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Wadahans, Third Mehl:

Listen, O brides of the Lord: serve your Beloved Husband Lord, and contemplate the Word of His Shabad.

The worthless bride does not know her Husband Lord - she is deluded; forgetting her Husband Lord, she weeps and wails.

She weeps, thinking of her Husband Lord, and she cherishes His virtues; her Husband Lord does not die, and does not leave.

As Gurmukh, she knows the Lord; through the Word of His Shabad, He is realized; through True Love, she merges with Him.

She who does not know her Husband Lord, the Architect of karma, is deluded by falsehood - she herself is false.

Listen, O brides of the Lord: serve your Beloved Husband Lord, and contemplate the Word of His Shabad. ||1||

He Himself created the whole world; the world comes and goes.

The love of Maya has ruined the world; people die, to be re-born, over and over again.

People die to be re-born, over and over again, while their sins increase; without spiritual wisdom, they are deluded.

Without the Word of the Shabad, the Husband Lord is not found; the worthless, false bride wastes her life away, weeping and wailing.

He is my Beloved Husband Lord, the Life of the World - for whom should I weep? They alone weep, who forget their Husband Lord.

He Himself created the whole world; the world comes and goes. ||2||

That Husband Lord is True, forever True; He does not die, and He does not leave.

The ignorant soul-bride wanders in delusion; in the love of duality, she sits like a widow.

She sits like a widow, in the love of duality; through emotional attachment to Maya, she suffers in pain. She is growing old, and her body is withering away.

Whatever has come, all that shall pass away; through the love of duality, they suffer in pain.

They do not see the Messenger of Death; they long for Maya, and their consciousness is attached to greed.

That Husband Lord is True, forever True; He does not die, and He does not leave. ||3||

Some weep and wail, separated from their Husband Lord; the blind ones do not know that their Husband is with them.

By Guru's Grace, they may meet with their True Husband, and cherish Him always deep within.

She cherishes her Husband deep within herself - He is always with her; the self-willed manmukhs think that He is far away.

This body rolls in the dust, and is totally useless; it does not realize the Presence of the Lord and Master.

O Nanak, that soul-bride is united in Union; she cherishes her Beloved Husband forever, deep within herself.

Some weep and wail, separated from their Husband Lord; the blind ones do not know that their Husband is with them. ||4||2||