ਸਹਸ ਮਣਾ ਰੂਈ ਜਲੈ ਚਿਣਗਾਰੀ ਧੁਖੈ।

Sahas Manaa Rooee Jalai Chinagaaree Dhukhai |

The thousand mounds of cotton are burnt by one spark.

ਬੂਰੁ ਵਿਣਾਹੇ ਪਾਣੀਐ ਖਉ ਲਾਖਹੁ ਰੁਖੈ।

Booru Vinaahay Paaneeai Khau Laakhahu Rukhai |

The water gossamer spoils water and the shellac becomes the reason for the destruction of the tree.

ਜਿਉ ਉਦਮਾਦੀ ਅਤੀਸਾਰੁ ਖਈ ਰੋਗੁ ਮਨੁਖੈ।

Jiu Udamaadee Ateesaaru Khaee Rogu Manukhai |

The mad man is mined by diarrhoea and the common man is destroyed by tuberculosis (consumption).

ਜਿਉ ਜਾਲਿ ਪੰਖੇਰੂ ਫਾਸਦੇ ਚੁਗਣ ਦੀ ਭੁਖੈ।

Jiu Jaali Pankhayroo Dhaasaday Chugan Dee Bhukhai |

As the birds get entangled in the net out of their greed for seeds,

ਤਿਉ ਅਜਰੁ ਝਾਕ ਭੰਡਾਰ ਦੀ ਵਿਆਪੇ ਵੇਮੁਖੈ ॥੧੪॥

Tiu Ajaru Jhaak Bhandaar Dee Viaapay Vaymukhai ||14 ||

the desire for the storage of unendurable (earning from the religious place) persists in the heart of the apostate.