Raag Vadhans

¹One 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:

²Raag Wadahans, First Mehl, First House:

³To the addict, there is nothing like the drug; to the fish, there is nothing else like water.

⁴Those who are attuned to their Lord - everyone is pleasing to them. ||1||

⁵I am a sacrifice, cut apart into pieces, a sacrifice to Your Name, O Lord Master. ||1||Pause||

⁶The Lord is the fruitful tree; His Name is ambrosial nectar.

⁷Those who drink it in are satisfied; I am a sacrifice to them. ||2||

⁸You are not visible to me, although You dwell with everyone.

⁹How can the thirst of the thirsty be quenched, with that wall between me and the pond? ||3||

¹⁰Nanak is Your merchant; You, O Lord Master, are my merchandise.

¹¹My mind is cleansed of doubt, only when I praise You, and pray to You. ||4||1||

¹²Wadahans, First Mehl:

¹³The virtuous bride enjoys her Husband Lord; why does the unworthy one cry out?

¹⁴If she were to become virtuous, then she too could enjoy her Husband Lord. ||1||

¹⁵My Husband Lord is loving and playful; why should the soul-bride enjoy anyone else? ||1||Pause||

¹⁶If the soul-bride does good deeds, and strings them on the thread of her mind,

¹⁷she obtains the jewel, which cannot be purchased for any price, strung upon the thread of her consciousness. ||2||

¹⁸I ask, but do not follow the way shown to me; still, I claim to have reached my destination.

¹⁹I do not speak with You, O my Husband Lord; how then can I come to have a place in Your home? ||3||

²⁰O Nanak, without the One Lord, there is no other at all.

²¹If the soul-bride remains attached to You, then she shall enjoy her Husband Lord. ||4||2||

²²Wadahans, First Mehl, Second House:

²³The peacocks are singing so sweetly, O sister; the rainy season of Saawan has come.

²⁴Your beauteous eyes are like a string of charms, fascinating and enticing the soul-bride.

²⁵I would cut myself into pieces for the Blessed Vision of Your Darshan; I am a sacrifice to Your Name.

²⁶I take pride in You; without You, what could I be proud of?

²⁷So smash your bracelets along with your bed, O soul-bride, and break your arms, along with the arms of your couch.

²⁸In spite of all the decorations which you have made, O soul-bride, your Husband Lord is enjoying someone else.

¹You don't have the bracelets of gold, nor the good crystal jewelry; you haven't dealt with the true jeweller.

²Those arms, which do not embrace the neck of the Husband Lord, burn in anguish.

³All my companions have gone to enjoy their Husband Lord; which door should I, the wretched one, go to?

⁴O friend, I may look very attractive, but I am not pleasing to my Husband Lord at all.

⁵I have woven my hair into lovely braids, and saturated their partings with vermillion;

⁶but when I go before Him, I am not accepted, and I die, suffering in anguish.

⁷I weep; the whole world weeps; even the birds of the forest weep with me.

⁸The only thing which doesn't weep is my body's sense of separateness, which has separated me from my Lord.

⁹In a dream, He came, and went away again; I cried so many tears.

¹⁰I can't come to You, O my Beloved, and I can't send anyone to You.

¹¹Come to me, O blessed sleep - perhaps I will see my Husband Lord again.

¹²One who brings me a message from my Lord and Master - says Nanak, what shall I give to Him?

¹³Cutting off my head, I give it to Him to sit upon; without my head, I shall still serve Him.

¹⁴Why haven't I died? Why hasn't my life just ended? My Husband Lord has become a stranger to me. ||1||3||

¹⁵Wadahans, Third Mehl, First House:

¹⁶One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

¹⁷When the mind is filthy, everything is filthy; by washing the body, the mind is not cleaned.

¹⁸This world is deluded by doubt; how rare are those who understand this. ||1||

¹⁹O my mind, chant the One Name.

²⁰The True Guru has given me this treasure. ||1||Pause||

²¹Even if one learns the Yogic postures of the Siddhas, and holds his sexual energy in check,

²²still, the filth of the mind is not removed, and the filth of egotism is not eliminated. ||2||

²³This mind is not controlled by any other discipline, except the Sanctuary of the True Guru.

²⁴Meeting the True Guru, one is transformed beyond description. ||3||

²⁵Prays Nanak, one who dies upon meeting the True Guru, shall be rejuvenated through the Word of the Guru's Shabad.

²⁶The filth of his attachment and possessiveness shall depart, and his mind shall become pure. ||4||1||

²⁷Wadahans, Third Mehl:

²⁸By His Grace, one serves the True Guru; by His Grace, service is performed.

²⁹By His grace, this mind is controlled, and by His Grace, it becomes pure. ||1||

³⁰O my mind, think of the True Lord.

³¹Think of the One Lord, and you shall obtain peace; you shall never suffer in sorrow again. ||1||Pause||

³²By His Grace, one dies while yet alive, and by His Grace, the Word of the Shabad is enshrined in the mind.

³³By His Grace, one understands the Hukam of the Lord's Command, and by His Command, one merges into the Lord. ||2||

³⁴That tongue, which does not savor the sublime essence of the Lord - may that tongue be burned off!

³⁵It remains attached to other pleasures, and through the love of duality, it suffers in pain. ||3||

³⁶The One Lord grants His Grace to all; He Himself makes distinctions.

³⁷O Nanak, meeting the True Guru, the fruits are obtained, and one is blessed with the Glorious Greatness of the Naam. ||4||2||

¹Wadahans, Third Mehl:

²Emotional attachment to Maya is darkness; without the Guru, there is no wisdom.

³Those who are attached to the Word of the Shabad understand; duality has ruined the people. ||1||

⁴O my mind, under Guru's Instruction, do good deeds.

