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Raag Maaroo, First Mehl, First House, Chau-Padas:

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One Universal Creator God. Truth Is The Name. Creative Being Personified. No Fear. No Hatred. Image Of The Undying. Beyond Birth. Self-Existent. By Guru's Grace:

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Shalok:

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O my Friend, I shall forever remain the dust of Your feet.

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Nanak seeks Your protection, and beholds You ever-present, here and now. ||1||

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SHABAD:

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Those who receive the call in the last hours of the night, chant the Name of their Lord and Master.

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Tents, canopies, pavilions and carriages are prepared and made ready for them.

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You send out the call, Lord, to those who meditate on Your Name. ||1||

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Father, I am unfortunate, a fraud.

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I have not found Your Name; my mind is blind and deluded by doubt. ||1||Pause||

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I have enjoyed the tastes, and now my pains have come to fruition; such is my pre-ordained destiny, O my mother.

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Now my joys are few, and my pains are many. In utter agony, I pass my life. ||2||

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What separation could be worse than separation from the Lord? For those who are united with Him, what other union can there be?

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Praise the Lord and Master, who, having created this play, beholds it. ||3||

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By good destiny, this union comes about; this body enjoys its pleasures.

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Those who have lost their destiny, suffer separation from this union. O Nanak, they may still be united once again! ||4||1||

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Maaroo, First Mehl:

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The union of the mother and father brings the body into being.

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The Creator inscribes upon it the inscription of its destiny.

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According to this inscription, gifts, light and glorious greatness are received.

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Joining with Maya, the spiritual consciousness is lost. ||1||

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O foolish mind, why are you so proud?

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You shall have to arise and depart when it pleases your Lord and Master. ||1||Pause||

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Abandon the tastes of the world, and find intuitive peace.

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All must abandon their worldly homes; no one remains here forever.

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Eat some, and save the rest,

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if you are destined to return to the world again. ||2||

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He adorns his body and ress in silk robes.

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He issues all sorts of commands.

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Preparing his comfortable bed, he sleeps.

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When he falls into the hands of the Messenger of Death, what good does it do to cry out? ||3||

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Household affairs are whirlpools of entanglements, O Siblings of Destiny.