Classic Poem

O Man, remember the true Name.
Moment by moment, day and night thy time grows shorter—and this body wastes away.
Youth is lost with carnal desires: and childhood in ignorance.
Grown old, still thou hast no understanding: in what folly art thou entangled?
One has given thee this birth as man, but why hast thou forgotten Him?
Him, from knowledge of whom comes salvation, Him, not one moment hast thou sung.
On wealth why dost thou pride thyself: nought of this will go with thee.
Nanak says—remember Chintamani, He alone helps at the last.