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But in adversity they will fly, And not one will be near thee. The woman of the house who loves thee, And is ever in thy bosom, When the spirit quits the body, Will fly with alarm from the dead. Such is the way of the world With all on which we place affection; Do thou, Nának, at thy last hour, Rely alone upon Ilari.
Priest as beforeMeditating on the Sáheb of the Book , &c.
People as beforeWah Guru, &c.
HYMN. My holy teacher is he who teaches clemency - The heart is awake withiu: who seeks may find. Wonderful is that rosary, every bead of which is the breath. Lying apart in its arbour, it knows what cometh to pass. The Sage is hie wlio is merciful; the merciless is a butcher. Thou wieldest the knife and regardlessly exclaimest: What is a goat, what is a cow, what are animals? But the Saheb declares that the blood of all is the same. Saints, Prophets, and Seers have all passed in death. Nának, destroy not life for the preservation of the body. That desire of life which is in the heart do thou, brother, repress. Nának, calling aloud, says: take refuge with Ilari.
Priest as beforcMeditating on the Sáheb, &c.
People as beforeIVah Guru— Wah Guru ki fateh.**
* [For further specimens see Journal of the As. Soc. of Bengal XIX, 521-33, and XX, 314–20. 487-502: Translation of the Vichitra Natak, by Capt. G. SIDDONS.]