⁵Dwell forever and ever upon the Lord God, and you shall find the gate of salvation. ||1||Pause||

⁶The Lord alone is the treasure of virtue; He Himself gives, and then one receives.

⁷Without the Name, all are separated from the Lord; through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, one meets the Lord. ||2||

⁸Acting in ego, they lose, and nothing comes into their hands.

⁹Meeting the True Guru, they find Truth, and merge into the True Name. ||3||

¹⁰Hope and desire abide in this body, but the Lord's Light shines within as well.

¹¹O Nanak, the self-willed manmukhs remain in bondage; the Gurmukhs are liberated. ||4||3||

¹²Wadahans, Third Mehl:

¹³The faces of the happy soul-brides are radiant forever; through the Guru, they are peacefully poised.

¹⁴They enjoy their Husband Lord constantly, eradicating their ego from within. ||1||

¹⁵O my mind, meditate on the Name of the Lord, Har, Har.

¹⁶The True Guru has led me to understand the Lord. ||1||Pause||

¹⁷The abandoned brides cry out in their suffering; they do not attain the Mansion of the Lord's Presence.

¹⁸In the love of duality, they appear so ugly; they suffer in pain as they go to the world beyond. ||2||

¹⁹The virtuous soul-bride constantly chants the Glorious Praises of the Lord; she enshrines the Naam, the Name of the Lord, within her heart.

²⁰The unvirtuous woman suffers, and cries out in pain. ||3||

²¹The One Lord and Master is the Husband Lord of all; His Praises cannot be expressed.

²²O Nanak, He has separated some from Himself, while others are to His Name. ||4||4||

²³Wadahans, Third Mehl:

²⁴The Ambrosial Nectar of the Naam is always sweet to me; through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, I come to taste it.

²⁵Through the True Word of the Guru's Bani, I am merged in peace and poise; the Dear Lord is enshrined in the mind. ||1||

²⁶The Lord, showing His Mercy, has caused me to meet the True Guru.

²⁷Through the Perfect True Guru, I meditate on the Name of the Lord. ||1||Pause||

²⁸Through Brahma, the hymns of the Vedas were revealed, but the love of Maya spread.

²⁹The wise one, Shiva, remains absorbed in himself, but he is engrossed in dark passions and excessive egotism. ||2||

³⁰Vishnu is always busy reincarnating himself - who will save the world?

³¹The Gurmukhs are imbued with spiritual wisdom in this age; they are rid of the darkness of emotional attachment. ||3||

³²Serving the True Guru, one is emancipated; the Gurmukh crosses over the world-ocean.

³³The detached renunciates are imbued with the True Name; they attain the gate of salvation. ||4||

³⁴The One True Lord is pervading and permeating everywhere; He cherishes everyone.

³⁵O Nanak, without the One Lord, I do not know any other; He is the Merciful Master of all. ||5||5||

³⁶Wadahans, Third Mehl:

³⁷The Gurmukh practices true self-discipline, and attains the essence of wisdom.

³⁸The Gurmukh meditates on the True Lord. ||1||

¹As Gurmukh, O my mind, remember the Naam, the Name of the Lord.

²It shall stand by you always, and go with you. ||Pause||

³The True Lord is the social status and honor of the Gurmukh.

⁴Within the Gurmukh, is God, his friend and helper. ||2||

⁵He alone becomes Gurmukh, whom the Lord so blesses.

⁶He Himself blesses the Gurmukh with greatness. ||3||

⁷The Gurmukh lives the True Word of the Shabad, and practices good deeds.

⁸The Gurmukh, O Nanak, emancipates his family and relations. ||4||6||

⁹Wadahans, Third Mehl:

¹⁰My tongue is intuitively attracted to the taste of the Lord.

¹¹My mind is satisfied, meditating on the Name of the Lord. ||1||

¹²Lasting peace is obtained, contemplating the Shabad, the True Word of God.

¹³I am forever a sacrifice to my True Guru. ||1||Pause||

¹⁴My eyes are content, lovingly focused on the One Lord.

¹⁵My mind is content, having forsaken the love of duality. ||2||

¹⁶The frame of my body is at peace, through the Shabad, and the Name of the Lord.

¹⁷The fragrance of the Naam permeates my heart. ||3||

¹⁸O Nanak, one who has such great destiny written upon his forehead,

¹⁹through the Bani of the Guru's Word, easily and intuitively becomes free of desire. ||4||7||

²⁰Wadahans, Third Mehl:

²¹From the Perfect Guru, the Naam is obtained.

²²Through the Shabad, the True Word of God, one merges in the True Lord. ||1||

²³O my soul, obtain the treasure of the Naam,

²⁴by submitting to the Will of your Guru. ||1||Pause||

²⁵Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, filth is washed away from within.

²⁶The Immaculate Naam comes to abide within the mind. ||2||

²⁷Deluded by doubt, the world wanders around.

²⁸It dies, and is born again, and is ruined by the Messenger of Death. ||3||

²⁹O Nanak, very fortunate are those who meditate on the Name of the Lord.

³⁰By Guru's Grace, they enshrine the Name within their minds. ||4||8||

³¹Wadahans, Third Mehl:

³²Ego is opposed to the Name of the Lord; the two do not dwell in the same place.

³³In egotism, selfless service cannot be performed, and so the soul goes unfulfilled. ||1||

³⁴O my mind, think of the Lord, and practice the Word of the Guru's Shabad.

³⁵If you submit to the Hukam of the Lord's Command, then you shall meet with the Lord; only then will your ego depart from within. ||Pause||

³⁶Egotism is within all bodies; through egotism, we come to be born.

³⁷Egotism is total darkness; in egotism, no one can understand anything. ||2||

³⁸In egotism, devotional worship cannot be performed, and the Hukam of the Lord's Command cannot be understood.

