||1||Pause||

Crying out, "Mine, mine", your days and nights pass away; moment by moment, your life is running out.

Section 08 - Raag Aasaa - Part 057

The sweet flavors tempt you, and you are occupied by your false and filthy business. ||2||

Your senses are beguiled by sensual pleasures of sex, by anger, greed and emotional attachment.

The All-powerful Architect of Destiny has ordained that you shall be reincarnated over and over again. ||3||

When the Destroyer of the pains of the poor becomes merciful, then, as Gurmukh, you shall find absolute peace.

Says Nanak, meditate on the Lord, day and night, and all your sickness shall be banished. ||4||

Meditate in this way, O Siblings of Destiny, on the Lord, the Architect of Destiny.

The Destroyer of the pains of the poor has become merciful; He has removed the pains of birth and death. ||1||Second Pause||4||4||126||

Aasaa, Fifth Mehl:

For a moment of sexual pleasure, you shall suffer in pain for millions of days.

For an instant, you may savor pleasure, but afterwards, you shall regret it, again and again. ||1||

O blind man, meditate on the Lord, the Lord, your King.

Your day is drawing near. ||1||Pause||

You are deceived, beholding with your eyes, the bitter melon and swallow-wort.

But, like the companionship of a poisonous snake, so is the desire for another's spouse. ||2||