Raag Basant

¹Raag Basant, First Mehl, First House, Chau-Padhay, Dho-Thukay:

²One Universal Creator God. Truth Is The Name. Creative Being Personified. No Fear. No Hatred. Image Of The Undying. Beyond Birth. Self-Existent. By Guru's Grace:

³Among the months, blessed is this month, when spring always comes.

⁴Blossom forth, O my consciousness, contemplating the Lord of the Universe, forever and ever. ||1||

⁵O ignorant one, forget your egotistical intellect.

⁶Subdue your ego, and contemplate Him in your mind; gather in the virtues of the Sublime, Virtuous Lord. ||1||Pause||

⁷Karma is the tree, the Lord's Name the branches, Dharmic faith the flowers, and spiritual wisdom the fruit.

⁸Realization of the Lord are the leaves, and eradication of the pride of the mind is the shade. ||2||

⁹Whoever sees the Lord's Creative Power with his eyes, and hears the Guru's Bani with his ears, and utters the True Name with his mouth,

¹⁰attains the perfect wealth of honor, and intuitively focuses his meditation on the Lord. ||3||

¹¹The months and the seasons come; see, and do your deeds.

¹²O Nanak, those Gurmukhs who remain merged in the Lord do not wither away; they remain green forever. ||4||1||

¹³First Mehl, Basant:

¹⁴The season of spring, so delightful, has come.

¹⁵Those who are imbued with love for You, O Lord, chant Your Name with joy.

¹⁶Whom else should I worship? At whose feet should I bow? ||1||

¹⁷I am the slave of Your slaves, O my Sovereign Lord King.

¹⁸O Life of the Universe, there is no other way to meet You. ||1||Pause||

¹⁹You have only One Form, and yet You have countless forms.

²⁰Which one should I worship? Before which one should I burn incense?

²¹Your limits cannot be found. How can anyone find them?

²²I am the slave of Your slaves, O my Sovereign Lord King. ||2||

²³The cycles of years and the places of pilgrimage are Yours, O Lord.

²⁴Your Name is True, O Transcendent Lord God.

²⁵Your State cannot be known, O Eternal, Unchanging Lord God.

²⁶Although You are unknown, still we chant Your Name. ||3||

²⁷What can poor Nanak say?

²⁸All people praise the One Lord.

²⁹Nanak places his head on the feet of such people.

³⁰I am a sacrifice to Your Names, as many as there are, O Lord. ||4||2||

³¹Basant, First Mehl:

³²The kitchen is golden, and the cooking pots are golden.

³³The lines marking the cooking square are silver.

³⁴The water is from the Ganges, and the firewood is sanctified.

³⁵The food is soft rice, cooked in milk. ||1||

³⁶O my mind, these things are worthless,

¹if you are not drenched with the True Name. ||1||Pause||

²One may have the eighteen Puraanas written in his own hand;

³he may recite the four Vedas by heart,

⁴and take ritual baths at holy festivals and give charitable donations;

⁵he may observe the ritual fasts, and perform religious ceremonies day and night. ||2||

⁶He may be a Qazi, a Mullah or a Shaykh,

⁷a Yogi or a wandering hermit wearing saffron-colored robes;

⁸he may be a householder, working at his job;

⁹but without understanding the essence of devotional worship, all people are eventually bound and gagged, and driven along by the Messenger of Death. ||3||

¹⁰Each person's karma is written on his forehead.

¹¹According to their deeds, they shall be judged.

¹²Only the foolish and the ignorant issue commands.

¹³O Nanak, the treasure of praise belongs to the True Lord alone. ||4||3||

¹⁴Basant, Third Mehl:

¹⁵A person may take off his clothes and be naked.

¹⁶What Yoga does he practice by having matted and tangled hair?

¹⁷If the mind is not pure, what use is it to hold the breath at the Tenth Gate?

¹⁸The fool wanders and wanders, entering the cycle of reincarnation again and again. ||1||

¹⁹Meditate on the One Lord, O my foolish mind,

²⁰and you shall cross over to the other side in an instant. ||1||Pause||

²¹Some recite and expound on the Simritees and the Shaastras;

²²some sing the Vedas and read the Puraanas;

²³but they practice hypocrisy and deception with their eyes and minds.

²⁴The Lord does not even come near them. ||2||

²⁵Even if someone practices such self-discipline,

²⁶compassion and devotional worship

²⁷- if he is filled with greed, and his mind is engrossed in corruption,

²⁸how can he find the Immaculate Lord? ||3||

²⁹What can the created being do?

³⁰The Lord Himself moves him.

³¹If the Lord casts His Glance of Grace, then his doubts are dispelled.

³²If the mortal realizes the Hukam of the Lord's Command, he obtains the True Lord. ||4||

³³If someone's soul is polluted within,

³⁴what is the use of his traveling to sacred shrines of pilgrimage all over the world?

³⁵O Nanak, when one joins the Society of the True Guru,

³⁶then the bonds of the terrifying world-ocean are broken. ||5||4||

³⁷Basant, First Mehl:

³⁸All the worlds have been fascinated and enchanted by Your Maya, O Lord.

³⁹I do not see any other at all - You are everywhere.

⁴⁰You are the Master of Yogis, the Divinity of the divine.

⁴¹Serving at the Guru's Feet, the Name of the Lord is received. ||1||

⁴²O my Beauteous, Deep and Profound Beloved Lord.

⁴³As Gurmukh, I sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord's Name. You are Infinite, the Cherisher of all. ||1||Pause||

⁴⁴Without the Holy Saint, association with the Lord is not obtained.

⁴⁵Without the Guru, one's very fiber is stained with filth.

⁴⁶Without the Lord's Name, one cannot become pure.

⁴⁷Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, sing the Praises of the True Lord. ||2||

⁴⁸O Savior Lord, that person whom You have saved

⁴⁹- You lead him to meet the True Guru, and so take care of him.

⁵⁰You take away his poisonous egotism and attachment.

⁵¹You dispel all his sufferings, O Sovereign Lord God. ||3||

⁵²His state and condition are sublime; the Lord's Glorious Virtues permeate his body.

⁵³Through the Word of the Guru's Teachings, the diamond of the Lord's Name is revealed.

⁵⁴He is lovingly attuned to the Naam; he is rid of the love of duality.

⁵⁵O Lord, let servant Nanak meet the Guru. ||4||5||

⁵⁶Basant, First Mehl:

⁵⁷O my friends and companions, listen with love in your heart.

⁵⁸My Husband Lord is Incomparably Beautiful; He is always with me.

⁵⁹He is Unseen - He cannot be seen. How can I describe Him?

¹The Guru has shown me that my Sovereign Lord God is with me. ||1||

²Joining together with my friends and companions, I am adorned with the Lord's Glorious Virtues.

³The sublime soul-brides play with their Lord God. The Gurmukhs look within themselves; their minds are filled with faith. ||1||Pause||

⁴The self-willed manmukhs, suffering in separation, do not understand this mystery.

⁵The Beloved Lord of all celebrates in each and every heart.

⁶The Gurmukh is stable, knowing that God is always with him.

⁷The Guru has implanted the Naam within me; I chant it, and meditate on it. ||2||

⁸Without the Guru, devotional love does not well up within.

⁹Without the Guru, one is not blessed with the Society of the Saints.

¹⁰Without the Guru, the blind cry out, entangled in worldly affairs.

¹¹That mortal who becomes Gurmukh becomes immaculate; the Word of the Shabad washes away his filth. ||3||

¹²Uniting with the Guru, the mortal conquers and subdues his mind.

¹³Day and night, he savors the Yoga of devotional worship.

¹⁴Associating with the Saint Guru, suffering and sickness are ended.

¹⁵Servant Nanak merges with his Husband Lord, in the Yoga of intuitive ease. ||4||6||

¹⁶Basant, First Mehl:

¹⁷By His Creative Power, God fashioned the creation.

¹⁸The King of kings Himself adminsters true justice.

¹⁹The most sublime Word of the Guru's Teachings is always with us.

²⁰The wealth of the Lord's Name, the source of nectar, is easily acquired. ||1||

²¹So chant the Name of the Lord; do not forget it, O my mind.

²²The Lord is Infinite, Inaccessible and Incomprehensible; His weight cannot be weighed, but He Himself allows the Gurmukh to weigh Him. ||1||Pause||

²³Your GurSikhs serve at the Guru's Feet.

²⁴Serving the Guru, they are carried across; they have abandoned any distinction between 'mine' and 'yours'.

²⁵The slanderous and greedy people are hard-hearted.

²⁶Those who do not love to serve the Guru are the most thieving of thieves. ||2||

²⁷When the Guru is pleased, He blesses the mortals with loving devotional worship of the Lord.

²⁸When the Guru is pleased, the mortal obtains a place in the Mansion of the Lord's Presence.

²⁹So renounce slander, and awaken in devotional worship of the Lord.

³⁰Devotion to the Lord is wonderful; it comes through good karma and destiny. ||3||

³¹The Guru unites in union with the Lord, and grants the gift of the Name.

³²The Guru loves His Sikhs, day and night.

³³They obtain the fruit of the Naam, when the Guru's favor is bestowed.

³⁴Says Nanak, those who receive it are very rare indeed. ||4||7||

³⁵Basant, Third Mehl, Ek-Thukay:

³⁶When it pleases our Lord and Master, His servant serves Him.

³⁷He remains dead while yet alive, and redeems all his ancestors. ||1||

³⁸I shall not renounce Your devotional worship, O Lord; what does it matter if people laugh at me?

³⁹The True Name abides within my heart. ||1||Pause||

⁴⁰Just as the mortal remains engrossed in attachment to Maya,

⁴¹so does the Lord's humble Saint remain absorbed in the Lord's Name. ||2||

⁴²I am foolish and ignorant, O Lord; please be merciful to me.

⁴³May I remain in Your Sanctuary. ||3||

⁴⁴Says Nanak, worldly affairs are fruitless.

⁴⁵Only by Guru's Grace does one receive the Nectar of the Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||4||8||

⁴⁶First Mehl, Basant Hindol, Second House:

⁴⁷One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

⁴⁸O Brahmin, you worship and believe in your stone-god, and wear your ceremonial rosary beads.

⁴⁹Chant the Name of the Lord. Build your boat, and pray, "O Merciful Lord, please be merciful to me." ||1||

¹Why do you irrigate the barren, alkaline soil? You are wasting your life away!

²This wall of mud is crumbling. Why bother to patch it with plaster? ||1||Pause||

³Let 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.

⁴Irrigate your fields with the Ambrosial Nectar, and you shall be owned by God the Gardener. ||2||

⁵Let sexual desire and anger be your two shovels, to dig up the dirt of your farm, O Siblings of Destiny.

⁶The more you dig, the more peace you shall find. Your past actions cannot be erased. ||3||

⁷The crane is again transformed into a swan, if You so will, O Merciful Lord.

⁸Prays Nanak, the slave of Your slaves: O Merciful Lord, have mercy on me. ||4||1||9||

⁹Basant, First Mehl, Hindol:

¹⁰In 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.

¹¹She herself is ill-mannered; how can she blame anyone else? She does not know how to take care of these things. ||1||

¹²O my Lord and Master, I am deluded by doubt.

¹³I sing the Word which You have written; I do not know any other Word. ||1||Pause||

¹⁴She alone is known as the Lord's bride, who embroiders her gown in the Name.

¹⁵She who preserves and protects the home of her own heart and does not taste of evil, shall be the Beloved of her Husband Lord. ||2||

¹⁶If you are a learned and wise religious scholar, then make a boat of the letters of the Lord's Name.

¹⁷Prays Nanak, the One Lord shall carry you across, if you merge in the True Lord. ||3||2||10||

¹⁸Basant Hindol, First Mehl:

¹⁹The king is just a boy, and his city is vulnerable. He is in love with his wicked enemies.

²⁰He reads of his two mothers and his two fathers; O Pandit, reflect on this. ||1||

²¹O Master Pandit, teach me about this.

²²How can I obtain the Lord of life? ||1||Pause||

²³There is fire within the plants which bloom; the ocean is tied into a bundle.

²⁴The sun and the moon dwell in the same home in the sky. You have not obtained this knowledge. ||2||

²⁵One who knows the All-pervading Lord, eats up the one mother - Maya.

²⁶Know that the sign of such a person is that he gathers the wealth of compassion. ||3||

²⁷The mind lives with those who do not listen, and do not admit what they eat.

²⁸Prays Nanak, the slave of the Lord's slave: one instant the mind is huge, and the next instant, it is tiny. ||4||3||11||

²⁹Basant Hindol, First Mehl:

³⁰The Guru is the True Banker, the Giver of peace; He unites the mortal with the Lord, and satisfies his hunger.

