Let mercy be your mosque, faith your prayer-mat, and honest living your Koran. |
Let sincere faith be your bowing in prayer, and let the conquest of your mind be your objective in life. |
let the Fear of God be the boat to carry your soul across. |
Let the Fear of God be your feet, and let His Love be your hands; let His Understanding be your eyes. Says Nanak, in this way, O wise soul-bride, you shall be united with your Husband Lord. |
Let wisdom be your mother, and contentment your father. Let Truth be your brother - these are your best relatives. |
Let your hopes and anxieties depart; thus pollution is washed away. |
Let your minds be imbued with His Love, O blessed and fortunate ones. By His Pleasure, the Guru bestows His Gifts. |
Life and death come to all who are born. Everything here gets devoured by Death. He sits and examines the accounts, there where no one goes along with anyone. Those who weep and wail might just as well all tie bundles of straw. |
Life is useless, as long as one does not know the Lord God. |
Life of the World, Infinite Lord and Master, Master of the Universe, All-powerful Architect of Destiny. Whichever way You turn me, O my Lord and Master, that is the way I shall go. |
Like a boat in the ocean of fear; like a lamp which illumines the darkness; like fire which takes away the pain of cold - just so, chanting the Name, the mind becomes peaceful. |
Like a child, I ask for everything. God is Bountiful and Beautiful; He never comes up empty. |
Like a lamp lit in the darkness, the spiritual wisdom of the Guru dispels ignorance. |
Like an overnight guest, you shall arise and depart in the morning. Why are you so attached to your household? It is all like flowers in the garden. |
Like the mad dog running around in all directions, the greedy person, unaware, consumes everything, edible and non-edible alike. Engrossed in the intoxication of sexual desire and anger, people wander through reincarnation over and over again. |