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But if the Word of my True Guru is not pleasing to his mind, then all his preparations and beautiful decorations are useless. ||3||
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Walk playfully and carefree, O my friends and companions; cherish the Glorious Virtues of my Lord and Master.
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To serve, as Gurmukh, is pleasing to my God. Through the True Guru, the unknown is known. ||4||
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Women and men, all the men and women, all came from the One Primal Lord God.
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My mind loves the dust of the feet of the humble; the Lord emancipates those who meet with the Lord's humble servants. ||5||
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From village to village, throughout all the cities I wandered; and then, inspired by the Lord's humble servants, I found Him deep within the nucleus of my heart.
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Faith and longing have welled up within me, and I have been blended with the Lord; the Guru, the Guru, has saved me. ||6||
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The thread of my breath has been made totally sublime and pure; I contemplate the Shabad, the Word of the True Guru.
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I came back to the home of my own inner self; drinking in the ambrosial essence, I see the world, without my eyes. ||7||
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I cannot describe Your Glorious Virtues, Lord; You are the temple, and I am just a tiny worm.
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Bless Nanak with Your Mercy, and unite him with the Guru; meditating on my Lord, my mind is comforted and consoled. ||8||5||
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O my mind, vibrate, meditate on the inaccessible and infinite Lord and Master.
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I am such a great sinner; I am so unworthy. And yet the Guru, in His Mercy, has saved me. ||1||Pause||
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I have found the Holy Person, the Holy and humble servant of the Lord; I offer a prayer to Him, my Beloved Guru.
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Please, bless me with the wealth, the capital of the Lord's Name, and take away all my hunger and thirst. ||1||
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The moth, the deer, the bumble bee, the elephant and the fish are ruined, each by the one passion that controls them.
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The five powerful demons are in the body; the Guru, the True Guru turns out these sins. ||2||
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I searched and searched through the Shaastras and the Vedas; Naarad the silent sage proclaimed these words as well.
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Chanting the Lord's Name, salvation is attained; the Guru saves those in the Sat Sangat, the True Congregation. ||3||
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In love with the Beloved Lord God, one looks at Him as the lotus looks at the sun.
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The peacock dances on the mountain, when the clouds hang low and heavy. ||4||
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The faithless cyinc may be totally drenched with ambrosial nectar, but even so, all his branches and flowers are filled with venom.
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The more one bows down in humility before the faithless cyinc, the more he provokes, and stabs, and spits out his poison. ||5||
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Remain with the Holy man, the Saint of the Saints, who chants the Lord's Praises for the benefit of all.
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Meeting the Saint of Saints, the mind blossoms forth, like the lotus, exalted by obtaining the water. ||6||
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The waves of greed are like mad dogs with rabies. Their madness ruins everything.
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When the news reached the Court of my Lord and Master, the Guru took up the sword of spiritual wisdom, and killed them. ||7||
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Save me, save me, save me, O my God; shower me with Your Mercy, and save me!
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O Nanak, I have no other support; the Guru, the True Guru, has saved me. ||8||6||
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