³¹Granting His Grace, He implants devotional worship of the Lord within; and then night and day, we sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord. ||1||

³²O my mind, do not forget the Lord; keep Him in your consciousness.

³³Without the Guru, no one is liberated anywhere in the three worlds. The Gurmukh obtains the Lord's Name. ||1||Pause||

³⁴Without devotional worship, the True Guru is not obtained. Without good destiny, devotional worship of the Lord is not obtained.

³⁵Without good destiny, the Sat Sangat, the True Congregation, is not obtained. By the grace of one's good karma, the Lord's Name is received. ||2||

³⁶In each and every heart, the Lord is hidden; He creates and watches over all. He reveals Himself in the humble, Saintly Gurmukhs.

³⁷Those who chant the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, are drenched with the Lord's Love. Their minds are drenched with the Ambrosial Water of the Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||3||

¹Those who are blessed with the glory of the Lord's Throne - those Gurmukhs are renowned as supreme.

²Touching the philosopher's stone, they themselves becomes the philosopher's stone; they become the companions of the Lord, the Guru. ||4||4||12||

³Basant, Third Mehl, First House, Dho-Thukay:

⁴One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

⁵Throughout the months and the seasons, the Lord is always in bloom.

⁶He rejuvenates all beings and creatures.

⁷What can I say? I am just a worm.

⁸No one has found Your beginning or Your end, O Lord. ||1||

⁹Those who serve You, Lord,

¹⁰obtain the greatest peace; their souls are so divine. ||1||Pause||

¹¹If the Lord is merciful, then the mortal is allowed to serve Him.

¹²By Guru's Grace, he remains dead while yet alive.

¹³Night and day, he chants the True Name;

¹⁴in this way, he crosses over the treacherous world-ocean. ||2||

¹⁵The Creator created both poison and nectar.

¹⁶He attached these two fruits to the world-plant.

¹⁷The Creator Himself is the Doer, the Cause of all.

¹⁸He feeds all as He pleases. ||3||

¹⁹O Nanak, when He casts His Glance of Grace,

²⁰He Himself bestows His Ambrosial Naam.

²¹Thus, the desire for sin and corruption is ended.

²²The Lord Himself carries out His Own Will. ||4||1||

²³Basant, Third Mehl:

²⁴Those who are attuned to the True Lord's Name are happy and exalted.

²⁵Take pity on me, O God, Merciful to the meek.

²⁶Without Him, I have no other at all.

²⁷As it pleases His Will, He keeps me. ||1||

²⁸The Guru, the Lord, is pleasing to my mind.

²⁹I cannot even survive, without the Blessed Vision of His Darshan. But I shall easily unite with the Guru, if He unites me in His Union. ||1||Pause||

³⁰The greedy mind is enticed by greed.

³¹Forgetting the Lord, it regrets and repents in the end.

³²The separated ones are reunited, when they are inspired to serve the Guru.

³³They are blessed with the Lord's Name - such is the destiny written on their foreheads. ||2||

³⁴This body is built of air and water.

³⁵The body is afflicted with the terribly painful illness of egotism.

³⁶The Gurmukh has the Medicine: singing the Glorious Praises of the Lord's Name.

³⁷Granting His Grace, the Guru has cured the illness. ||3||

³⁸The four evils are the four rivers of fire flowing through the body.

³⁹It is burning in desire, and burning in egotism.

⁴⁰Those whom the Guru protects and saves are very fortunate.

⁴¹Servant Nanak enshrines the Ambrosial Name of the Lord in his heart. ||4||2||

⁴²Basant, Third Mehl:

⁴³One who serves the Lord is the Lord's person.

⁴⁴He dwells in intuitive peace, and never suffers in sorrow.

⁴⁵The self-willed manmukhs are dead; the Lord is not within their minds.

⁴⁶They die and die again and again, and are reincarnated, only to die once more. ||1||

⁴⁷They alone are alive, whose minds are filled with the Lord.

⁴⁸They contemplate the True Lord, and are absorbed in the True Lord. ||1||Pause||

⁴⁹Those who do not serve the Lord are far away from the Lord.

⁵⁰They wander in foreign lands, with dust thrown on their heads.

⁵¹The Lord Himself enjoins His humble servants to serve Him.

⁵²They live in peace forever, and have no greed at all. ||2||

¹When the Lord bestows His Glance of Grace, egotism is eradicated.

²Then, the mortal is honored in the Court of the True Lord.

³He sees the Dear Lord always close at hand, ever-present.

⁴Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, he sees the Lord pervading and permeating all. ||3||

⁵The Lord cherishes all beings and creatures.

⁶By Guru's Grace, contemplate Him forever.

⁷You shall go to your true home in the Lord's Court with honor.

⁸O Nanak, through the Naam, the Name of the Lord, you shall be blessed with glorious greatness. ||4||3||

⁹Basant, Third Mehl:

¹⁰One who worships the Lord within his mind,

¹¹sees the One and Only Lord, and no other.

¹²People in duality suffer terrible pain.

¹³The True Guru has shown me the One Lord. ||1||

¹⁴My God is in bloom, forever in spring.

¹⁵This mind blossoms forth, singing the Glorious Praises of the Lord of the Universe. ||1||Pause||

¹⁶So consult the Guru, and reflect upon His wisdom;

¹⁷then, you shall be in love with the True Lord God.

¹⁸Abandon your self-conceit, and be His loving servant.

¹⁹Then, the Life of the World shall come to dwell in your mind. ||2||

²⁰Worship Him with devotion, and see Him always ever-present, close at hand.

²¹My God is forever permeating and pervading all.

²²Only a rare few know the mystery of this devotional worship.

²³My God is the Enlightener of all souls. ||3||

²⁴The True Guru Himself unites us in His Union.

²⁵He Himself links our consciousness to the Lord, the Life of the World.

²⁶Thus, our minds and bodies are rejuvenated with intuitive ease.

²⁷O Nanak, through the Naam, the Name of the Lord, we remain attuned to the String of His Love. ||4||4||

²⁸Basant, Third Mehl:

²⁹The Lord is the Lover of His devotees; He dwells within their minds,

³⁰by Guru's Grace, with intuitive ease.

³¹Through devotional worship, self-conceit is eradicated from within,

³²and then, one meets the True Lord. ||1||

³³His devotees are forever beauteous at the Door of the Lord God.

³⁴Loving the Guru, they have love and affection for the True Lord. ||1||Pause||

³⁵That humble being who worships the Lord with devotion becomes immaculate and pure.

³⁶Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, egotism is eradicated from within.

³⁷The Dear Lord Himself comes to dwell within the mind,

³⁸and the mortal remains immersed in peace, tranquility and intuitive ease. ||2||

³⁹Those who are imbued with Truth, are forever in the bloom of spring.

⁴⁰Their minds and bodies are rejuvenated, uttering the Glorious Praises of the Lord of the Universe.

⁴¹Without the Lord's Name, the world is dry and parched.

⁴²It burns in the fire of desire, over and over again. ||3||

⁴³One who does only that which is pleasing to the Dear Lord

⁴⁴- his body is forever at peace, and his consciousness is attached to the Lord's Will.

⁴⁵He serves His God with intuitive ease.

⁴⁶O Nanak, the Naam, the Name of the Lord, comes to abide in his mind. ||4||5||

⁴⁷Basant, Third Mehl:

⁴⁸Attachment to Maya is burnt away by the Word of the Shabad.

⁴⁹The mind and body are rejuvenated by the Love of the True Guru.

⁵⁰The tree bears fruit at the Lord's Door,

⁵¹in love with the True Bani of the Guru's Word, and the Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||1||

⁵²This mind is rejuvenated, with intuitive ease;

⁵³loving the True Guru, it bears the fruit of truth. ||1||Pause||

⁵⁴He Himself is near, and He Himself is far away.

⁵⁵Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, He is seen to be ever-present, close at hand.

⁵⁶The plants have blossomed forth, giving a dense shade.

⁵⁷The Gurmukh blossoms forth, with intuitive ease. ||2||

⁵⁸Night and day, he sings the Kirtan of the Lord's Praises, day and night.

⁵⁹The True Guru drives out sin and doubt from within.

¹Gazing upon the wonder of God's Creation, I am wonder-struck and amazed.

²The Gurmukh obtains the Naam, the Name of the Lord, by His Grace. ||3||

³The Creator Himself enjoys all delights.

⁴Whatever He does, surely comes to pass.

⁵He is the Great Giver; He has no greed at all.

⁶O Nanak, living the Word of the Shabad, the mortal meets with God. ||4||6||

⁷Basant, Third Mehl:

⁸By perfect destiny, one acts in truth.

⁹Remembering the One Lord, one does not have to enter the cycle of reincarnation.

¹⁰Fruitful is the coming into the world, and the life of one

¹¹who remains intuitively absorbed in the True Name. ||1||

¹²The Gurmukh acts, lovingly attuned to the Lord.

¹³Be dedicated to the Lord's Name, and eradicate self-conceit from within. ||1||Pause||

¹⁴True is the speech of that humble being;

¹⁵through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, it is spread throughout the world.

¹⁶Throughout the four ages, his fame and glory spread.

¹⁷Imbued with the Naam, the Name of the Lord, the Lord's humble servant is recognized and renowned. ||2||

¹⁸Some remain lovingly attuned to the True Word of the Shabad.

¹⁹True are those humble beings who love the True Lord.

²⁰They meditate on the True Lord, and behold Him near at hand, ever-present.

²¹They are the dust of the lotus feet of the humble Saints. ||3||

²²There is only One Creator Lord; there is no other at all.

²³Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, comes Union with the Lord.

²⁴Whoever serves the True Lord finds joy.

²⁵O Nanak, he is intuitively absorbed in the Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||4||7||

²⁶Basant, Third Mehl:

²⁷The Lord's humble servant worships Him, and beholds Him ever-present, near at hand.

²⁸He is the dust of the lotus feet of the humble Saints.

²⁹Those who remain lovingly attuned to the Lord forever

³⁰are blessed with understanding by the Perfect True Guru. ||1||

³¹How rare are those who become the slave of the Lord's slaves.

³²They attain the supreme status. ||1||Pause||

³³So serve the One Lord, and no other.

³⁴Serving Him, eternal peace is obtained.

³⁵He does not die; He does not come and go in reincarnation.

³⁶Why should I serve any other than Him, O my mother? ||2||

³⁷True are those humble beings who realize the True Lord.

³⁸Conquering their self-conceit, they merge intuitively into the Naam, the Name of the Lord.

³⁹The Gurmukhs gather in the Naam.

⁴⁰Their minds are immaculate, and their reputations are immaculate. ||3||

⁴¹Know the Lord, who gave you spiritual wisdom,

⁴²and realize the One God, through the True Word of the Shabad.

⁴³When the mortal tastes the sublime essence of the Lord, he becomes pure and holy.

⁴⁴O Nanak, those who are imbued with the Naam - their reputations are true. ||4||8||

⁴⁵Basant, Third Mehl:

⁴⁶Those who are imbued with the Naam, the Name of the Lord - their generations are redeemed and saved.

⁴⁷True is their speech; they love the Naam.

⁴⁸Why have the wandering self-willed manmukhs even come into the world?

⁴⁹Forgetting the Naam, the mortals waste their lives away. ||1||

⁵⁰One who dies while yet alive, truly dies, and embellishes his death.

⁵¹Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, he enshrines the True Lord within his heart. ||1||Pause||

⁵²Truth is the food of the Gurmukh; his body is sanctified and pure.

⁵³His mind is immaculate; he is forever the ocean of virtue.

⁵⁴He is not forced to come and go in the cycle of birth and death.

⁵⁵By Guru's Grace, he merges in the True Lord. ||2||

⁵⁶Serving the True Lord, one realizes Truth.

⁵⁷Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, he goes to the Lord's Court with his banners flying proudly.

¹In the Court of the True Lord, he obtains true glory.

²He comes to dwell in the home of his own inner being. ||3||

³He cannot be fooled; He is the Truest of the True.

⁴All others are deluded; in duality, they lose their honor.

⁵So serve the True Lord, through the True Bani of His Word.

⁶O Nanak, through the Naam, merge in the True Lord. ||4||9||

⁷Basant, Third Mehl:

⁸Without the grace of good karma, all are deluded by doubt.

⁹In attachment to Maya, they suffer in terrible pain.

¹⁰The blind, self-willed manmukhs find no place of rest.

¹¹They are like maggots in manure, rotting away in manure. ||1||

¹²That humble being who obeys the Hukam of the Lord's Command is accepted.

