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Bẖukẖi▫ā bẖukẖ na uṯrī je bannā purī▫ā bẖār. Sahas si▫āṇpā lakẖ hohi ṯa ik na cẖalai nāl. Kiv sacẖi▫ārā ho▫ī▫ai kiv kūrhai ṯutai pāl. Hukam rajā▫ī cẖalṇā Nānak likẖi▫ā nāl. ॥1॥

By remaining silent, inner silence is not obtained, even by remaining continuously absorbed within. The hunger of the hungry cannot be quenched, even by piling up loads of worldly goods. Hundreds of thousands of clever tricks, but even one will not go along with you in the end. So how can you become truthful? And how can the veil of illusion be torn away? O Nanak, it is written that by obeying the Hukam (Will of the Lord) and by walking His path. ॥1॥

Kis hī nāl na cẖali▫ā kẖap kẖap mu▫e asār. ॥3॥

elephants, saddled horses, hundreds of thousands of uncounted armies -
none of these will go along with anyone in the end, and yet,
the fools bother themselves to exhaustion with these, and then die. ॥3॥

Sabẖ jag mėh ḏohī ferī▫ai bin nāvai sir kāl. Pind paṛai jī▫o kẖelsī baḏfailī ki▫ā hāl. ॥4॥

You may beat the drum and proclaim authority over the whole world,
but without the Remembrance of the Lord (Naam), death hovers over your head.
When the body falls, the play of life is over; what shall be the condition of the evil-doers then? ॥4॥

Sabẖo bẖajai āsrā cẖukai sabẖ asrā▫o. Cẖiṯ āvai os pārbarahm lagai na ṯaṯī vā▫o. ॥1॥

when your friends turn into enemies, and even your relatives have deserted you,
and when all support has given way, and all hope has been lost -
if you then come to remember the Supreme Lord God, even the hot wind shall not touch you. ॥1॥