³⁹In egotism, the soul is in bondage, and the Naam, the Name of the Lord, does not come to abide in the mind. ||3||

⁴⁰O Nanak, meeting with the True Guru, egotism is eliminated, and then, the True Lord comes to dwell in the mind||

⁴¹One starts practicing truth, abides in truth and by serving the True One gets absorbed in Him. ||4||9||12||

⁴²Wadahans, Fourth Mehl, First House:

⁴³One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

⁴⁴There is one bed, and One Lord God.

⁴⁵The Gurmukh enjoys the Lord, the ocean of peace. ||1||

⁴⁶My mind longs to meet my Beloved Lord.

¹The Perfect Guru leads me to meet my Beloved; I am a sacrifice, a sacrifice to my Guru. ||1||Pause||

²My body is over-flowing with corruption;

³how can I meet my Perfect Beloved? ||2||

⁴The virtuous ones obtain my Beloved;

⁵I do not have these virtues. How can I meet Him, O my mother? ||3||

⁶I am so tired of making all these efforts.

⁷Please protect Nanak, the meek one, O my Lord. ||4||1||

⁸Wadahans, Fourth Mehl:

⁹My Lord God is so beautiful. I do not know His worth.

¹⁰Abandoning my Lord God, I have become entangled in duality. ||1||

¹¹How can I meet with my Husband? I don't know.

¹²She who pleases her Husband Lord is a happy soul-bride. She meets with her Husband Lord - she is so wise. ||1||Pause||

¹³I am filled with faults; how can I attain my Husband Lord?

¹⁴You have many loves, but I am not in Your thoughts, O my Husband Lord. ||2||

¹⁵She who enjoys her Husband Lord, is the good soul-bride.

¹⁶I don't have these virtues; what can I, the discarded bride, do? ||3||

¹⁷The soul-bride continually, constantly enjoys her Husband Lord.

¹⁸I have no good fortune; will He ever hold me close in His embrace? ||4||

¹⁹You, O Husband Lord, are meritorious, while I am without merit.

²⁰I am worthless; please forgive Nanak, the meek. ||5||2||

²¹Wadahans, Fourth Mehl, Second House:

²²One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

²³Within my mind there is such a great yearning; how will I attain the Blessed Vision of the Lord's Darshan?

²⁴I go and ask my True Guru; with the Guru's advice, I shall teach my foolish mind.

²⁵The foolish mind is instructed in the Word of the Guru's Shabad, and meditates forever on the Lord, Har, Har.

²⁶O Nanak, one who is blessed with the Mercy of my Beloved, focuses his consciousness on the Lord's Feet. ||1||

²⁷I dress myself in all sorts of robes for my Husband, so that my True Lord God will be pleased.

²⁸But my Beloved Husband Lord does not even cast a glance in my direction; how can I be consoled?

²⁹For His sake, I adorn myself with adornments, but my Husband is imbued with the love of another.

³⁰O Nanak, blessed, blessed, blessed is that soul-bride, who enjoys her True, Sublime Husband Lord. ||2||

³¹I go and ask the fortunate, happy soul-bride, "How did you attain Him - your Husband Lord, my God?"

³²She answers, "My True Husband blessed me with His Mercy; I abandoned the distinction between mine and yours.

³³Dedicate everything, mind, body and soul, to the Lord God; this is the Path to meet Him, O sister."

³⁴If her God gazes upon her with favor, O Nanak, her light merges into the Light. ||3||

³⁵I dedicate my mind and body to the one who brings me a message from my Lord God.

³⁶I wave the fan over him every day, serve him and carry water for him.

³⁷Constantly and continuously, I serve the Lord's humble servant, who recites to me the sermon of the Lord, Har, Har.

¹Hail, hail unto the Guru, the Guru, the Perfect True Guru, who fulfills Nanak's heart's desires. ||4||

²O Lord, let me meet the Guru, my best friend; meeting Him, I meditate on the Lord's Name.

³I seek the Lord's sermon from the Guru, the True Guru; joining with Him, I sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord.

⁴Each and every day, forever, I sing the Lord's Praises; my mind lives by hearing Your Name.

⁵O Nanak, that moment when I forget my Lord and Master - at that moment, my soul dies. ||5||

⁶Everyone longs to see the Lord, but he alone sees Him, whom the Lord causes to see Him.

⁷One upon whom my Beloved bestows His Glance of Grace, cherishes the Lord, Har, Har forever.

⁸He alone cherishes the Lord, Har, Har, forever and ever, who meets my Perfect True Guru.

⁹O Nanak, the Lord's humble servant and the Lord become One; meditating on the Lord, he blends with the Lord. ||6||1||3||

¹⁰Wadahans, Fifth Mehl, First House:

¹¹One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

¹²His Darbaar, His Court, is the most lofty and exalted.

¹³It has no end or limitations.

¹⁴Millions, millions, tens of millions seek,

¹⁵but they cannot find even a tiny bit of His Mansion. ||1||

¹⁶What is that auspicious moment, when God is met? ||1||Pause||

¹⁷Tens of thousands of devotees worship Him in adoration.

¹⁸Tens of thousands of ascetics practice austere discipline.

¹⁹Tens of thousands of Yogis practice Yoga.

²⁰Tens of thousands of pleasure seekers seek pleasure. ||2||

²¹He dwells in each and every heart, but only a few know this.

²²Is there any friend who can rip apart the screen of separation?

²³I can only make the effort, if the Lord is merciful to me.

²⁴I sacrifice my body and soul to Him. ||3||

²⁵After wandering around for so long, I have finally come to the Saints;

²⁶all of my pains and doubts have been eradicated.

²⁷God summoned me to the Mansion of His Presence, and blessed me with the Ambrosial Nectar of His Name.

