1 This body is a city teeming with lust and anger.
The company of holy people can shatter these vices.
The meeting with the Guru that is written,
anchors the mind to the immutable Centre.
There is merit in joining our palms to greet holy people,
There is merit in prostrating before holy people.
2 The deluded have not tasted the elixir of love,
they are pierced by the thorn of ego.As they move on, the thorn pierces more painfully,
till the end where death awaits with staff poised to strike.
3 But the devotees steeped in the Name
are sundered from the suffering of life and death;They attain the Everlasting, the Supreme Being,
and they are honoured in regions far and beyond.
4 We are poor and low, but we still belong to You,
Highest of the high, protect us and keep us with You.Nanak says, Your Name alone is my support and sustenance,
the Divine Name alone brings perfect joy.