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Appendix 5 Like birds at dusk settling on trees To roost for the night Some joyous, some sorrowing; all lost in themselves. When dawns the day and gone is the night They look up at the sky and resume their flight. So does man fulfil his destiny. Those who through Your Name have knowledge Know that the world is but a temporary shepherd's hut In a pasture land. Man is a pitcher overflowing with lust and anger. Without stores the shop looks desolate And so does the home So also lhe human frame without lhe treasury of the Name. The Guru throws wide open the ponals of wisdom.
By vinue of your past deeds you meet the Guru. Truth smiles on godly men. Those that gently give up their bodies and souls to the Lord At their feet will Nanak fall. (Gaurij
su~ niih fnahhu ft elcalri ban miihi
All alone am I in I.he wilderness 0 Lord, my Husband, listen to me! How can a wife be free of care Unless she fmds You who are free of all care? She cannot live without her Husband Her nights are long and hard to endure For sleep comes not to her. 0 Lord of Love, listen to my prayer!
Only my Love cares for me, none else gives a thought Alone am I in my lamentation. 0 Nanak, the fortunate woman has her tryst with her Lord And becomes one with Him. Wllhout Him her life is one of sorrow. (Gau11")
vidya vicari ta!! paruplwri When one's acts are righteous Learning and knowledge follow.