²⁸Says Nanak, my God is lofty and exalted. ||4||1||

²⁹Wadahans, Fifth Mehl:

³⁰Blessed is that time, when the Blessed Vision of His Darshan is given;

³¹I am a sacrifice to the feet of the True Guru. ||1||

³²You are the Giver of souls, O my Beloved God.

³³My soul lives by reflecting upon the Name of God. ||1||Pause||

³⁴True is Your Mantra, Ambrosial is the Bani of Your Word.

³⁵Cooling and soothing is Your Presence, all-knowing is Your gaze. ||2||

³⁶True is Your Command; You sit upon the eternal throne.

³⁷My eternal God does not come or go. ||3||

³⁸You are the Merciful Master; I am Your humble servant.

³⁹O Nanak, the Lord and Master is totally permeating and pervading everywhere. ||4||2||

⁴⁰Wadahans, Fifth Mehl:

⁴¹You are infinite - only a few know this.

⁴²By Guru's Grace, some come to understand You through the Word of the Shabad. ||1||

⁴³Your servant offers this prayer, O Beloved:

¹I live by meditating on Your Feet, God. ||1||Pause||

²O my Merciful and Almighty God, O Great Giver,

³he alone knows You, whom You so bless. ||2||

⁴Forever and ever, I am a sacrifice to You.

⁵Here and hereafter, I seek Your Protection. ||3||

⁶I am without virtue; I know none of Your Glorious Virtues.

⁷O Nanak, seeing the Holy Saint, my mind is imbued with You. ||4||3||

⁸Wadahans, Fifth Mehl:

⁹God is perfect - He is the Inner-knower, the Searcher of hearts.

¹⁰He blesses us with the gift of the dust of the feet of the Saints. ||1||

¹¹Bless me with Your Grace, God, O Merciful to the meek.

¹²I seek Your Protection, O Perfect Lord, Sustainer of the World. ||1||Pause||

¹³He is totally pervading and permeating the water, the land and the sky.

¹⁴God is near at hand, not far away. ||2||

¹⁵One whom He blesses with His Grace, meditates on Him.

¹⁶Twenty-four hours a day, he sings the Glorious Praises of the Lord. ||3||

¹⁷He cherishes and sustains all beings and creatures.

¹⁸Nanak seeks the Sanctuary of the Lord's Door. ||4||4||

¹⁹Wadahans, Fifth Mehl:

²⁰You are the Great Giver, the Inner-knower, the Searcher of hearts.

²¹God, the Perfect Lord and Master, is permeating and pervading in all. ||1||

²²The Name of my Beloved God is my only support.

²³I live by hearing, continually hearing Your Name. ||1||Pause||

²⁴I seek Your Sanctuary, O my Perfect True Guru.

²⁵My mind is purified by the dust of the Saints. ||2||

²⁶I have enshrined His Lotus Feet within my heart.

²⁷I am a sacrifice to the Blessed Vision of Your Darshan. ||3||

²⁸Show mercy unto me, that I may sing Your Glorious Praises.

²⁹O Nanak, chanting the Naam, the Name of the Lord, I obtain peace. ||4||5||

³⁰Wadahans, Fifth Mehl:

³¹In the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, drink in the Ambrosial Nectar of the Lord.

³²The soul does not die, nor does it ever waste away. ||1||

³³By great good fortune, one meets the Perfect Guru.

³⁴By Guru's Grace, one meditates on God. ||1||Pause||

³⁵The Lord is the jewel, the pearl, the gem, the diamond.

³⁶Meditating, meditating in remembrance on God, I am in ecstasy. ||2||

³⁷Wherever I look, I see the Sanctuary of the Holy.

³⁸Singing the Glorious Praises of the Lord, my soul becomes immaculately pure. ||3||

³⁹Within each and every heart, dwells my Lord and Master.

⁴⁰O Nanak, one obtains the Naam, the Name of the Lord, when God bestows His Mercy. ||4||6||

⁴¹Wadahans, Fifth Mehl:

⁴²Do not forget me, O God, Merciful to the meek.

⁴³I seek Your Sanctuary, O Perfect, Compassionate Lord. ||1||Pause||

⁴⁴Wherever You come to mind, that place is blessed.

⁴⁵The moment I forget You, I am stricken with regret. ||1||

⁴⁶All beings are Yours; You are their constant companion.

⁴⁷Please, give me Your hand, and pull me up out of this world-ocean. ||2||

⁴⁸Coming and going are by Your Will.

⁴⁹One whom You save is not afflicted by suffering. ||3||

⁵⁰You are the One and only Lord and Master; there is no other.

⁵¹Nanak offers this prayer with his palms pressed together. ||4||7||

⁵²Wadahans, Fifth Mehl:

⁵³When You allow Yourself to be known, then we know You.

⁵⁴We chant Your Name, which You have given to us. ||1||

⁵⁵You are wonderful! Your creative potency is amazing! ||1||Pause||

¹You Yourself are the Cause of causes, You Yourself are the Creator.

²By Your Will, we are born, and by Your Will, we die. ||2||

³Your Name is the Support of our mind and body.

⁴This is Your blessing to Nanak, Your slave. ||3||8||

⁵Wadahans, Fifth Mehl, Second House:

⁶One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

⁷Deep within me, there is a longing to meet my Beloved; how can I attain my Perfect Guru?

⁸Even though a baby may play hundreds of games, he cannot survive without milk.

⁹The hunger within me is not satisfied, O my friend, even though I am served hundreds of dishes.

¹⁰My mind and body are filled with love for my Beloved; how can my soul find relief, without the Blessed Vision of the Lord's Darshan? ||1||

¹¹Listen, O my dear friends and siblings - lead me to my True Friend, the Giver of peace.