¹³Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, he is blessed with the insignia and the banner of the Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||1||Pause||

¹⁴Those who have such pre-ordained destiny are imbued with the Naam.

¹⁵The Name of the Lord is forever pleasing to their minds.

¹⁶Through the Bani, the Word of the True Guru, eternal peace is found.

¹⁷Through it, one's light merges into the Light. ||2||

¹⁸Only the Naam, the Name of the Lord, can save the world.

¹⁹By Guru's Grace, one comes to love the Naam.

²⁰Without the Naam, no one obtains liberation.

²¹Through the Perfect Guru, the Naam is obtained. ||3||

²²He alone understands, whom the Lord Himself causes to understand.

²³Serving the True Guru, the Naam is implanted within.

²⁴Those humble beings who know the One Lord are approved and accepted.

²⁵O Nanak, imbued with the Naam, they go to the Lord's Court with His banner and insignia. ||4||10||

²⁶Basant, Third Mehl:

²⁷Granting His Grace, the Lord leads the mortal to meet the True Guru.

²⁸The Lord Himself comes to abide in his mind.

²⁹His intellect becomes steady and stable, and his mind is strengthened forever.

³⁰He sings the Glorious Praises of the Lord, the Ocean of Virtue. ||1||

³¹Those who forget the Naam, the Name of the Lord - those mortals die eating poison.

³²Their lives are wasted uselessly, and they continue coming and going in reincarnation. ||1||Pause||

³³They wear all sorts of religious robes, but their minds are not at peace.

³⁴In great egotism, they lose their honor.

³⁵But those who realize the Word of the Shabad, are blessed by great good fortune.

³⁶They bring their distractible minds back home. ||2||

³⁷Within the home of the inner self is the inaccessible and infinite substance.

³⁸Those who find it, by following the Guru's Teachings, contemplate the Shabad.

³⁹Those who obtain the nine treasures of the Naam within the home of their own inner being,

⁴⁰are forever dyed in the color of the Lord's Love; they are absorbed in the Truth. ||3||

⁴¹God Himself does everything; no one can do anything at all by himself.

⁴²When God so wills, He merges the mortal into Himself.

⁴³All are near Him; no one is far away from Him.

⁴⁴O Nanak, the Naam is permeating and pervading everywhere. ||4||11||

⁴⁵Basant, Third Mehl:

⁴⁶Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, remember the Lord with love,

⁴⁷and you shall remain satisfied by the sublime essence of the Lord's Name.

⁴⁸The sins of millions upon millions of lifetimes shall be burnt away.

⁴⁹Remaining dead while yet alive, you shall be absorbed in the Lord's Name. ||1||

⁵⁰The Dear Lord Himself knows His own bountiful blessings.

⁵¹This mind blossoms forth in the Guru's Shabad, chanting the Name of the Lord, the Giver of virtue. ||1||Pause||

⁵²No one is liberated by wandering around in saffron-colored robes.

⁵³Tranquility is not found by strict self-discipline.

⁵⁴But by following the Guru's Teachings, one is blessed to receive the Naam, the Name of the Lord.

⁵⁵By great good fortune, one finds the Lord. ||2||

⁵⁶In this Dark Age of Kali Yuga, glorious greatness comes through the Lord's Name.

¹Through the Perfect Guru, it is obtained.

²Those who are imbued with the Naam find everlasting peace.

³But without the Naam, mortals burn in egotism. ||3||

⁴By great good furtune, some contemplate the Lord's Name.

⁵Through the Lord's Name, all sorrows are eradicated.

⁶He dwells within the heart, and pervades the external universe as well.

⁷O Nanak, the Creator Lord knows all. ||4||12||

⁸Basant, Third Mehl, Ek-Thukay:

⁹I am just a worm, created by You, O Lord.

¹⁰If you bless me, then I chant Your Primal Mantra. ||1||

¹¹I chant and reflect on His Glorious Virtues, O my mother.

¹²Meditating on the Lord, I fall at the Lord's Feet. ||1||Pause||

¹³By Guru's Grace, I am addicted to the favor of the Naam, the Name of the Lord.

¹⁴Why waste your life in hatred, vengeance and conflict? ||2||

¹⁵When the Guru granted His Grace, my egotism was eradicated,

¹⁶and then, I obtained the Lord's Name with intuitive ease. ||3||

¹⁷The most lofty and exalted occupation is to contemplate the Word of the Shabad.

¹⁸Nanak chants the True Name. ||4||1||13||

¹⁹Basant, Third Mehl:

²⁰The season of spring has come, and all the plants have blossomed forth.

²¹This mind blossoms forth, in association with the True Guru. ||1||

²²So meditate on the True Lord, O my foolish mind.

²³Only then shall you find peace, O my mind. ||1||Pause||

²⁴This mind blossoms forth, and I am in ecstasy.

²⁵I am blessed with the Ambrosial Fruit of the Naam, the Name of the Lord of the Universe. ||2||

²⁶Everyone speaks and says that the Lord is the One and Only.

²⁷By understanding the Hukam of His Command, we come to know the One Lord. ||3||

²⁸Says Nanak, no one can describe the Lord by speaking through ego.

²⁹All speech and insight comes from our Lord and Master. ||4||2||14||

³⁰Basant, Third Mehl:

³¹All the ages were created by You, O Lord.

³²Meeting with the True Guru, one's intellect is awakened. ||1||

³³O Dear Lord, please blend me with Yourself;

³⁴let me merge in the True Name, through the Word of the Guru's Shabad. ||1||Pause||

³⁵When the mind is in spring, all people are rejuvenated.

³⁶Blossoming forth and flowering through the Lord's Name, peace is obtained. ||2||

³⁷Contemplating the Word of the Guru's Shabad, one is in spring forever,

³⁸with the Lord's Name enshrined in the heart. ||3||

³⁹When the mind is in spring, the body and mind are rejuvenated.

⁴⁰O Nanak, this body is the tree which bears the fruit of the Lord's Name. ||4||3||15||

⁴¹Basant, Third Mehl:

⁴²They alone are in the spring season, who sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord.

⁴³They come to worship the Lord with devotion, through their perfect destiny. ||1||

⁴⁴This mind is not even touched by spring.

⁴⁵This mind is burnt by duality and double-mindedness. ||1||Pause||

⁴⁶This mind is entangled in worldly affairs, creating more and more karma.

⁴⁷Enchanted by Maya, it cries out in suffering forever. ||2||

⁴⁸This mind is released, only when it meets with the True Guru.

⁴⁹Then, it does not suffer beatings by the Messenger of Death. ||3||

⁵⁰This mind is released, when the Guru emancipates it.

⁵¹O Nanak, attachment to Maya is burnt away through the Word of the Shabad. ||4||4||16||

⁵²Basant, Third Mehl:

⁵³Spring has come, and all the plants are flowering.

⁵⁴These beings and creatures blossom forth when they focus their consciousness on the Lord. ||1||

¹In this way, this mind is rejuvenated.

²Chanting the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, day and night, egotism is removed and washed away from the Gurmukhs. ||1||Pause||

³The True Guru speaks the Bani of the Word, and the Shabad, the Word of God.

⁴This world blossoms forth in its greenery, through the love of the True Guru. ||2||

⁵The mortal blossoms forth in flower and fruit, when the Lord Himself so wills.

⁶He is attached to the Lord, the Primal Root of all, when he finds the True Guru. ||3||

⁷The Lord Himself is the season of spring; the whole world is His Garden.

⁸O Nanak, this most unique devotional worship comes only by perfect destiny. ||4||5||17||

⁹Basant Hindol, Third Mehl, Second House:

¹⁰One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

¹¹I am a sacrifice to the Word of the Guru's Bani, O Siblings of Destiny. I am devoted and dedicated to the Word of the Guru's Shabad.

¹²I praise my Guru forever, O Siblings of Destiny. I focus my consciousness on the Guru's Feet. ||1||

¹³O my mind, focus your consciousness on the Lord's Name.

¹⁴Your mind and body shall blossom forth in lush greenery, and you shall obtain the fruit of the Name of the One Lord. ||1||Pause||

¹⁵Those who are protected by the Guru are saved, O Siblings of Destiny. They drink in the Ambrosial Nectar of the Lord's sublime essence.

¹⁶The pain of egotism within is eradicated and banished, O Siblings of Destiny, and peace comes to dwell in their minds. ||2||

¹⁷Those whom the Primal Lord Himself forgives, O Siblings of Destiny, are united with the Word of the Shabad.

¹⁸The dust of their feet brings emancipation; in the company of Sadh Sangat, the True Congregation, we are united with the Lord. ||3||

¹⁹He Himself does, and causes all to be done, O Siblings of Destiny; He makes everything blossom forth in green abundance.

²⁰O Nanak, peace fills their minds and bodies forever, O Siblings of Destiny; they are united with the Shabad. ||4||1||18||12||18||30||

²¹Raag Basant, Fourth Mehl, First House, Ik-Thukay:

²²One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

²³Just as the light of the sun's rays spread out,

²⁴the Lord permeates each and every heart, through and through. ||1||

²⁵The One Lord is permeating and pervading all places.

²⁶Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, we merge with Him, O my mother. ||1||Pause||

²⁷The One Lord is deep within each and every heart.

²⁸Meeting with the Guru, the One Lord becomes manifest, radiating forth. ||2||

²⁹The One and Only Lord is present and prevailing everywhere.

³⁰The greedy, faithless cynic thinks that God is far away. ||3||

³¹The One and Only Lord permeates and pervades the world.

³²O Nanak, whatever the One Lord does comes to pass. ||4||1||

³³Basant, Fourth Mehl:

³⁴Day and night, the two calls are sent out.

³⁵O mortal, meditate in remembrance on the Lord, who protects you forever, and saves you in the end. ||1||

³⁶Concentrate forever on the Lord, Har, Har, O my mind.

³⁷God the Destroyer of all depression and suffering is found, through the Guru's Teachings, singing the Glorious Praises of God. ||1||Pause||

³⁸The self-willed manmukhs die of their egotism, over and over again.

¹They are destroyed by Death's demons, and they must go to the City of Death. ||2||

²The Gurmukhs are lovingly attached to the Lord, Har, Har, Har.

³Their pains of both birth and death are taken away. ||3||

⁴The Lord showers His Mercy on His humble devotees.

⁵Guru Nanak has shown mercy to me; I have met the Lord, the Lord of the forest. ||4||2||

⁶Basant Hindol, Fourth Mehl, Second House:

⁷One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

⁸The Lord's Name is a jewel, hidden in a chamber of the palace of the body-fortress.

⁹When one meets the True Guru, then he searches and finds it, and his light merges with the Divine Light. ||1||

¹⁰O Lord, lead me to meet with the Holy Person, the Guru.

¹¹Gazing upon the Blessed Vision of His Darshan, all my sins are erased, and I obtain the supreme, sublime, sanctified status. ||1||Pause||

¹²The five thieves join together and plunder the body-village, stealing the wealth of the Lord's Name.

¹³But through the Guru's Teachings, they are traced and caught, and this wealth is recovered intact. ||2||

¹⁴Practicing hypocrisy and superstition, people have grown weary of the effort, but still, deep within their hearts, they yearn for Maya, Maya.

¹⁵By the Grace of the Holy Person, I have met with the Lord, the Primal Being, and the darkness of ignorance is dispelled. ||3||

¹⁶The Lord, the Lord of the Earth, the Lord of the Universe, in His Mercy, leads me to meet the Holy Person, the Guru.

¹⁷O Nanak, peace then comes to abide deep within my mind, and I constantly sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord within my heart. ||4||1||3||

¹⁸Basant, Fourth Mehl, Hindol:

¹⁹You are the Great Supreme Being, the Vast and Inaccessible Lord of the World; I am a mere insect, a worm created by You.

²⁰O Lord, Merciful to the meek, please grant Your Grace; O God, I long for the feet of the Guru, the True Guru. ||1||

²¹O Dear Lord of the Universe, please be merciful and unite me with the Sat Sangat, the True Congregation.

²²I was overflowing with the filthy sins of countless past lives. But joining the Sangat, God made me pure again. ||1||Pause||

²³Your humble servant, whether of high class or low class, O Lord - by meditating on You, the sinner becomes pure.

²⁴The Lord exalts and elevates him above the whole world, and the Lord God blesses him with the Lord's Glory. ||2||

²⁵Anyone who meditates on God, whether of high class or low class, will have all of his hopes and desires fulfilled.

