-O Nanak, so does the Gurmukh live, receiving the Sublime Essence of the Lord, and singing the Glorious Praises of the Lord. ||8||15||

Siree Raag, First Mehl:

Beholding the terrifying mountain in this world of my father's home, I am terrified.

It is so difficult to climb this high mountain; there is no ladder which reaches up there.

But as Gurmukh, I know that it is within my self; the Guru has brought me to Union, and so I cross over. ||1||

O Siblings of Destiny, the terrifying world-ocean is so difficult to cross-I am terrified!

The Perfect True Guru, in His Pleasure, has met with me; the Guru has saved me, through the Name of the Lord. ||1||Pause||

I may say, "I am going, I am going", but I know that, in the end, I must really go.

Whoever comes must also go. Only the Guru and the Creator are Eternal.

So praise the True One continually, and love His Place of Truth. ||2||

Beautiful gates, houses and palaces, solidly built forts,

elephants, saddled horses, hundreds of thousands of uncounted armies

-none of these will go along with anyone in the end, and yet, the fools bother themselves to exhaustion with these, and then die. ||3||

You may gather gold and sliver, but wealth is just a net of entanglement.

You may beat the drum and proclaim authority over the whole world, but without the Name, death hovers over your head.

When the body falls, the play of life is over; what shall be the condition of the evil-doers then? ||4||

The husband is delighted seeing his sons, and his wife upon his bed.

He applies sandalwood and scented oils, and dresses himself in his beautiful clothes.

But dust shall mix with dust, and he shall depart, leaving hearth and home behind. ||5||

He may be called a chief, an emperor, a king, a governor or a lord;

he may present himself as a leader or a chief, but this just burns him in the fire of egotistical pride.

The self-willed manmukh has forgotten the Naam. He is like straw, burning in the forest fire. ||6||

Whoever comes into the world and indulges in ego, must depart.

Section 05 - Siree Raag - Part 051

The whole world is a store-house of lamp-black; the body and mind are blackened with it.

Those who are saved by the Guru are immaculate and pure; through the Word of the Shabad, they extinguish the fire of desire. ||7||

O Nanak, they swim across with the True Name of the Lord, the King above the heads of kings.

May I never forget the Name of the Lord! I have purchased the Jewel of the Lord's Name.

The self-willed manmukhs putrefy and die in the terrifying world-ocean, while the Gurmukhs cross over the bottomless ocean. ||8||16||

Siree Raag, First Mehl, Second House:

They have made this their resting place and they sit at home, but the urge to depart is always there.