¹²He knows all the troubles of my soul; every day, he tells me stories of the Lord.

¹³I cannot live without Him, even for an instant. I cry out for Him, just as the song-bird cries for the drop of water.

¹⁴Which of Your Glorious Virtues should I sing? You save even worthless beings like me. ||2||

¹⁵I have become depressed, waiting for my Husband Lord, O my friend; when shall my eyes behold my Husband?

¹⁶I have forgotten how to enjoy all pleasures; without my Husband Lord, they are of no use at all.

¹⁷These clothes do not please my body; I cannot dress myself.

¹⁸I bow to those friends of mine, who have enjoyed their Beloved Husband Lord. ||3||

¹⁹I have adorned myself with all sorts of decorations, O my friend, but without my Husband Lord, they are of no use at all.

²⁰When my Husband does not care for me, O my friend, then my youth passes, totally useless.

²¹Blessed, blessed are the happy soul-brides, O my friend, who are blended with their Husband Lord.

²²I am a sacrifice to those happy soul-brides; I wash their feet again and again. ||4||

²³As long as I suffered from duality and doubt, O my friend, I thought God was far away.

²⁴But when I met the Perfect True Guru, O my friend, then all my hopes and desires were fulfilled.

²⁵I have obtained all pleasures and comforts, O my friend; my Husband Lord is all-pervading everywhere.

²⁶Servant Nanak enjoys the Lord's Love, O my friend; I fall at the feet of the Guru, the True Guru. ||5||1||9||

²⁷Wadahans, Third Mehl, Ashtpadheeyaa:

²⁸One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

²⁹True is the Bani of His Word, and True is the melody; True is contemplative meditation on the Word of the Shabad.

³⁰Night and day, I praise the True Lord. Blessed, blessed is my great good fortune. ||1||

³¹O my mind, let yourself be a sacrifice to the True Name.

³²If you become the slave of the Lord's slaves, you shall obtain the True Name. ||1||Pause||

¹True is the tongue which is imbued with Truth, and true are the mind and body.

²By praising any other than the True Lord, one's whole life is wasted. ||2||

³Let Truth be the farm, Truth the seed, and Truth the merchandise you trade.

⁴Night and day, you shall earn the profit of the Lord's Name; you shall have the treasure overflowing with the wealth of devotional worship. ||3||

⁵Let Truth be your food, and let Truth be your clothes; let your True Support be the Name of the Lord.

⁶One who is so blessed by the Lord, obtains a seat in the Mansion of the Lord's Presence. ||4||

⁷In Truth we come, and in Truth we go, and then, we are not consigned to reincarnation again.

⁸The Gurmukhs are hailed as True in the True Court; they merge in the True Lord. ||5||

⁹Deep within they are True, and their minds are True; they sing the Glorious Praises of the True Lord.

¹⁰In the true place, they praise the True Lord; I am a sacrifice to the True Guru. ||6||

¹¹True is the time, and true is the moment, when one falls in love with the True Lord.

¹²Then, he sees Truth, and speaks the Truth; he realizes the True Lord pervading the entire Universe. ||7||

¹³O Nanak, one merges with the True Lord, when He merges with Himself.

¹⁴As it pleases Him, He preserves us; He Himself ordains His Will. ||8||1||

¹⁵Wadahans, Third Mehl:

¹⁶His mind wanders in the ten directions - how can he sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord?

¹⁷The sensory organs are totally engrossed in sensuality; sexual desire and anger constantly afflict him. ||1||

¹⁸Waaho! Waaho! Hail! Hail! Chant His Glorious Praises.

¹⁹The Lord's Name is so difficult to obtain in this age; under Guru's Instruction, drink in the subtle essence of the Lord. ||1||Pause||

²⁰Remembering the Word of the Shabad, the mind becomes immaculately pure, and then, one sings the Glorious Praises of the Lord.

²¹Under Guru's Instruction, one comes to understand his own self, and then, he comes to dwell in the home of his inner self. ||2||

²²O my mind, be imbued forever with the Lord's Love, and sing forever the Glorious Praises of the Lord.

²³The Immaculate Lord is forever the Giver of peace; from Him, one receives the fruits of his heart's desires. ||3||

²⁴I am lowly, but I have been exalted, entering the Sanctuary of the Lord.

²⁵He has lifted up the sinking stone; True is His glorious greatness. ||4||

²⁶From poison, I have been transformed into Ambrosial Nectar; under Guru's Instruction, I have obtained wisdom.

²⁷From bitter herbs, I have been transformed into sandalwood; this fragrance permeates me deep within. ||5||

²⁸This human birth is so precious; one must earn the right to come into the world.

²⁹By perfect destiny, I met the True Guru, and I meditate on the Lord's Name. ||6||

³⁰The self-willed manmukhs are deluded; attached to corruption, they waste away their lives in vain.

³¹The Name of the Lord is forever an ocean of peace, but the manmukhs do not love the Word of the Shabad. ||7||

³²Everyone can chant the Name of the Lord, Har, Har with their mouths, but only a few enshrine it within their hearts.

³³O Nanak, those who enshrine the Lord within their hearts, attain liberation and emancipation. ||8||2||

³⁴Wadahans, First Mehl, Chhant:

³⁵One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

³⁶Why bother to wash the body, polluted by falsehood?

³⁷One's cleansing bath is only approved, if he practices Truth.

³⁸When there is Truth within the heart, then one becomes True, and obtains the True Lord.

¹Without pre-ordained destiny, understanding is not attained; talking and babbling, one wastes his life away.

²Wherever you go and sit, speak well, and write the Word of the Shabad in your consciousness.

³Why bother to wash the body which is polluted by falsehood? ||1||

⁴When I have spoken, I spoke as You made me speak.