²⁶Those humble servants of the Lord who enshrine the Lord within their hearts, are blessed, and are made great and totally perfect. ||3||

²⁷I am so low, I am an utterly heavy lump of clay. Please shower Your Mercy on me, Lord, and unite me with Yourself.

²⁸The Lord, in His Mercy, has led servant Nanak to find the Guru; I was a sinner, and now I have become immaculate and pure. ||||4||2||4||

²⁹Basant Hindol, Fourth Mehl:

³⁰My mind cannot survive, even for an instant, without the Lord. I drink in continually the sublime essence of the Name of the Lord, Har, Har.

³¹It is like a baby, who joyfully sucks at his mother's breast; when the breast is withdrawn, he weeps and cries. ||1||

³²O Dear Lord of the Universe, my mind and body are pierced through by the Name of the Lord.

³³By great good fortune, I have found the Guru, the True Guru, and in the body-village, the Lord has revealed Himself. ||1||Pause||

¹Each and every breath of the Lord's humble servant is pierced through with love of the Lord God.

²As the lotus is totally in love with the water and withers away without seeing the water, so am I in love with the Lord. ||2||

³The Lord's humble servant chants the Immaculate Naam, the Name of the Lord; through the Guru's Teachings, the Lord reveals Himself.

⁴The filth of egotism which stained me for countless lifetimes has been washed away, by the Ambrosial Water of the Ocean of the Lord. ||3||

⁵Please, do not take my karma into account, O my Lord and Master; please save the honor of Your slave.

⁶O Lord, if it pleases You, hear my prayer; servant Nanak seeks Your Sanctuary. ||4||3||5||

⁷Basant Hindol, Fourth Mehl:

⁸Each and every moment, my mind roams and rambles, and runs all over the place. It does not stay in its own home, even for an instant.

⁹But when the bridle of the Shabad, the Word of God, is placed over its head, it returns to dwell in its own home. ||1||

¹⁰O Dear Lord of the Universe, lead me to join the Sat Sangat, the True Congregation, so that I may meditate on You, Lord.

¹¹I am cured of the disease of egotism, and I have found peace; I have intuitively entered into the state of Samaadhi. ||1||Pause||

¹²This house is loaded with countless gems, jewels, rubies and emeralds, but the wandering mind cannot find them.

¹³As the water-diviner finds the hidden water, and the well is then dug in an instant, so do we find the object of the Name through the True Guru. ||2||

¹⁴Those who do not find such a Holy True Guru - cursed, cursed are the lives of those people.

¹⁵The treasure of this human life is obtained when one's virtues bear fruit, but it is lost in exchange for a mere shell. ||3||

¹⁶O Lord God, please be merciful to me; be merciful, and lead me to meet the Guru.

¹⁷Servant Nanak has attained the state of Nirvaanaa; meeting with the Holy people, he sings the Glorious Praises of the Lord. ||4||4||6||

¹⁸Basant Hindol, Fourth Mehl:

¹⁹Coming and going, he suffers the pains of vice and corruption; the body of the self-willed manmukh is desolate and vacant.

²⁰He does not dwell on the Lord's Name, even for an instant, and so the Messenger of Death seizes him by his hair. ||1||

²¹O Dear Lord of the Universe, please rid me of the poison of egotism and attachment.

²²The Sat Sangat, Guru's True Congregation is so dear to the Lord. So join the Sangat, and taste the sublime essence of the Lord. ||1||Pause||

²³Please be kind to me, and unite me with the Sat Sangat, the True Congregation of the Holy; I seek the Sanctuary of the Holy.

²⁴I am a heavy stone, sinking down - please lift me up and pull me out! O God, Merciful to the meek, You are the Destroyer of sorrow. ||2||

²⁵I enshrine the Praises of my Lord and Master within my heart; joining the Sat Sangat, my intellect is enlightened.

²⁶I have fallen in love with the Lord's Name; I am a sacrifice to the Lord. ||3||

²⁷O Lord God, please fulfill the desires of Your humble servant; please bless me with Your Name, O Lord.

²⁸Servant Nanak's mind and body are filled with ecstasy; the Guru has blessed him with the Mantra of the Lord's Name. ||4||5||7||12||18||7||37||

¹Basant, Fifth Mehl, First House, Du-Thukay:

²One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

³I serve the Guru, and humbly bow to Him.

⁴Today is a day of celebration for me.

⁵Today I am in supreme bliss.

⁶My anxiety is dispelled, and I have met the Lord of the Universe. ||1||

⁷Today, it is springtime in my household.

⁸I sing Your Glorious Praises, O Infinite Lord God. ||1||Pause||

⁹Today, I am celebrating the festival of Phalgun.

¹⁰Joining with God's companions, I have begun to play.

¹¹I celebrate the festival of Holi by serving the Saints.

¹²I am imbued with the deep crimson color of the Lord's Divine Love. ||2||

¹³My mind and body have blossomed forth, in utter, incomparable beauty.

¹⁴They do not dry out in either sunshine or shade;

¹⁵they flourish in all seasons.

¹⁶It is always springtime, when I meet with the Divine Guru. ||3||

¹⁷The wish-fulfilling Elysian Tree has sprouted and grown.

¹⁸It bears flowers and fruits, jewels of all sorts.

¹⁹I am satisfied and fulfilled, singing the Glorious Praises of the Lord.

²⁰Servant Nanak meditates on the Lord, Har, Har, Har. ||4||1||

²¹Basant, Fifth Mehl:

²²The shopkeeper deals in merchandise for profit.

²³The gambler's consciousness is focused on gambling.

²⁴The opium addict lives by consuming opium.

²⁵In the same way, the humble servant of the Lord lives by meditating on the Lord. ||1||

²⁶Everyone is absorbed in his own pleasures.

²⁷He is attached to whatever God attaches him to. ||1||Pause||

²⁸When the clouds and the rain come, the peacocks dance.

²⁹Seeing the moon, the lotus blossoms.

³⁰When the mother sees her infant, she is happy.

³¹In the same way, the humble servant of the Lord lives by meditating on the Lord of the Universe. ||2||

³²The tiger always wants to eat meat.

³³Gazing upon the battlefield, the warrior's mind is exalted.

³⁴The miser is totally in love with his wealth.

³⁵The humble servant of the Lord leans on the Support of the Lord, Har, Har. ||3||

³⁶All love is contained in the Love of the One Lord.

³⁷All comforts are contained in the Comfort of the Lord's Name.

³⁸He alone receives this treasure,

³⁹O Nanak, unto whom the Guru gives His gift. ||4||2||

⁴⁰Basant, Fifth Mehl:

⁴¹He alone experiences this springtime of the soul, unto whom God grants His Grace.

⁴²He alone experiences this springtime of the soul, unto whom the Guru is merciful.

⁴³He alone is joyful, who works for the One Lord.

⁴⁴He alone experiences this eternal springtime of the soul, within whose heart the Naam, the Name of the Lord, abides. ||1||

⁴⁵This spring comes only to those homes,

⁴⁶in which the melody of the Kirtan of the Lord's Praises resounds. ||1||Pause||

⁴⁷O mortal, let your love for the Supreme Lord God blossom forth.

⁴⁸Practice spiritual wisdom, and consult the humble servants of the Lord.

⁴⁹He alone is an ascetic, who joins the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy.

⁵⁰He alone dwells in deep, continual meditation, who loves his Guru. ||2||

⁵¹He alone is fearless, who has the Fear of God.

⁵²He alone is peaceful, whose doubts are dispelled.

⁵³He alone is a hermit, who heart is steady and stable.

⁵⁴He alone is steady and unmoving, who has found the true place. ||3||

⁵⁵He seeks the One Lord, and loves the One Lord.

⁵⁶He loves to gaze upon the Blessed Vision of the Lord's Darshan.

⁵⁷He intuitively enjoys the Love of the Lord.

⁵⁸Slave Nanak is a sacrifice to that humble being. ||4||3||

¹Basant, Fifth Mehl:

²You gave us our soul, breath of life and body.

³I am a fool, but You have made me beautiful, enshrining Your Light within me.

⁴We are all beggars, O God; You are merciful to us.

⁵Chanting the Naam, the Name of the Lord, we are uplifted and exalted. ||1||

⁶O my Beloved, only You have the potency to act,

⁷and cause all to be done. ||1||Pause||

⁸Chanting the Naam, the mortal is saved.

⁹Chanting the Naam, sublime peace and poise are found.

¹⁰Chanting the Naam, honor and glory are received.

¹¹Chanting the Naam, no obstacles shall block your way. ||2||

¹²For this reason, you have been blessed with this body, so difficult to obtain.

¹³O my Dear God, please bless me to speak the Naam.

¹⁴This tranquil peace is found in the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy.

¹⁵May I always chant and meditate within my heart on Your Name, O God. ||3||

¹⁶Other than You, there is no one at all.

¹⁷Everything is Your play; it all merges again into You.

¹⁸As it pleases Your Will, save me, Lord.

¹⁹O Nanak, peace is obtained by meeting with the Perfect Guru. ||4||4||

²⁰Basant, Fifth Mehl:

²¹My Beloved God, my King is with me.

²²Gazing upon Him, I live, O my mother.

²³Remembering Him in meditation, there is no pain or suffering.

²⁴Please, take pity on me, and lead me on to meet Him. ||1||

²⁵My Beloved is the Support of my breath of life and mind.

²⁶This soul, breath of life, and wealth are all Yours, O Lord. ||1||Pause||

²⁷He is sought by the angels, mortals and divine beings.

²⁸The silent sages, the humble, and the religious teachers do not understand His mystery.

²⁹His state and extent cannot be described.

³⁰In each and every home of each and every heart, He is permeating and pervading. ||2||

³¹His devotees are totally in bliss.

³²His devotees cannot be destroyed.

³³His devotees are not afraid.

³⁴His devotees are victorious forever. ||3||

³⁵What Praises of Yours can I utter?

³⁶God, the Giver of peace, is all-pervading, permeating everywhere.

³⁷Nanak begs for this one gift.

³⁸Be merciful, and bless me with Your Name. ||4||5||

³⁹Basant, Fifth Mehl:

⁴⁰As the plant turns green upon receiving water,

⁴¹just so, in the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, egotism is eradicated.

⁴²Just as the servant is encouraged by his ruler,

⁴³we are saved by the Guru. ||1||

⁴⁴You are the Great Giver, O Generous Lord God.

⁴⁵Each and every instant, I humbly bow to You. ||1||Pause||

⁴⁶Whoever enters the Saadh Sangat

⁴⁷that humble being is imbued with the Love of the Supreme Lord God.

⁴⁸He is liberated from bondage.

⁴⁹His devotees worship Him in adoration; they are united in His Union. ||2||

⁵⁰My eyes are content, gazing upon the Blessed Vision of His Darshan.

⁵¹My tongue sings the Infinite Praises of God.

⁵²My thirst is quenched, by Guru's Grace.

⁵³My mind is satisfied, with the sublime taste of the Lord's subtle essence. ||3||

⁵⁴Your servant is committed to the service of Your Feet,

⁵⁵O Primal Infinite Divine Being.

⁵⁶Your Name is the Saving Grace of all.

⁵⁷Nanak has received this teasure. ||4||6||

⁵⁸Basant, Fifth Mehl:

⁵⁹You are the Great Giver; You continue to give.

⁶⁰You permeate and pervade my soul, and my breath of life.

⁶¹You have given me all sorts of foods and dishes.

⁶²I am unworthy; I know none of Your Virtues at all. ||1||

⁶³I do not understand anything of Your Worth.

¹Save me, O my Merciful Lord God. ||1||Pause||

²I have not practiced meditation, austerities or good actions.

³I do not know the way to meet You.

⁴Within my mind, I have placed my hopes in the One Lord alone.

⁵The Support of Your Name shall carry me across. ||2||

⁶You are the Expert, O God, in all powers.

⁷The fish cannot find the limits of the water.

⁸You are Inaccessible and Unfathomable, the Highest of the High.

⁹I am small, and You are so very Great. ||3||

¹⁰Those who meditate on You are wealthy.

¹¹Those who attain You are rich.

¹²Those who serve You are peaceful.

¹³Nanak seeks the Sanctuary of the Saints. ||4||7||

¹⁴Basant, Fifth Mehl:

¹⁵Serve the One who created You.

¹⁶Worship the One who gave you life.

¹⁷Become His servant, and you shall never again be punished.

¹⁸Become His trustee, and you shall never again suffer sorrow. ||1||

¹⁹That mortal who is blessed with such great good fortune,

²⁰attains this state of Nirvaanaa. ||1||Pause||

²¹Life is wasted uselessly in the service of duality.

