ਰਾਜਾ ਪਰਜਾ ਹੋਇ ਕੈ ਚਾਕਰ ਕੂਕਰ ਦੇਸਿ ਦੁਹਾਈ ।

raajaa parajaa hoe kai chaakar kookar des duhaaee |

By becoming subject of a king, people as servants go around the countries to abide orders.

ਜੰਮਦਿਆ ਰੁਣਿਝੁੰਝਣਾ ਨਾਨਕ ਦਾਦਕ ਹੋਇ ਵਧਾਈ ।

jamadiaa runijhunjhanaa naanak daadak hoe vadhaaee |

On the birth of a child felicitatory songs are sung in the houses of the maternal and paternal grandfathers.

ਵੀਵਾਹਾ ਨੋ ਸਿਠਣੀਆ ਦੁਹੀ ਵਲੀ ਦੁਇ ਤੂਰ ਵਜਾਈ ।

veevaahaa no sitthaneea duhee valee due toor vajaaee |

On marriage occasions the songs are sung by woman in scurrilous language and trumpets are played on the part of the bride and bridegroom (but not so among the gurmukhs).

ਰੋਵਣੁ ਪਿਟਣੁ ਮੁਇਆ ਨੋ ਵੈਣੁ ਅਲਾਹਣਿ ਧੁਮ ਧੁਮਾਈ ।

rovan pittan mueaa no vain alaahan dhum dhumaaee |

Weepings and wailings are there for the dead;

ਸਾਧਸੰਗਤਿ ਸਚੁ ਸੋਹਿਲਾ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਸਾਧਸੰਗਤਿ ਲਿਵ ਲਾਈ ।

saadhasangat sach sohilaa guramukh saadhasangat liv laaee |

But the gurmukhs (the Guru-oriented) recite the Sohila in the company of the saints on such occasions.

ਬੇਦ ਕਤੇਬਹੁ ਬਾਹਰਾ ਜੰਮਣਿ ਮਰਣਿ ਅਲਿਪਤੁ ਰਹਾਈ ।

bed katebahu baaharaa jaman maran alipat rahaaee |

The Sikh (gurmukh) goes beyond the holy books of the Hindus and Muslims i.e. the Vedas and the Katebas, and neither rejoices at a birth nor mourns at a death.

ਆਸਾ ਵਿਚਿ ਨਿਰਾਸੁ ਵਲਾਈ ।੧੪।

aasaa vich niraas valaaee |14|

In the midst of desires he remains free from them.