⁵The Ambrosial Name of the Lord is pleasing to my mind.

⁶The Naam, the Name of the Lord, seems so sweet to my mind; it has destroyed the dwelling of pain.

⁷Peace came to dwell in my mind, when You gave the Order.

⁸It is Yours to bestow Your Grace, and it is mine to speak this prayer; You created Yourself.

⁹When I have spoken, I spoke as You made me speak. ||2||

¹⁰The Lord and Master gives them their turn, according to the deeds they have done.

¹¹Do not speak ill of others, or get involved in arguments.

¹²Do not get into arguments with the Lord, or you shall ruin yourself.

¹³If you challenge the One, with whom you must abide, you will cry in the end.

¹⁴Be satisfied with what God gives you; tell your mind not to complain uselessly.

¹⁵The Lord and Master gives them their turn, according to the deeds they have done. ||3||

¹⁶He Himself created all, and He blesses then with His Glance of Grace.

¹⁷No one asks for that which is bitter; everyone asks for sweets.

¹⁸Let everyone ask for sweets, and behold, it is as the Lord wills.

¹⁹Giving donations to charity, and performing various religious rituals are not equal to the contemplation of the Naam.

²⁰O Nanak, those who are blessed with the Naam have had such good karma pre-ordained.

²¹He Himself created all, and He blesses them with His Glance of Grace. ||4||1||

²²Wadahans, First Mehl:

²³Show mercy to me, that I may chant Your Name.

²⁴You Yourself created all, and You are pervading among all.

²⁵You Yourself are pervading among all, and You link them to their tasks.

²⁶Some, You have made kings, while others go about begging.

²⁷You have made greed and emotional attachment seem sweet; they are deluded by this delusion.

²⁸Be ever merciful to me; only then can I chant Your Name. ||1||

²⁹Your Name is True, and ever pleasing to my mind.

³⁰My pains are dispelled, and I am permeated with peace.

³¹The angels, the mortals and the silent sages sing of You.

³²The angels, the mortals and the silent sages sing of You; they are pleasing to Your Mind.

³³Enticed by Maya, they do not remember the Lord, and they waste away their lives in vain.

³⁴Some fools and idiots never think of the Lord; whoever has come, shall have to go.

³⁵Your Name is True, and ever pleasing to my mind. ||2||

³⁶Beauteous is Your time, O Lord; the Bani of Your Word is Ambrosial Nectar.

³⁷Your servants serve You with love; these mortals are attached to Your essence.

³⁸Those mortals are attached to Your essence, who are blessed with the Ambrosial Name.

³⁹Those who are imbued with Your Name, prosper more and more, day by day.

⁴⁰Some do not practice good deeds, or live righteously; nor do they practice self-restraint. They do not realize the One Lord.

⁴¹Ever beauteous is Your time, O Lord; the Bani of Your Word is Ambrosial Nectar. ||3||

⁴²I am a sacrifice to the True Name.

¹Your rule shall never end.

²Your rule is eternal and unchanging; it shall never come to an end.

³He alone becomes Your servant, who contemplates You in peaceful ease.

⁴Enemies and pains shall never touch him, and sin shall never draw near him.

⁵I am forever a sacrifice to the One Lord, and Your Name. ||4||

⁶Throughout the ages, Your devotees sing the Kirtan of Your Praises,

⁷They meditate on the One True Lord.

⁸Only then do they meditate on the True Lord, when they enshrine Him in their minds.

⁹Doubt and delusion are Your making; when these are dispelled,

¹⁰then, by Guru's Grace, You grant Your Grace, and save them from the noose of Death.

¹¹Throughout the ages, they are Your devotees. ||5||

¹²O my Great Lord and Master, You are unfathomable and infinite.

¹³How should I make and offer my prayer? I do not know what to say.

¹⁴If You bless me with Your Glance of Grace, I realize the Truth.

¹⁵Only then do I come to realize the Truth, when You Yourself instruct me.

¹⁶The pain and hunger of the world are Your making; dispel this doubt.

¹⁷Prays Nanak, ones skepticism is taken away, when he understands the Guru's wisdom.

¹⁸The Great Lord Master is unfathomable and infinite. ||6||

¹⁹Your eyes are so beautiful, and Your teeth are delightful.

²⁰Your nose is so graceful, and Your hair is so long.

²¹Your body is so precious, cast in gold.

²²His body is cast in gold, and He wears Krishna's mala; meditate on Him, O sisters.

²³You shall not have to stand at Death's door, O sisters, if you listen to these teachings.

²⁴From a crane, you shall be transformed into a swan, and the filth of your mind shall be removed.

²⁵Your eyes are so beautiful, and Your teeth are delightful. ||7||

²⁶Your walk is so graceful, and Your speech is so sweet.

²⁷You coo like a songbird, and your youthful beauty is alluring.

²⁸Your youthful beauty is so alluring; it pleases You, and it fulfills the heart's desires.

²⁹Like an elephant, You step with Your Feet so carefully; You are satisfied with Yourself.

³⁰She who is imbued with the Love of such a Great Lord, flows intoxicated, like the waters of the Ganges.

³¹Prays Nanak, I am Your slave, O Lord; Your walk is so graceful, and Your speech is so sweet. ||8||2||

³²Wadahans, Third Mehl, Chhant:

³³One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

³⁴Let yourself be imbued with the Love of your Husband Lord, O beautiful, mortal bride.

³⁵Let yourself remain merged in the True Word of the Shabad, O mortal bride; savor and enjoy the Love of your Beloved Husband Lord.

³⁶The Husband Lord embellishes His beloved bride with His True Love; she is in love with the Lord, Har, Har.

³⁷Renouncing her self-centeredness, she attains her Husband Lord, and remains merged in the Word of the Guru's Shabad.

