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The Hukam of Your Command is the pleasure of Your Will, Lord. To say anything else is far beyond anyone's reach.
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O Nanak, the True King does not seek advice from anyone else in His decisions. ||4||
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O Baba, the pleasure of other sleep is false.
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By such sleep, the body is ruined, and wickedness and corruption enter into the mind. ||1||Pause||4||7||
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Siree Raag, First Mehl:
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With the body of saffron, and the tongue a jewel, and the breath of the body pure fragrant incense;
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with the face anointed at the sixty-eight holy places of pilgrimage, and the heart illuminated with wisdom
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-with that wisdom, chant the Praises of the True Name, the Treasure of Excellence. ||1||
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O Baba, other wisdom is useless and irrelevant.
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If falsehood is practiced a hundred times, it is still false in its effects. ||1||Pause||
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You may be worshipped and adored as a Pir (a spiritual teacher); you may be welcomed by all the world;
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you may adopt a lofty name, and be known to have supernatural spiritual powers
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-even so, if you are not accepted in the Court of the Lord, then all this adoration is false. ||2||
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No one can overthrow those who have been established by the True Guru.
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The Treasure of the Naam, the Name of the Lord, is within them, and through the Naam, they are radiant and famous.
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They worship the Naam, and they believe in the Naam. The True One is forever Intact and Unbroken. ||3||
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When the body mingles with dust, what happens to the soul?
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All clever tricks are burnt away, and you shall depart crying.
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O Nanak, those who forget the Naam-what will happen when they go to the Court of the Lord? ||4||8||
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Siree Raag, First Mehl:
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The virtuous wife exudes virtue; the unvirtuous suffer in misery.
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If you long for your Husband Lord, O soul-bride, you must know that He is not met by falsehood.
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No boat or raft can take you to Him. Your Husband Lord is far away. ||1||
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My Lord and Master is Perfect; His Throne is Eternal and Immovable.
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One who attains perfection as Gurmukh, obtains the Immeasurable True Lord. ||1||Pause||
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The Palace of the Lord God is so beautiful. Within it, there are gems, rubies, pearls and flawless diamonds. A fortress of gold surrounds this Source of Nectar.
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How can I climb up to the Fortress without a ladder? By meditating on the Lord, through the Guru, I am blessed and exalted. ||2||
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The Guru is the Ladder, the Guru is the Boat, and the Guru is the Raft to take me to the Lord's Name.
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The Guru is the Boat to carry me across the world-ocean; the Guru is the Sacred Shrine of Pilgrimage, the Guru is the Holy River.
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If it pleases Him, I bathe in the Pool of Truth, and become radiant and pure. ||3||
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He is called the Most Perfect of the Perfect. He sits upon His Perfect Throne.
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He looks so Beautiful in His Perfect Place. He fulfills the hopes of the hopeless.
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O Nanak, if one obtains the Perfect Lord, how can his virtues decrease? ||4||9||
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Siree Raag, First Mehl:
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Come, my dear sisters and spiritual companions; hug me close in your embrace.
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Let's join together, and tell stories of our All-powerful Husband Lord.
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All Virtues are in our True Lord and Master; we are utterly without virtue. ||1||
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O Creator Lord, all are in Your Power.
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I dwell upon the One Word of the Shabad. You are mine-what else do I need? ||1||Pause||
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Go, and ask the happy soul-brides, "By what virtuous qualities do you enjoy your Husband Lord?"
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"We are adorned with intuitive ease, contentment and sweet words.
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We meet with our Beloved, the Source of Joy, when we listen to the Word of the Guru's Shabad."||2||