²²No efforts shall be rewarded, and no works brought to fruition.

²³It is so painful to serve only mortal beings.

²⁴Service to the Holy brings lasting peace and bliss. ||2||

²⁵If you long for eternal peace, O Siblings of Destiny,

²⁶then join the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy; this is the Guru's advice.

²⁷There, the Naam, the Name of the Lord, is meditated on.

²⁸In the Saadh Sangat, you shall be emancipated. ||3||

²⁹Among all essences, this is the essence of spiritual wisdom.

³⁰Among all meditations, meditation on the One Lord is the most sublime.

³¹The Kirtan of the Lord's Praises is the ultimate melody.

³²Meeting with the Guru, Nanak sings the Glorious Praises of the Lord. ||4||8||

³³Basant, Fifth Mehl:

³⁴Chanting His Name, one's mouth becomes pure.

³⁵Meditating in remembrance on Him, one's reputation becomes stainless.

³⁶Worshipping Him in adoration, one is not tortured by the Messenger of Death.

³⁷Serving Him, everything is obtained. ||1||

³⁸The Lord's Name - chant the Lord's Name.

³⁹Abandon all the desires of your mind. ||1||Pause||

⁴⁰He is the Support of the earth and the sky.

⁴¹His Light illuminates each and every heart.

⁴²Meditating in remembrance on Him, even fallen sinners are sanctified;

⁴³in the end, they will not weep and wail over and over again. ||2||

⁴⁴Among all religions, this is the ultimate religion.

⁴⁵Among all rituals and codes of conduct, this is above all.

⁴⁶The angels, mortals and divine beings long for Him.

⁴⁷To find Him, commit yourself to the service of the Society of the Saints. ||3||

⁴⁸One whom the Primal Lord God blesses with His bounties,

⁴⁹obtains the treasure of the Lord.

⁵⁰His state and extent cannot be described.

⁵¹Servant Nanak meditates on the Lord, Har, Har. ||4||9||

⁵²Basant, Fifth Mehl:

⁵³My mind and body are gripped by thirst and desire.

⁵⁴The Merciful Guru has fulfilled my hopes.

⁵⁵In the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, all my sins have been taken away.

⁵⁶I chant the Naam, the Name of the Lord; I am in love with the Name of the Lord. ||1||

⁵⁷By Guru's Grace, this spring of the soul has come.

⁵⁸I enshrine the Lord's Lotus Feet within my heart; I listen to the Lord's Praise, forever and ever. ||1||Pause||

¹Our All-powerful Lord and Master is the Doer of all, the Cause of all causes.

²I am an orphan - I seek Your Sanctuary, God.

³All beings and creatures take Your Support.

⁴Be merciful, God, and save me. ||2||

⁵God is the Destroyer of fear, the Remover of pain and suffering.

⁶The angelic beings and silent sages serve Him.

⁷The earth and the sky are in His Power.

⁸All beings eat what You give them. ||3||

⁹O Merciful God, O Searcher of hearts,

¹⁰please bless Your slave with Your Glance of Grace.

¹¹Please be kind and bless me with this gift,

¹²that Nanak may live in Your Name. ||4||10||

¹³Basant, Fifth Mehl:

¹⁴Loving the Lord, one's sins are taken away.

¹⁵Meditating on the Lord, one does not suffer at all.

¹⁶Meditating on the Lord of the Universe, all darkness is dispelled.

¹⁷Meditating in remembrance on the Lord, the cycle of reincarnation comes to an end. ||1||

¹⁸The love of the Lord is springtime for me.

¹⁹I am always with the humble Saints. ||1||Pause||

²⁰The Saints have shared the Teachings with me.

²¹Blessed is that country where the devotees of the Lord of the Universe dwell.

²²But that place where the Lord's devotees are not, is wilderness.

²³By Guru's Grace, realize the Lord in each and every heart. ||2||

²⁴Sing the Kirtan of the Lord's Praises, and enjoy the nectar of His Love.

²⁵O mortal, you must always restrain yourself from committing sins.

²⁶Behold the Creator Lord God near at hand.

²⁷Here and hereafter, God shall resolve your affairs. ||3||

²⁸I focus my meditation on the Lord's Lotus Feet.

²⁹Granting His Grace, God has blessed me with this Gift.

³⁰I yearn for the dust of the feet of Your Saints.

³¹Nanak meditates on his Lord and Master, who is ever-present, near at hand. ||4||11||

³²Basant, Fifth Mehl:

³³The True Transcendent Lord is always new, forever fresh.

³⁴By Guru's Grace, I continually chant His Name.

³⁵God is my Protector, my Mother and Father.

³⁶Meditating in remembrance on Him, I do not suffer in sorrow. ||1||

³⁷I meditate on my Lord and Master, single-mindedly, with love.

³⁸I seek the Sanctuary of the Perfect Guru forever. My True Lord and Master hugs me close in His Embrace. ||1||Pause||

³⁹God Himself protects His humble servants.

⁴⁰The demons and wicked enemies have grown weary of struggling against Him.

⁴¹Without the True Guru, there is no place to go.

⁴²Wandering through the lands and foreign countries, people only grow tired and suffer in pain. ||2||

⁴³The record of their past actions cannot be erased.

⁴⁴They harvest and eat what they have planted.

⁴⁵The Lord Himself is the Protector of His humble servants.

⁴⁶No one can rival the humble servant of the Lord. ||3||

⁴⁷By His own efforts, God protects His slave.

⁴⁸God's Glory is perfect and unbroken.

⁴⁹So sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord of the Universe with your tongue forever.

⁵⁰Nanak lives by meditating on the Feet of the Lord. ||4||12||

⁵¹Basant, Fifth Mehl:

⁵²Dwelling at the Guru's Feet, pain and suffering go away.

⁵³The Supreme Lord God has shown mercy to me.

⁵⁴All my desires and tasks are fulfilled.

⁵⁵Chanting the Lord's Name, Nanak lives. ||1||

⁵⁶How beautiful is that season, when the Lord fills the mind.

⁵⁷Without the True Guru, the world weeps. The faithless cynic comes and goes in reincarnation, over and over again. ||1||Pause||

¹They alone are rich, who have the Wealth of the Lord God.

²Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, sexual desire and anger are eradicated.

³Their fear is dispelled, and they attain the state of fearlessness.

⁴Meeting with the Guru, Nanak meditates on his Lord and Master. ||2||

⁵God dwells in the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy.

⁶Chanting and meditating on the Lord, one's hopes are fulfilled.

⁷God permeates and pervades the water, the land and the sky.

⁸Meeting with the Guru, Nanak chants the Name of the Lord, Har, Har. ||3||

⁹The eight miraculous spiritual powers and the nine treasures are contained in the Naam, the Name of the Lord.

¹⁰Your slaves, O God, live by chanting and meditating on Your Name.

¹¹O Nanak, the heart-lotus of the Gurmukh blossoms forth. ||4||13||

¹²Basant, Fifth Mehl, First House, Ik-Thukay:

¹³One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

¹⁴Meditating on the Lord, all desires are fulfilled,

¹⁵and the mortal is re-united with God, after having been separated for so long. ||1||

¹⁶Meditate on the Lord of the Universe, who is worthy of meditation.

¹⁷Meditating on Him, enjoy celestial peace and poise. ||1||Pause||

¹⁸Bestowing His Mercy, He blesses us with His Glance of Grace.

¹⁹God Himself takes care of His slave. ||2||

²⁰My bed has been beautified by His Love.

²¹God, the Giver of Peace, has come to meet me. ||3||

²²He does not consider my merits and demerits.

²³Nanak worships at the Feet of God. ||4||1||14||

²⁴Basant, Fifth Mehl:

²⁵The sins are erased, singing the Glories of God;

²⁶night and day, celestial joy wells up. ||1||

²⁷My mind has blossomed forth, by the touch of the Lord's Feet.

²⁸By His Grace, He has led me to meet the Holy men, the humble servants of the Lord. I remain continually imbued with the love of the Lord's Name. ||1||Pause||

²⁹In His Mercy, the Lord of the World has revealed Himself to me.

³⁰The Lord, Merciful to the meek, has attached me to the hem of His robe and saved me. ||2||

³¹This mind has become the dust of the Holy;

³²I behold my Lord and Master, continually, ever-present. ||3||

³³Sexual desire, anger and desire have vanished.

³⁴O Nanak, God has become kind to me. ||4||2||15||

³⁵Basant, Fifth Mehl:

³⁶God Himself has cured the disease.

³⁷He laid on His Hands, and protected His child. ||1||

³⁸Celestial peace and tranquility fill my home forever, in this springtime of the soul.

³⁹I have sought the Sanctuary of the Perfect Guru; I chant the Mantra of the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, the Embodiment of emancipation. ||1||Pause||

⁴⁰God Himself has dispelled my sorrow and suffering.

⁴¹I meditate continually, continuously, on my Guru. ||2||

⁴²That humble being who chants Your Name,

⁴³obtains all fruits and rewards; singing the Glories of God, he becomes steady and stable. ||3||

⁴⁴O Nanak, the way of the devotees is good.

⁴⁵They meditate continually, continuously, on the Lord, the Giver of peace. ||4||3||16||

⁴⁶Basant, Fifth Mehl:

⁴⁷By His Will, He makes us happy.

⁴⁸He shows Mercy to His servant. ||1||

⁴⁹The Perfect Guru makes everything perfect.

⁵⁰He implants the Amrosial Naam, the Name of the Lord, in the heart. ||1||Pause||

⁵¹He does not consider the karma of my actions, or my Dharma, my spiritual practice.

¹Taking me by the arm, He saves me and carries me across the terrifying world-ocean. ||2||

²God has rid me of my filth, and made me stainless and pure.

³I have sought the Sanctuary of the Perfect Guru. ||3||

⁴He Himself does, and causes everything to be done.

⁵By His Grace, O Nanak, He saves us. ||4||4||17||

⁶Basant, Fifth Mehl:

⁷One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

⁸Behold the flowers flowering, and the blossoms blossoming forth!

⁹Renounce and abandon your egotism.

¹⁰Grasp hold of His Lotus Feet.

¹¹Meet with God, O blessed one.

¹²O my mind, remain conscious of the Lord. ||Pause||

¹³The tender young plants smell so good,

¹⁴while others remain like dry wood.

¹⁵The season of spring has come;

¹⁶it blossoms forth luxuriantly. ||1||

¹⁷Now, the Dark Age of Kali Yuga has come.

¹⁸Plant the Naam, the Name of the One Lord.

¹⁹It is not the season to plant other seeds.

²⁰Do not wander lost in doubt and delusion.

²¹One who has such destiny written on his forehead,

²²O mortal, this is the season of the Naam.

²³Nanak utters the Glorious Praises of the Lord, Har, Har, Har, Har. ||2||18||

²⁴Basant, Fifth Mehl, Second House, Hindol:

²⁵One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

²⁶Come and join together, O my Siblings of Destiny; dispel your sense of duality and let yourselves be lovingly absorbed in the Lord.

²⁷Let yourselves be joined to the Name of the Lord; become Gurmukh, spread out your mat, and sit down. ||1||

²⁸In this way, throw the dice, O brothers.

²⁹As Gurmukh, chant the Naam, the Name of the Lord, day and night. At the very last moment, you shall not have to suffer in pain. ||1||Pause||

³⁰Let righteous actions be your gameboard, and let the truth be your dice.

³¹Conquer sexual desire, anger, greed and worldly attachment; only such a game as this is dear to the Lord. ||2||

³²Rise in the early hours of the morning, and take your cleansing bath. Before you go to bed at night, remember to worship the Lord.

³³My True Guru will assist you, even on your most difficult moves; you shall reach your true home in celestial peace and poise. ||3||

³⁴The Lord Himself plays, and He Himself watches; the Lord Himself created the creation.

³⁵O servant Nanak, that person who plays this game as Gurmukh, wins the game of life, and returns to his true home. ||4||1||19||

³⁶Basant, Fifth Mehl, Hindol:

³⁷You alone know Your Creative Power, O Lord; no one else knows it.

³⁸He alone realizes You, O my Beloved, unto whom You show Your Mercy. ||1||

³⁹I am a sacrifice to Your devotees.

⁴⁰Your place is eternally beautiful, God; Your wonders are infinite. ||1||Pause||

⁴¹Only You Yourself can perform Your service. No one else can do it.

⁴²He alone is Your devotee, who is pleasing to You. You bless them with Your Love. ||2||

¹You are the Great Giver; You are so very Wise. There is no other like You.

²You are my All-powerful Lord and Master; I do not know how to worship You. ||3||

³Your Mansion is imperceptible, O my Beloved; it is so difficult to accept Your Will.