³⁸That soul bride is adorned, who is attracted by His Love, and who treasures the Love of her Beloved within her heart.

³⁹O Nanak, the Lord blends that soul bride with Himself; the True King adorns her. ||1||

⁴⁰O worthless bride, see your Husband Lord ever-present.

⁴¹One who, as Gurmukh, enjoys her Husband Lord, O mortal bride, knows Him to be all-pervading everywhere.

¹The Lord is all-pervading everywhere; behold Him ever-present. Throughout the ages, know Him as the One.

²The young, innocent bride enjoys her Husband Lord; she meets Him, the Architect of karma.

³One who tastes the sublime essence of the Lord, and utters the sublime Word of the Shabad, remains immersed in the Lord's Ambrosial Pool.

⁴O Nanak, that soul bride is pleasing to her Husband Lord, who, through the Shabad, remains in His Presence. ||2||

⁵Go and ask the happy soul-brides, O mortal bride, who have eradicated their self-conceit from within.

⁶Those who have not eradicated their self-conceit, O mortal bride, do not realize the Hukam of their Husband Lord's Command.

⁷Those who eradicate their self-conceit, obtain their Husband Lord; they delight in His Love.

⁸Ever imbued with His Love, in perfect poise and grace, she repeats His Name, night and day.

⁹Very fortunate is that bride, who focuses her consciousness on Him; her Lord's Love is so sweet to her.

¹⁰O Nanak, that soul-bride who is adorned with Truth, is imbued with her Lord's Love, in the state of perfect poise. ||3||

¹¹Overcome your egotism, O mortal bride, and walk in the Guru's Way.

¹²Thus you shall ever enjoy your Husband Lord, O mortal bride, and obtain an abode in the home of your own inner being.

¹³Obtaining an abode in the home of her inner being, she vibrates the Word of the Shabad, and is a happy soul-bride forever.

¹⁴The Husband Lord is delightful, and forever young; night and day, He embellishes His bride.

¹⁵Her Husband Lord activates the destiny written on her forehead, and she is adorned with the True Shabad.

¹⁶O Nanak, the soul-bride is imbued with the Love of the Lord, when she walks according to the Will of the True Guru. ||4||1||

¹⁷Wadahans, Third Mehl:

¹⁸All dealings of the Gurmukh are good, if they are accomplished with poise and grace.

¹⁹Night and day, he repeats the Naam, the Name of the Lord, and he earns his profits, drinking in the subtle essence of the Lord.

²⁰He earns the profit of the subtle essence of the Lord, meditating on the Lord, and repeating the Naam, night and day.

²¹He gathers in merits, and eliminates demerits, and realizes his own self.

²²Under Guru's Instruction, he is blessed with glorious greatness; he drinks in the essence of the True Word of the Shabad.

²³O Nanak, devotional worship of the Lord is wonderful, but only a few Gurmukhs perform it. ||1||

²⁴As Gurmukh, plant the crop of the Lord within the field of your body, and let it grow.

²⁵Within the home of your own being, enjoy the Lord's subtle essence, and earn profits in the world hereafter.

²⁶This profit is earned by enshrining the Lord within your mind; blessed is this farming and trade.

²⁷Meditating on the Lord's Name, and enshrining Him within your mind, you shall come to understand the Guru's Teachings.

²⁸The self-willed manmukhs have grown weary of this farming and trade; their hunger and thirst will not go away.

²⁹O Nanak, plant the seed of the Name within your mind, and adorn yourself with the True Word of the Shabad. ||2||

³⁰Those humble beings engage in the Lord's Trade, who have the jewel of such pre-ordained destiny upon their foreheads.

³¹Under Guru's Instruction, the soul dwells in the home of the self; through the True Word of the Shabad, she becomes unattached.

³²By the destiny written upon their foreheads, they become truly unattached, and by reflective meditation, they are imbued with Truth.

³³Without the Naam, the Name of the Lord, the whole world is insane; through the Shabad, the ego is conquered.

³⁴Attached to the True Word of the Shabad, wisdom comes forth. The Gurmukh obtains the Naam, the Name of the Husband Lord.

¹O Nanak, through the Shabad, one meets the Lord, the Destroyer of fear, and by the destiny written on her forehead, she enjoys Him. ||3||

²All farming and trading is by Hukam of His Will; surrendering to the Lord's Will, glorious greatness is obtained.

³Under Guru's Instruction, one comes to understand the Lord's Will, and by His Will, he is united in His Union.

⁴By His Will, one merges and easily blends with Him. The Shabads of the Guru are incomparable.

⁵Through the Guru, true greatness is obtained, and one is embellished with Truth.

⁶He finds the Destroyer of fear, and eradicates his self-conceit; as Gurmukh, he is united in His Union.

⁷Says Nanak, the Name of the immaculate, inaccessible, unfathomable Commander is permeating and pervading everywhere. ||4||2||

⁸Wadahans, Third Mehl:

⁹O my mind, contemplate the True Lord forever.

¹⁰Dwell in peace in the home of your own self, and the Messenger of Death shall not touch you.

¹¹The noose of the Messenger of Death shall not touch you, when you embrace love for the True Word of the Shabad.

¹²Ever imbued with the True Lord, the mind becomes immaculate, and its coming and going is ended.

¹³The love of duality and doubt have ruined the self-willed manmukh, who is lured away by the Messenger of Death.

¹⁴Says Nanak, listen, O my mind: contemplate the True Lord forever. ||1||

¹⁵O my mind, the treasure is within you; do not search for it on the outside.

¹⁶Eat only that which is pleasing to the Lord, and as Gurmukh, receive the blessing of His Glance of Grace.

¹⁷As Gurmukh, receive the blessing of His Glance of Grace, O my mind; the Name of the Lord, your help and support, is within you.

