This Shabad is by Guru Nanak Dev Ji in Raag Malaar on Pannaa 1288
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ma 1 ||
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First Mehla:
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hrxW bwjW qY iskdwrW eyn@w piV@Aw nwau ]
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haranaa(n) baajaa(n) thai sikadhaaraa(n) eaenhaa parrihaaa naao ||
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Deer, falcons and government officials are known to be trained and clever.
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PWDI lgI jwiq Phwiein AgY nwhI Qwau ]
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faa(n)dhhee lagee jaath fehaaein agai naahee thhaao ||
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When the trap is set, they trap their own kind; hereafter they will find no place of rest.
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so piVAw so pMifqu bInw ijn@I kmwxw nwau ]
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so parriaa so pa(n)ddith beenaa jinhee kamaanaa naao ||
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He alone is learned and wise, and he alone is a scholar, who practices the Name.
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pihlo dy jV AMdir jMmY qw aupir hovY CWau ]
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pehilo dhae jarr a(n)dhar ja(n)mai thaa oupar hovai shhaa(n)o ||
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First, the tree puts down its roots, and then it spreads out its shade above.
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rwjy sIh mukdm kuqy ]
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raajae seeh mukadham kuthae ||
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The kings are tigers, and their officials are dogs;
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jwie jgwiein@ bYTy suqy ]
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jaae jagaaeinih bait(h)ae suthae ||
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they go out and awaken the sleeping people to harass them.
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cwkr nhdw pwiein@ Gwau ]
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chaakar nehadhaa paaeinih ghaao ||
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The public servants inflict wounds with their nails.
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rqu ipqu kuiqho cit jwhu ]
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rath pith kuthiho chatt jaahu ||
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The dogs lick up the blood that is spilled.
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ijQY jIAW hosI swr ]
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jithhai jeeaaa(n) hosee saar ||
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But there, in the Court of the Lord, all beings will be judged.
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nkØIN vFNØI lwieqbwr ]2]
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nakaee(n) vadta(n)aee laaeithabaar ||2||
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Those who have violated the people's trust will be disgraced; their noses will be cut off. ||2||
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 This translation is an updated version.
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