⁴Says Nanak, I have collapsed at Your Door, Lord. I am foolish and ignorant - please save me! ||4||2||20||

⁵Basant Hindol, Fifth Mehl:

⁶The mortal does not know the Primal Lord God; he does not understand hmself. He is engrossed in doubt and egotism. ||1||

⁷My Father is the Supreme Lord God, my Master.

⁸I am unworthy, but please save me anyway. ||1||Pause||

⁹Creation and destruction come only from God; this is what the Lord's humble servants believe. ||2||

¹⁰Only those who are imbued with God's Name are judged to be peaceful in this Dark Age of Kali Yuga. ||3||

¹¹It is the Guru's Word that carries us across; Nanak cannot think of any other way. ||4||3||21||

¹²One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

¹³Raag Basant Hindol, Ninth Mehl:

¹⁴O Holy Saints, know that this body is false.

¹⁵The Lord who dwells within it - recognize that He alone is real. ||1||Pause||

¹⁶The wealth of this world is only a dream; why are you so proud of it?

¹⁷None of it shall go along with you in the end; why do you cling to it? ||1||

¹⁸Leave behind both praise and slander; enshrine the Kirtan of the Lord's Praises within your heart.

¹⁹O servant Nanak, the One Primal Being, the Lord God, is totally permeating everywhere. ||2||1||

²⁰Basant, Ninth Mehl:

²¹The heart of the sinner is filled with unfulfilled sexual desire.

²²He cannot control his fickle mind. ||1||Pause||

²³The Yogis, wandering ascetics and renunciates

²⁴- this net is cast over them all. ||1||

²⁵Those who contemplate the Name of the Lord

²⁶cross over the terrifying world-ocean. ||2||

²⁷Servant Nanak seeks the Sanctuary of the Lord.

²⁸Please bestow the blessing of Your Name, that he may continue to sing Your Glorious Praises. ||3||2||

²⁹Basant, Ninth Mehl:

³⁰O mother, I have gathered the wealth of the Lord's Name.

³¹My mind has stopped its wanderings, and now, it has come to rest. ||1||Pause||

³²Attachment to Maya has run away from my body, and immaculate spiritual wisdom has welled up within me.

³³Greed and attachment cannot even touch me; I have grasped hold of devotional worship of the Lord. ||1||

³⁴The cynicism of countless lifetimes has been eradicated, since I obtained the jewel of the Naam, the Name of the Lord.

³⁵My mind was rid of all its desires, and I was absorbed in the peace of my own inner being. ||2||

³⁶That person, unto whom the Merciful Lord shows compassion, sings the Glorious Praises of the Lord of the Universe.

³⁷Says Nanak, this wealth is gathered only by the Gurmukh. ||3||3||

³⁸Basant, Ninth Mehl:

³⁹O my mind, how can you forget the Lord's Name?

⁴⁰When the body perishes, you shall have to deal with the Messenger of Death. ||1||Pause||

⁴¹This world is just a hill of smoke.

¹What makes you think that it is real? ||1||

²Wealth, spouse, property and household

³- none of them shall go along with you; you must know that this is true! ||2||

⁴Only devotion to the Lord shall go with you.

⁵Says Nanak, vibrate and meditate on the Lord with single-minded love. ||3||4||

⁶Basant, Ninth Mehl:

⁷Why do you wander lost, O mortal, attached to falsehood and greed?

⁸Nothing has been lost yet - there is still time to wake up! ||1||Pause||

⁹You must realize that this world is nothing more than a dream.

¹⁰In an instant, it shall perish; know this as true. ||1||

¹¹The Lord constantly abides with you.

¹²Night and day, vibrate and meditate on Him, O my friend. ||2||

¹³At the very last instant, He shall be your Help and Support.

¹⁴Says Nanak, sing His Praises. ||3||5||

¹⁵Basant, First Mehl, Ashtpadheeyaa, First House, Du-Tukees:

¹⁶One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

¹⁷The world is a crow; it does not remember the Naam, the Name of the Lord.

¹⁸Forgetting the Naam, it sees the bait, and pecks at it.

¹⁹The mind wavers unsteadily, in guilt and deceit.

²⁰I have shattered my attachment to the false world. ||1||

²¹The burden of sexual desire, anger and corruption is unbearable.

²²Without the Naam, how can the mortal maintain a virtuous lifestyle? ||1||Pause||

²³The world is like a house of sand, built on a whirlpool;

²⁴it is like a bubble formed by drops of rain.

²⁵It is formed from a mere drop, when the Lord's wheel turns round.

²⁶The lights of all souls are the servants of the Lord's Name. ||2||

²⁷My Supreme Guru has created everything.

²⁸I perform devotional worship service to You, and fall at Your Feet, O Lord.

²⁹Imbued with Your Name, I long to be Yours.

³⁰Those who do not let the Naam become manifest within themselves, depart like thieves in the end. ||3||

³¹The mortal loses his honor, gathering sin and corruption.

³²But imbued with the Lord's Name, you shall go to your true home with honor.

³³God does whatever He wills.

³⁴One who abides in the Fear of God, becomes fearless, O my mother. ||4||

³⁵The woman desires beauty and pleasure.

³⁶But betel leaves, garlands of flowers and sweet tastes lead only to disease.

³⁷The more she plays and enjoys, the more she suffers in sorrow.

³⁸But when she enters into the Sanctuary of God, whatever she wishes comes to pass. ||5||

³⁹She wears beautiful clothes with all sorts of decorations.

⁴⁰But the flowers turn to dust, and her beauty leads her into evil.

⁴¹Hope and desire have blocked the doorway.

⁴²Without the Naam, one's hearth and home are deserted. ||6||

⁴³O princess, my daughter, run away from this place!

⁴⁴Chant the True Name, and embellish your days.

⁴⁵Serve your Beloved Lord God, and lean on the Support of His Love.

⁴⁶Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, abandon your thirst for corruption and poison. ||7||

⁴⁷My Fascinating Lord has fascinated my mind.

⁴⁸Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, I have realized You, Lord.

⁴⁹Nanak stands longingly at God's Door.

⁵⁰I am content and satisfied with Your Name; please shower me with Your Mercy. ||8||1||

⁵¹Basant, First Mehl:

⁵²The mind is deluded by doubt; it comes and goes in reincarnation.

⁵³It is lured by the poisonous lure of Maya.

⁵⁴It does not remain stable in the Love of the One Lord.

⁵⁵Like the fish, its neck is pierced by the hook. ||1||

⁵⁶The deluded mind is instructed by the True Name.

⁵⁷It contemplates the Word of the Guru's Shabad, with intuitive ease. ||1||Pause||

¹The mind, deluded by doubt, buzzes around like a bumble bee.

²The holes of the body are worthless, if the mind is filled with such great desire for corrupt passions.

³It is like the elephant, trapped by its own sexual desire.

⁴It is caught and held tight by the chains, and beaten on its head. ||2||

⁵The mind is like a foolish frog, without devotional worship.

⁶It is cursed and condemned in the Court of the Lord, without the Naam, the Name of the Lord.

⁷He has no class or honor, and no one even mentions his name.

⁸That person who lacks virtue - all of his pains and sorrows are his only companions. ||3||

⁹His mind wanders out, and cannot be brought back or restrained.

¹⁰Without being imbued with the sublime essence of the Lord, it has no honor or credit.

¹¹You Yourself are the Listener, Lord, and You Yourself are our Protector.

¹²You are the Support of the earth; You Yourself behold and understand it. ||4||

¹³When You Yourself make me wander, unto whom can I complain?

¹⁴Meeting the Guru, I will tell Him of my pain, O my mother.

¹⁵Abandoning my worthless demerits, now I practice virtue.

¹⁶Imbued with the Word of the Guru's Shabad, I am absorbed in the True Lord. ||5||

¹⁷Meeting with the True Guru, the intellect is elevated and exalted.

¹⁸The mind becomes immaculate, and egotism is washed away.

¹⁹He is liberated forever, and no one can put him in bondage.

²⁰He chants the Naam forever, and nothing else. ||6||

²¹The mind comes and goes according to the Will of the Lord.

²²The One Lord is contained amongst all; nothing else can be said.

²³The Hukam of His Command pervades everywhere, and all merge in His Command.

²⁴Pain and pleasure all come by His Will. ||7||

²⁵You are infallible; You never make mistakes.

²⁶Those who listen to the Word of the Guru's Shabad - their intellects become deep and profound.

²⁷You, O my Great Lord and Master, are contained in the Shabad.

²⁸O Nanak, my mind is pleased, praising the True Lord. ||8||2||

²⁹Basant, First Mehl:

³⁰That person, who thirsts for the Blessed Vision of the Lord's Darshan,

³¹is absorbed in the One Lord, leaving duality behind.

³²His pains are taken away, as he churns and drinks in the Ambrosial Nectar.

³³The Gurmukh understands, and merges in the One Lord. ||1||

³⁴So many cry out for Your Darshan, Lord.

³⁵How rare are those who realize the Word of the Guru's Shabad and merge with Him. ||1||Pause||

³⁶The Vedas say that we should chant the Name of the One Lord.

³⁷He is endless; who can find His limits?

³⁸There is only One Creator, who created the world.

³⁹Without any pillars, He supports the earth and the sky. ||2||

⁴⁰Spiritual wisdom and meditation are contained in the melody of the Bani, the Word of the One Lord.

⁴¹The One Lord is Untouched and Unstained; His story is unspoken.

⁴²The Shabad, the Word, is the Insignia of the One True Lord.

⁴³Through the Perfect Guru, the Knowing Lord is known. ||3||

⁴⁴There is only one religion of Dharma; let everyone grasp this truth.

⁴⁵Through the Guru's Teachings, one becomes perfect, all the ages through.

⁴⁶Imbued with the Unmanifest Celestial Lord, and lovingly absorbed in the One,

⁴⁷the Gurmukh attains the invisible and infinite. ||4||

⁴⁸There is one celestial throne, and One Supreme King.

⁴⁹The Independent Lord God is pervading all places.

⁵⁰The three worlds are the creation of that Sublime Lord.

⁵¹The One Creator of the Creation is Unfathomable and Incomprehensible. ||5||

⁵²His Form is One, and True is His Name.

⁵³True justice is administered there.

⁵⁴Those who practice Truth are honored and accepted.

⁵⁵They are honored in the Court of the True Lord. ||6||

⁵⁶Devotional worship of the One Lord is the expression of love for the One Lord.

⁵⁷Without the Fear of God and devotional worship of Him, the mortal comes and goes in reincarnation.

⁵⁸One who obtains this understanding from the Guru dwells like an honored guest in this world.

¹That humble being who is imbued with the sublime essence of the Lord is certified and approved. ||7||

²I see Him here and there; I dwell on Him intuitively.

³I do not love any other than You, O Lord and Master.

⁴O Nanak, my ego has been burnt away by the Word of the Shabad.

⁵The True Guru has shown me the Blessed Vision of the True Lord. ||8||3||

⁶Basant, First Mehl:

⁷The fickle consciousness cannot find the Lord's limits.

⁸It is caught in non-stop coming and going.

⁹I am suffering and dying, O my Creator.

¹⁰No one cares for me, except my Beloved. ||1||

¹¹All are high and exalted; how can I call anyone low?

¹²Devotional worship of the Lord and the True Name has satisfied me. ||1||Pause||

¹³I have taken all sorts of medicines; I am so tired of them.

¹⁴How can this disease be cured, without my Guru?

¹⁵Without devotional worship of the Lord, the pain is so great.

¹⁶My Lord and Master is the Giver of pain and pleasure. ||2||

¹⁷The disease is so deadly; how can I find the courage?

¹⁸He knows my disease, and only He can take away the pain.

¹⁹My mind and body are filled with faults and demerits.

²⁰I searched and searched, and found the Guru, O my brother! ||3||

²¹The Word of the Guru's Shabad, and the Lord's Name are the cures.

²²As You keep me, so do I remain.

²³The world is sick; where should I look?

²⁴The Lord is Pure and Immaculate; Immaculate is His Name. ||4||

²⁵The Guru sees and reveals the Lord's home, deep within the home of the self;

²⁶He ushers the soul-bride into the Mansion of the Lord's Presence.

²⁷When the mind remains in the mind, and the consciousness in the consciousness,

²⁸such people of the Lord remain unattached. ||5||

²⁹They remain free of any desire for happiness or sorrow;

³⁰tasting the Amrit, the Ambrosial Nectar, they abide in the Lord's Name.

³¹They recognize their own selves, and remain lovingly attuned to the Lord.

