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Siree Raag, Fifth Mehl:

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Arising each day, you cherish your body, but you are idiotic, ignorant and without understanding.

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You are not conscious of God, and your body shall be cast into the wilderness.

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Focus your consciousness on the True Guru; you shall enjoy bliss forever and ever. ||1||

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O mortal, you came here to earn a profit.

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What useless activities are you attached to? Your life-night is coming to its end. ||1||Pause||

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The animals and the birds frolic and play-they do not see death.

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Mankind is also with them, trapped in the net of Maya.

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Those who always remember the Naam, the Name of the Lord, are considered to be liberated. ||2||

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That dwelling which you will have to abandon and vacate-you are attached to it in your mind.

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And that place where you must go to dwell-you have no regard for it at all.

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Those who fall at the Feet of the Guru are released from this bondage. ||3||

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No one else can save you-don't look for anyone else.

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I have searched in all four directions; I have come to find His Sanctuary.

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O Nanak, the True King has pulled me out and saved me from drowning! ||4||3||73||

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Siree Raag, Fifth Mehl:

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For a brief moment, man is a guest of the Lord; he tries to resolve his affairs.

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Engrossed in Maya and sexual desire, the fool does not understand.

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He arises and departs with regret, and falls into the clutches of the Messenger of Death. ||1||

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You are sitting on the collapsing riverbank-are you blind?

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If you are so pre-destined, then act according to the Guru's Teachings. ||1||Pause||

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The Reaper does not look upon any as unripe, half-ripe or fully ripe.

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Picking up and wielding their sickles, the harvesters arrive.

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When the landlord gives the order, they cut and measure the crop. ||2||

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The first watch of the night passes away in worthless affairs, and the second passes in deep sleep.

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In the third, they babble nonsense, and when the fourth watch comes, the day of death has arrived.

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The thought of the One who bestows body and soul never enters the mind. ||3||

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I am devoted to the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy; I sacrifice my soul to them.

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Through them, understanding has entered my mind, and I have met the All-knowing Lord God.

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Nanak sees the Lord always with him-the Lord, the Inner-knower, the Searcher of hearts. ||4||4||74||

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Siree Raag, Fifth Mehl:

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Let me forget everything, but let me not forget the One Lord.

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All my evil pursuits have been burnt away; the Guru has blessed me with the Naam, the true object of life.

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Give up all other hopes, and rely on the One Hope.

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Those who serve the True Guru receive a place in the world hereafter. ||1||

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O my mind, praise the Creator.

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Give up all your clever tricks, and fall at the Feet of the Guru. ||1||Pause||

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Pain and hunger shall not oppress you, if the Giver of Peace comes into your mind.

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No undertaking shall fail, when the True Lord is always in your heart.

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No one can kill that one unto whom You, Lord, give Your Hand and protect.

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Serve the Guru, the Giver of Peace; He shall remove and wash off all your faults. ||2||

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Your servant begs to serve those who are enjoined to Your service.