Remember God, remember God,
O friend, let this your duty be.

Cast aside all illusion
and seek His refuge only.

False is all worldly happiness,
all its honour, all splendour.

Know your pelf to be a dream,
its possession is no pride.

Treat the kingdom on this earth
like a dune in the desert.

Nanak says: This body, O friend,
is with each moment perishing;
Like your yesterday indeed,
Your today is also passing.
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