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Take it each and every day, and your body shall not waste away.

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At the very last instant, you shall strike down the Messenger of Death. ||1||

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So take such medicine, O fool,

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by which your corruption shall be taken away. ||1||Pause||

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Power, wealth and youth are all just shadows,

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as are the vehicles you see moving around.

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Neither your body, nor your fame, nor your social status shall go along with you.

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In the next world it is day, while here, it is all night. ||2||

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Let your taste for pleasures be the firewood, let your greed be the ghee,

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and your sexual desire and anger the cooking oil; burn them in the fire.

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Some make burnt offerings, hold sacred feasts, and read the Puraanas.

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Whatever pleases God is acceptable. ||3||

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Intense meditation is the paper, and Your Name is the insignia.

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Those for whom this treasure is ordered,

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look wealthy when they reach their true home.

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O Nanak, blessed is that mother who gave birth to them. ||4||3||8||

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Malaar, First Mehl:

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You wear white clothes, and speak sweet words.

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Your nose is sharp, and your eyes are black.

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Have you ever seen your Lord and Master, O sister? ||1||

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O my All-powerful Lord and Master, by Your power, I fly and soar, and ascend to the heavens.

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I see Him in the water, on the land, in the mountains, on the river-banks,

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in all places and interspaces, O brother. ||2||

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He fashioned the body, and gave it wings;

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He gave it great thirst and desire to fly.

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When He bestows His Glance of Grace, I am comforted and consoled.

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As He makes me see, so do I see, O brother. ||3||

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Neither this body, nor its wings, shall go to the world hereafter.

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It is a fusion of air, water and fire.

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O Nanak, if it is in the mortal's karma, then he meditates on the Lord, with the Guru as his Spiritual Teacher.

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This body is absorbed in the Truth. ||4||4||9||

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Malaar, Third Mehl, Chau-Padas, First House:

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

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The Formless Lord is formed by Himself. He Himself deludes in doubt.

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Creating the Creation, the Creator Himself beholds it; He enjoins us as He pleases.

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This is the true greatness of His servant, that he obeys the Hukam of the Lord's Command. ||1||

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Only He Himself knows His Will. By Guru's Grace, it is grasped.

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When this play of Shiva and Shakti comes to his home, he remains dead while yet alive. ||1||Pause||

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They read the Vedas, and read them again, and engage in arguments about Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva.

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This three-phased Maya has deluded the whole world into cynicism about death and birth.

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By Guru's Grace, know the One Lord, and the anxiety of your mind will be allayed. ||2||

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I am meek, foolish and thoughtless, but still, You take care of me.

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Please be kind to me, and make me the slave of Your slaves, so that I may serve You.

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Please bless me with the treasure of the One Name, that I may chant it, day and night. ||3||

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Says Nanak, by Guru's Grace, understand. Hardly anyone considers this.

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Like foam bubbling up on the surface of the water, so is this world.

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