³²They are victorious on the battlefield of life, following the Guru's Teachings, and their pains run away. ||6||

³³The Guru has given me the True Ambrosial Nectar; I drink it in.

³⁴Of course, I have died, and now I am alive to live.

³⁵Please, protect me as Your Own, if it pleases You.

³⁶One who is Yours, merges into You. ||7||

³⁷Painful diseases afflict those who are sexually promiscuous.

³⁸God appears permeating and pervading in each and every heart.

³⁹One who remains unattached, through the Word of the Guru's Shabad

⁴⁰- O Nanak, his heart and consciousness dwell upon and savor the Lord. ||8||4||

⁴¹Basant, First Mehl, Ik-Tukee:

⁴²Do not make such a show of rubbing ashes on your body.

⁴³O naked Yogi, this is not the way of Yoga! ||1||

⁴⁴You fool! How can you have forgotten the Lord's Name?

⁴⁵At the very last moment, it and it alone shall be of any use to you. ||1||Pause||

⁴⁶Consult the Guru, reflect and think it over.

⁴⁷Wherever I look, I see the Lord of the World. ||2||

⁴⁸What can I say? I am nothing.

⁴⁹All my status and honor are in Your Name. ||3||

⁵⁰Why do you take such pride in gazing upon your property and wealth?

⁵¹When you must leave, nothing shall go along with you. ||4||

⁵²So subdue the five thieves, and hold your consciousness in its place.

⁵³This is the basis of the way of Yoga. ||5||

⁵⁴Your mind is tied with the rope of egotism.

⁵⁵You do not even think of the Lord - you fool! He alone shall liberate you. ||6||

⁵⁶If you forget the Lord, you will fall into the clutches of the Messenger of Death.

⁵⁷At that very last moment, you fool, you shall be beaten. ||7||

¹Contemplate the Word of the Guru's Shabad, and be rid of your ego.

²True Yoga shall come to dwell in your mind. ||8||

³He blessed you with body and soul, but you do not even think of Him.

⁴You fool! Visiting graves and cremation grounds is not Yoga. ||9||

⁵Nanak chants the sublime, glorious Bani of the Word.

⁶Understand it, and appreciate it. ||10||5||

⁷Basant, First Mehl:

⁸In duality and evil-mindedness, the mortal acts blindly.

⁹The self-willed manmukh wanders, lost in the darkness. ||1||

¹⁰The blind man follows blind advice.

¹¹Unless one takes the Guru's Way, his doubt is not dispelled. ||1||Pause||

¹²The manmukh is blind; he does not like the Guru's Teachings.

¹³He has become a beast; he cannot get rid of his egotistical pride. ||2||

¹⁴God created 8.4 million species of beings.

¹⁵My Lord and Master, by the Pleasure of His Will, creates and destroys them. ||3||

¹⁶All are deluded and confused, without the Word of the Shabad and good conduct.

¹⁷He alone is instructed in this, who is blessed by the Guru, the Creator. ||4||

¹⁸The Guru's servants are pleasing to our Lord and Master.

¹⁹The Lord forgives them, and they no longer fear the Messenger of Death. ||5||

²⁰Those who love the One Lord with all their heart

²¹- He dispels their doubts and unites them with Himself. ||6||

²²God is Independent, Endless and Infinite.

²³The Creator Lord is pleased with Truth. ||7||

²⁴O Nanak, the Guru instructs the mistaken soul.

²⁵He implants the Truth within him, and shows him the One Lord. ||8||6||

²⁶Basant, First Mehl:

²⁷He Himself is the bumble bee, the fruit and the vine.

²⁸He Himself unites us with the Sangat - the Congregation, and the Guru, our Best Friend. ||1||

²⁹O bumble bee, suck in that fragrance,

³⁰which causes the trees to flower, and the woods to grow lush foliage. ||1||Pause||

³¹He Himself is Lakshmi, and He Himself is her husband.

³²He established the world by Word of His Shabad, and He Himself ravishes it. ||2||

³³He Himself is the calf, the cow and the milk.

³⁴He Himself is the Support of the body-mansion. ||3||

³⁵He Himself is the Deed, and He Himself is the Doer.

³⁶As Gurmukh, He contemplates Himself. ||4||

³⁷You create the creation, and gaze upon it, O Creator Lord.

³⁸You give Your Support to the uncounted beings and creatures. ||5||

³⁹You are the Profound, Unfathomable Ocean of Virtue.

⁴⁰You are the Unknowable, the Immaculate, the most Sublime Jewel. ||6||

⁴¹You Yourself are the Creator, with the Potency to create.

⁴²You are the Independent Ruler, whose people are at peace. ||7||

⁴³Nanak is satisfied with the subtle taste of the Lord's Name.

⁴⁴Without the Beloved Lord and Master, life is meaningless. ||8||7||

⁴⁵Basant Hindol, First Mehl, Second House:

⁴⁶One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

⁴⁷The nine regions, the seven continents, the fourteen worlds, the three qualities and the four ages - You established them all through the four sources of creation, and You seated them in Your mansions.

⁴⁸He placed the four lamps, one by one, into the hands of the four ages. ||1||

⁴⁹O Merciful Lord, Destroyer of demons, Lord of Lakshmi, such is Your Power - Your Shakti. ||1||Pause||

⁵⁰Your army is the fire in the home of each and every heart. And Dharma - righteous living is the ruling chieftain.

⁵¹The earth is Your great cooking pot; Your beings receive their portions only once. Destiny is Your gate-keeper. ||2||

⁵²But the mortal becomes unsatisfied, and begs for more; his fickle mind brings him disgrace.

¹Greed is the dark dungeon, and demerits are the shackles on his feet. ||3||

²His wealth constantly batters him, and sin acts as the police officer.

³Whether the mortal is good or bad, he is as You look upon him, O Lord. ||4||

⁴The Primal Lord God is called Allah. The Shaykh's turn has now come.

⁵The temples of the gods are subject to taxes; this is what it has come to. ||5||

⁶The Muslim devotional pots, calls to prayer, prayers and prayer mats are everywhere; the Lord appears in blue robes.

⁷In each and every home, everyone uses Muslim greetings; your speech has changed, O people. ||6||

⁸You, O my Lord and Master, are the King of the earth; what power do I have to challenge You?

⁹In the four directions, people bow in humble adoration to You; Your Praises are sung in each and every heart. ||7||

¹⁰Making pilgrimages to sacred shrines, reading the Simritees and giving donations in charity - these do bring any profit.

¹¹O Nanak, glorious greatness is obtained in an instant, remembering the Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||8||1||8||

¹²Basant Hindol, Second House, Fourth Mehl:

¹³One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

¹⁴Within the body-village there lives a child who cannot hold still, even for an instant.

¹⁵It makes so many efforts, and grows weary, but still, it wanders restlessly again and again. ||1||

¹⁶O my Lord and Master, Your child has come home, to be one with You.

¹⁷Meeting the True Guru, he finds the Perfect Lord. Meditating and vibrating on the Name of the Lord, he receives the Insignia of the Lord. ||1||Pause||

¹⁸These are dead corpses, these bodies of all the people of the world; the Name of the Lord does not dwell in them.

¹⁹The Guru leads us to taste the water of the Lord's Name, and then we savor and enjoy it, and our bodies are rejuvenated. ||2||

²⁰I have examined and studied and searched my entire body, and as Gurmukh, I behold a miraculous wonder.

²¹All the faithless cynics searched outside and died, but following the Guru's Teachings, I have found the Lord within the home of my own heart. ||3||

²²God is Merciful to the meekest of the meek; Krishna came to the house of Bidar, a devotee of low social status.

²³Sudama loved God, who came to meet him; God sent everything to his home, and ended his poverty. ||4||

²⁴Great is the glory of the Name of the Lord. My Lord and Master Himself has enshrined it within me.

²⁵Even if all the faithless cynics continue slandering me, it is not diminished by even one iota. ||5||

²⁶The Lord's Name is the praise of His humble servant. It brings him honor in the ten directions.

²⁷The slanderers and the faithless cynics cannot endure it at all; they have set fire to their own houses. ||6||

²⁸The humble person meeting with another humble person obtains honor. In the glory of the Lord, their glory shines forth.

²⁹The servants of my Lord and Master are loved by the Beloved. They are the slaves of His slaves. ||7||

³⁰The Creator Himself is the Water; He Himself unites us in His Union.

³¹O Nanak, the Gurmukh is absorbed in celestial peace and poise, like water blending with water. ||8||1||9||

¹Basant, Fifth Mehl, First House, Du-Tukee:

²One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

³Listen to the stories of the devotees, O my mind, and meditate with love.

⁴Ajaamal uttered the Lord's Name once, and was saved.

⁵Baalmeek found the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy.

⁶The Lord definitely met Dhroo. ||1||

⁷I beg for the dust of the feet of Your Saints.

⁸Please bless me with Your Mercy, Lord, that I may apply it to my forehead. ||1||Pause||

⁹Ganika the prostitute was saved, when her parrot uttered the Lord's Name.

¹⁰The elephant meditated on the Lord, and was saved.

¹¹He delivered the poor Brahmin Sudama out of poverty.

¹²O my mind, you too must meditate and vibrate on the Lord of the Universe. ||2||

¹³Even the hunter who shot an arrow at Krishna was saved.

¹⁴Kubija the hunchback was saved, when God placed His Feet on her thumb.

¹⁵Bidar was saved by his attitude of humility.

¹⁶O my mind, you too must meditate on the Lord. ||3||

¹⁷The Lord Himself saved the honor of Prahlaad.

¹⁸Even when she was being disrobed in court, Dropatee's honor was preserved.

¹⁹Those who have served the Lord, even at the very last instant of their lives, are saved.

²⁰O my mind, serve Him, and you shall be carried across to the other side. ||4||

²¹Dhanna served the Lord, with the innocence of a child.

²²Meeting with the Guru, Trilochan attained the perfection of the Siddhas.

²³The Guru blessed Baynee with His Divine Illumination.

²⁴O my mind, you too must be the Lord's slave. ||5||

²⁵Jai Dayv gave up his egotism.

²⁶Sain the barber was saved through his selfless service.

²⁷Do not let your mind waver or wander; do not let it go anywhere.

²⁸O my mind, you too shall cross over; seek the Sanctuary of God. ||6||

²⁹O my Lord and Master, You have shown Your Mercy to them.

³⁰You saved those devotees.

³¹You do not take their merits and demerits into account.

³²Seeing these ways of Yours, I have dedicated my mind to Your service. ||7||

³³Kabeer meditated on the One Lord with love.

³⁴Naam Dayv lived with the Dear Lord.

³⁵Ravi Daas meditated on God, the Incomparably Beautiful.

³⁶Guru Nanak Dayv is the Embodiment of the Lord of the Universe. ||8||1||

³⁷Basant, Fifth Mehl:

³⁸The mortal wanders in reincarnation through countless lifetimes.

³⁹Without meditating in remembrance on the Lord, he falls into hell.

⁴⁰Without devotional worship, he is cut apart into pieces.

⁴¹Without understanding, he is punished by the Messenger of Death. ||1||

⁴²Meditate and vibrate forever on the Lord of the Universe, O my friend.

⁴³Love forever the True Word of the Shabad. ||1||Pause||

⁴⁴Contentment does not come by any endeavors.

⁴⁵All the show of Maya is just a cloud of smoke.

⁴⁶The mortal does not hesitate to commit sins.

⁴⁷Intoxicated with poison, he comes and goes in reincarnation. ||2||

⁴⁸Acting in egotism and self-conceit, his corruption only increases.

⁴⁹The world is drowning in attachment and greed.

⁵⁰Sexual desire and anger hold the mind in its power.

⁵¹Even in his dreams, he does not chant the Lord's Name. ||3||

⁵²Sometimes he is a king, and sometimes he is a beggar.

⁵³The world is bound by pleasure and pain.

⁵⁴The mortal makes no arrangements to save himself.

⁵⁵The bondage of sin continues to hold him. ||4||

⁵⁶He has no beloved friends or companions.

⁵⁷He himself eats what he himself plants.

¹He gathers up that which brings corruption;

²leaving them, the fool must depart in an instant. ||5||

³He wanders in attachment to Maya.

⁴He acts in accordance with the karma of his past actions.

⁵Only the Creator Himself remains detached.

⁶God is not affected by virtue or vice. ||6||

⁷Please save me, O Merciful Lord of the Universe!

⁸I seek Your Sanctuary, O Perfect Compassionate Lord.

⁹Without You, I have no other place of rest.

