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Bihaagraa, Fifth Mehl, Chhant:

O you of sublime faith, chant the Lord's Name; why do you remain silent?

with your eyes, you have seen the treacherous ways of Maya.

Nothing shall go along with you, except the Name of the Lord of the Universe.

Land, clothes, gold and silver - all of these things are useless.

Children, spouse, worldly honors, elephants, horses and other corrupting influences shall not go with you.

Prays Nanak, without the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, the whole world is false. ||1||

O king, why are you sleeping? Why don't you wake up to reality?

It is useless to cry and whine about Maya, but so many cry out and bewail.

So many cry out for Maya, the great enticer, but without the Name of the Lord, there is no peace.

Thousands of clever tricks and efforts will not succeed. One goes wherever the Lord wills him to go.

In the beginning, in the middle, and in the end, He is all-pervading everywhere; He is in each and every heart.

Prays Nanak, those who join the Saadh Sangat go to the house of the Lord with honor. ||2||

O king of mortals, know that your palaces and wise servants shall be of no use in the end.

You shall certainly have to separate yourself from them, and their attachment shall make you feel regret.

Beholding the phantom city, you have gone astray; how can you now find stability?

Absorbed in things other than the Name of the Lord, this human life is wasted in vain.

Indulging in egotistical actions, your thirst is not quenched. Your desires are not fulfilled, and you do not attain spiritual wisdom.

Prays Nanak, without the Name of the Lord, so many have departed with regret. ||3||

Showering His blessings, the Lord has made me His own.

Grasping me by the arm, He has pulled me out of the mud, and He has blessed me with the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy.

Worshipping the Lord in the Saadh Sangat, all my sins and sufferings are burnt away.

This is the greatest religion, and the best act of charity; this alone shall go along with you.

My tongue chants in adoration the Name of the One Lord and Master; my mind and body are drenched in the Lord's Name.

O Nanak, whoever the Lord unites with Himself, is filled with all virtues. ||4||6||9||