¹⁰Please take pity on me, God, and bless me with Your Name. ||7||

¹¹You are the Creator, and You are the Doer.

¹²You are High and Exalted, and You are totally Infinite.

¹³Please be merciful, and attach me to the hem of Your robe.

¹⁴Slave Nanak has entered the Sanctuary of God. ||8||2||

¹⁵Basant Kee Vaar, Fifth Mehl:

¹⁶One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

¹⁷Meditate on the Lord's Name, and blossom forth in green abundance.

¹⁸By your high destiny, you have been blessed with this wondrous spring of the soul.

¹⁹See all the three worlds in bloom, and obtain the Fruit of Ambrosial Nectar.

²⁰Meeting with the Holy Saints, peace wells up, and all sins are erased.

²¹O Nanak, remember in meditation the One Name, and you shall never again be consigned to the womb of reincarnation.. ||1||

²²The five powerful desires are bound down, when you lean on the True Lord.

²³The Lord Himself leads us to dwell at His Feet. He stands right in our midst.

²⁴All sorrows and sicknesses are eradicated, and you become ever-fresh and rejuvenated.

²⁵Night and day, meditate on the Naam, the Name of the Lord. You shall never again die.

²⁶And the One, from whom we came, O Nanak, into Him we merge once again. ||2||

²⁷Where do we come from? Where do we live? Where do we go in the end?

²⁸All creatures belong to God, our Lord and Master. Who can place a value on Him?

²⁹Those who meditate, listen and chant, those devotees are blessed and beautified.

³⁰The Lord God is Inaccessible and Unfathomable; there is no other equal to Him.

³¹The Perfect Guru has taught this Truth. Nanak proclaims it to the world. ||3||1||

³²Basant, The Word Of The Devotees, Kabeer Jee, First House:

³³Kabeer Jee, First House:

³⁴One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

³⁵The earth is in bloom, and the sky is in bloom.

³⁶Each and every heart has blossomed forth, and the soul is illumined. ||1||

³⁷My Sovereign Lord King blossoms forth in countless ways.

³⁸Wherever I look, I see Him there pervading. ||1||Pause||

³⁹The four Vedas blossom forth in duality.

⁴⁰The Simritees blossom forth, along with the Koran and the Bible. ||2||

⁴¹Shiva blossoms forth in Yoga and meditation.

⁴²Kabeer's Lord and Master pervades in all alike. ||3||1||

⁴³The Pandits, the Hindu religious scholars, are intoxicated, reading the Puraanas.

⁴⁴The Yogis are intoxicated in Yoga and meditation.

⁴⁵The Sannyaasees are intoxicated in egotism.

⁴⁶The penitents are intoxicated with the mystery of penance. ||1||

⁴⁷All are intoxicated with the wine of Maya; no one is awake and aware.

⁴⁸The thieves are with them, plundering their homes. ||1||Pause||

⁴⁹Suk Dayv and Akrur are awake and aware.

¹Hanuman with his tail is awake and aware.

²Shiva is awake, serving at the Lord's Feet.

³Naam Dayv and Jai Dayv are awake in this Dark Age of Kali Yuga. ||2||

⁴There are many ways of being awake, and sleeping.

⁵To be awake as Gurmukh is the most excellent way.

⁶The most sublime of all the actions of this body,

⁷says Kabeer, is to meditate and vibrate on the Lord's Name. ||3||2||

⁸The wife gives birth to her husband.

⁹The son leads his father in play.

¹⁰Without breasts, the mother nurses her baby. ||1||

¹¹Behold, people! This is how it is in the Dark Age of Kali Yuga.

¹²The son marries his mother. ||1||Pause||

¹³Without feet, the mortal jumps.

¹⁴Without a mouth, he bursts into laughter.

¹⁵Without feeling sleepy, he lays down and sleeps.

¹⁶Without a churn, the milk is churned. ||2||

¹⁷Without udders, the cow gives milk.

¹⁸Without travelling, a long journey is made.

¹⁹Without the True Guru, the path is not found.

²⁰Says Kabeer, see this, and understand. ||3||3||

²¹Prahlaad was sent to school.

²²He took many of his friends along with him.

²³He asked his teacher, "Why do you teach me about worldly affairs?

²⁴Write the Name of the Dear Lord on my tablet." ||1||

²⁵O Baba, I will not forsake the Name of the Lord.

²⁶I will not bother with any other lessons. ||1||Pause||

²⁷Sanda and Marka went to the king to complain.

²⁸He sent for Prahlaad to come at once.

²⁹He said to him, "Stop uttering the Lord's Name.

³⁰I shall release you at once, if you obey my words." ||2||

³¹Prahlaad answered, "Why do you annoy me, over and over again?

³²God created the water, land, hills and mountains.

³³I shall not forsake the One Lord; if I did, I would be going against my Guru.

³⁴You might as well throw me into the fire and kill me." ||3||

³⁵The king became angry and drew his sword.

³⁶"Show me your protector now!"

³⁷So God emerged out of the pillar, and assumed a mighty form.

³⁸He killed Harnaakhash, tearing him apart with his nails. ||4||

³⁹The Supreme Lord God, the Divinity of the divine,

⁴⁰for the sake of His devotee, assumed the form of the man-lion.

⁴¹Says Kabeer, no one can know the Lord's limits.

⁴²He saves His devotees like Prahlaad over and over again. ||5||4||

⁴³Within the body and mind are thieves like sexual desire,

⁴⁴which has stolen my jewel of spiritual wisdom.

⁴⁵I am a poor orphan, O God; unto whom should I complain?

⁴⁶Who has not been ruined by sexual desire? What am I? ||1||

⁴⁷O Lord, I cannot endure this agonizing pain.

⁴⁸What power does my fickle mind have against it? ||1||Pause||

⁴⁹Sanak, Sanandan, Shiva and Suk Dayv

⁵⁰were born out of Brahma's naval chakra.

⁵¹The poets and the Yogis with their matted hair

⁵²all lived their lives with good behavior. ||2||

⁵³You are Unfathomable; I cannot know Your depth.

⁵⁴O God, Master of the meek, unto whom should I tell my pains?

⁵⁵Please rid me of the pains of birth and death, and bless me with peace.

⁵⁶Kabeer utters the Glorious Praises of God, the Ocean of peace. ||3||5||

⁵⁷There is one merchant and five traders.

⁵⁸The twenty-five oxen carry false merchandise.

⁵⁹There are nine poles which hold the ten bags.

⁶⁰The body is tied by the seventy-two ropes. ||1||

⁶¹I don't care at all about such commerce.

¹It depletes my capital, and the interest charges only increase. ||Pause||

²Weaving the seven threads together, they carry on their trade.

³They are led on by the karma of their past actions.

⁴The three tax-collectors argue with them.

⁵The traders depart empty-handed. ||2||

⁶Their capital is exhausted, and their trade is ruined.

⁷The caravan is scattered in the ten directions.

⁸Says Kabeer, O mortal, your tasks will be accomplished,

⁹when you merge in the Celestial Lord; let your doubts run away. ||3||6||

¹⁰Basant Hindol, Second House:

¹¹One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

¹²The mother is impure, and the father is impure. The fruit they produce is impure.

¹³Impure they come, and impure they go. The unfortunate ones die in impurity. ||1||

¹⁴Tell me, O Pandit, O religious scholar, which place is uncontaminated?

¹⁵Where should I sit to eat my meal? ||1||Pause||

¹⁶The tongue is impure, and its speech is impure. The eyes and ears are totally impure.

¹⁷The impurity of the sexual organs does not depart; the Brahmin is burnt by the fire. ||2||

¹⁸The fire is impure, and the water is impure. The place where you sit and cook is impure.

¹⁹Impure is the ladle which serves the food. Impure is the one who sits down to eat it. ||3||

²⁰Impure is the cow dung, and impure is the kitchen square. Impure are the lines that mark it off.

²¹Says Kabeer, they alone are pure, who have obtained pure understanding. ||4||1||7||

²²Raamaanand Jee, First House:

²³One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

²⁴Where should I go? My home is filled with bliss.

²⁵My consciousness does not go out wandering. My mind has become crippled. ||1||Pause||

²⁶One day, a desire welled up in my mind.

²⁷I ground up sandalwood, along with several fragrant oils.

²⁸I went to God's place, and worshipped Him there.

²⁹That God showed me the Guru, within my own mind. ||1||

³⁰Wherever I go, I find water and stones.

³¹You are totally pervading and permeating in all.

³²I have searched through all the Vedas and the Puraanas.

³³I would go there, only if the Lord were not here. ||2||

³⁴I am a sacrifice to You, O my True Guru.

³⁵You have cut through all my confusion and doubt.

³⁶Raamaanand's Lord and Master is the All-pervading Lord God.

³⁷The Word of the Guru's Shabad eradicates the karma of millions of past actions. ||3||1||

³⁸Basant, The Word Of Naam Dayv Jee:

³⁹One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

⁴⁰If the servant runs away when his master is in trouble,

⁴¹he will not have a long life, and he brings shame to all his family. ||1||

⁴²I shall not abandon devotional worship of You, O Lord, even if the people laugh at me.

⁴³The Lord's Lotus Feet abide within my heart. ||1||Pause||

⁴⁴The mortal will even die for the sake of his wealth;

⁴⁵in the same way, the Saints do not forsake the Lord's Name. ||2||

⁴⁶Pilgrimages to the Ganges, the Gaya and the Godawari are merely worldly affairs.

¹If the Lord were totally pleased, then He would let Naam Dayv be His servant. ||3||1||

²The tidal waves of greed constantly assault me. My body is drowning, O Lord. ||1||

³My body is drowning, O Lord. ||1||

⁴Please carry me across the world-ocean, O Lord of the Universe. Carry me across, O Beloved Father. ||1||Pause||

⁵Carry me across, O Beloved Father. ||1||Pause||

⁶I cannot steer my ship in this storm. I cannot find the other shore, O Beloved Lord. ||2||

⁷I cannot find the other shore, O Beloved Lord. ||2||

⁸Please be merciful, and unite me with the True Guru; Carry me across, O Lord. ||3||

⁹carry me across, O Lord. ||3||

¹⁰Says Naam Dayv, I do not know how to swim. Give me Your Arm, give me Your Arm, O Beloved Lord. ||4||2||

¹¹Give me Your Arm, give me Your Arm, O Beloved Lord. ||4||2||

¹²Slowly at first, the body-cart loaded with dust starts to move.

¹³Later, it is driven on by the stick. ||1||

¹⁴The body moves along like the ball of dung, driven on by the dung-beetle.

¹⁵The beloved soul goes down to the pool to wash itself clean. ||1||Pause||

¹⁶The washerman washes, imbued with the Lord's Love.

¹⁷My mind is imbued with the Lord's Lotus Feet. ||2||

¹⁸Prays Naam Dayv, O Lord, You are All-pervading.

¹⁹Please be kind to Your devotee. ||3||3||

²⁰Basant, The Word Of Ravi Daas Jee:

²¹One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

²²You know nothing.

²³Seeing your clothes, you are so proud of yourself.

²⁴The proud bride shall not find a place with the Lord.

²⁵Above your head, the crow of death is cawing. ||1||

²⁶Why are you so proud? You are insane.

²⁷Even the mushrooms of summer live longer than you. ||1||Pause||

²⁸The deer does not know the secret;

²⁹the musk is within its own body, but it searches for it outside.

³⁰Whoever reflects on his own body

³¹- the Messenger of Death does not abuse him. ||2||

³²The man is so proud of his sons and his wife;

³³his Lord and Master shall call for his account.

³⁴The soul suffers in pain for the actions it has committed.

³⁵Afterwards, whom shall you call, "Dear, Dear." ||3||

³⁶If you seek the Support of the Holy,

³⁷millions upon millions of your sins shall be totally erased.

³⁸Says Ravi Daas, one who chants the Naam, the Name of the Lord,

³⁹is not concerned with social class, birth and rebirth. ||4||1||

⁴⁰Basant, Kabeer Jee:

⁴¹One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

⁴²You walk like a cow.

⁴³The hair on your tail is shiny and lustrous. ||1||

⁴⁴Look around, and eat anything in this house.

⁴⁵But do not go out to any other. ||1||Pause||

⁴⁶You lick the grinding bowl, and eat the flour.

⁴⁷Where have you taken the kitchen rags? ||2||

⁴⁸Your gaze is fixed on the basket in the cupboard.

⁴⁹Watch out - a stick may strike you from behind. ||3||

⁵⁰Says Kabeer, you have over-indulged in your pleasures.

⁵¹Watch out - someone may throw a brick at you. ||4||1||