¹⁸The self-willed manmukhs are blind, and devoid of wisdom; they are ruined by the love of duality.

¹⁹Without the Name, no one is emancipated. All are bound by the Messenger of Death.

²⁰O Nanak, the treasure is within you; do not search for it on the outside. ||2||

²¹O my mind, obtaining the blessing of this human birth, some are engaged in the trade of Truth.

²²They serve their True Guru, and the Infinite Word of the Shabad resounds within them.

²³Within them is the Infinite Shabad, and the Beloved Naam, the Name of the Lord; through the Naam, the nine treasures are obtained.

²⁴The self-willed manmukhs are engrossed in emotional attachment to Maya; they suffer in pain, and through duality, they lose their honor.

²⁵But those who conquer their ego, and merge in the True Shabad, are totally imbued with Truth.

²⁶O Nanak, it is so difficult to obtain this human life; the True Guru imparts this understanding. ||3||

²⁷O my mind, those who serve their True Guru are the most fortunate beings.

²⁸Those who conquer their minds are beings of renunciation and detachment.

²⁹They are beings of renunciation and detachment, who lovingly focus their consciousness on the True Lord; they realize and understand their own selves.

³⁰Their intellect is steady, deep and profound; as Gurmukh, they naturally chant the Naam, the Name of the Lord.

³¹Some are lovers of beautiful young women; emotional attachment to Maya is very dear to them. The unfortunate self-willed manmukhs remain asleep.

³²O Nanak, those who intuitively serve their Guru, have perfect destiny. ||4||3||

³³Wadahans, Third Mehl:

³⁴Purchase the jewel, the invaluable treasure; the True Guru has given this understanding.

³⁵The profit of profits is the devotional worship of the Lord; one's virtues merge into the virtues of the Lord.

¹One's virtues merge into the virtues of the Lord; he comes to understand his own self. He earns the profit of devotional worship in this world.

²Without devotion, there is no peace; through duality, one's honor is lost, but under Guru's Instruction, he is blessed with the Support of the Naam.

³He ever earns the profit of the merchandise of the Naam, whom the Lord employs in this Trade.

⁴He purchases the jewel, the invaluable treasure, unto whom the True Guru has given this understanding. ||1||

⁵The love of Maya is totally painful; this is a bad deal.

⁶Speaking falsehood, one eats poison, and the evil within increases greatly.

⁷The evil within increases greatly, in this world of doubt; without the Name, one's honor is lost.

⁸Reading and studying, the religious scholars argue and debate; but without understanding, there is no peace.

⁹Their comings and goings never end; emotional attachment to Maya is dear to them.

¹⁰The love of Maya is totally painful; this is a bad deal. ||2||

¹¹The counterfeit and the genuine are all assayed in the Court of the True Lord.

¹²The counterfeit are cast out of the Court, and they stand there, crying out in misery.

¹³They stand there, crying out in misery; the foolish, idiotic, self-willed manmukhs have wasted their lives.

¹⁴Maya is the poison which has deluded the world; it does not love the Naam, the Name of the Lord.

¹⁵The self-willed manmukhs are resentful toward the Saints; they harvest only pain in this world.

¹⁶The counterfeit and the genuine are assayed in that True Court of the Lord. ||3||

¹⁷He Himself acts; who else should I ask? No one else can do anything.

¹⁸As He pleases, He engages us; such is His glorious greatness.

¹⁹Such is His glorious greatness - He Himself causes all to act; no one is a warrior or a coward.

²⁰The Life of the World, the Great Giver, the Architect of karma - He Himself grants forgiveness.

²¹By Guru's Grace, self-conceit is eradicated, O Nanak, and through the Naam, honor is obtained.

²²He Himself acts; who else should I ask? No one else can do anything. ||4||4||

²³Wadahans, Third Mehl:

²⁴The True merchandise is the Lord's Name. This is the true trade.

²⁵Under Guru's Instruction, we trade in the Lord's Name; its value is very great.

²⁶The value of this true trade is very great; those who are engaged in the true trade are very fortunate.

²⁷Inwardly and outwardly, they are imbued with devotion, and they enshrine love for the True Name.

²⁸One who is blessed with the Lord's Favor, obtains Truth, and reflects upon the Word of the Guru's Shabad.

²⁹O Nanak, those who are imbued with the Name find peace; they deal only in the True Name. ||1||

³⁰Egotistical involvement in Maya is filth; Maya is overflowing with filth.

³¹Under Guru's Instruction, the mind is made pure and the tongue tastes the subtle essence of the Lord.

³²The tongue tastes the subtle essence of the Lord, and deep within, the heart is drenched with His Love, contemplating the True Word of the Shabad.

³³Deep within, the well of the heart is overflowing with the Lord's Ambrosial Nectar; the water-carrier draws and drinks in the water of the Shabad.

³⁴One who is blessed with the Lord's favor is attuned to the Truth; with his tongue, he chants the Lord's Name.

³⁵O Nanak, those who are attuned to the Naam, the Name of the Lord, are immaculate. The others are full of the filth of egotism. ||2||

³⁶All the religious scholars and astrologers read and study, and argue and shout. Who are they trying to teach?

¹The filth of attachment to Maya clings to their hearts; they deal in Maya alone.

²They love to deal in Maya in this world; coming and going, they suffer in pain.

³The worm of poison is addicted to poison; it is immersed in manure.

⁴He does what is pre-ordained for him; no one can erase his destiny.

⁵O Nanak, imbued with the Naam, the Name of the Lord, lasting peace is found; the ignorant fools die screaming. ||3||

⁶Their minds are colored by emotional attachment to Maya; because of this emotional attachment, they do not understand.

⁷The soul of the Gurmukh is imbued with the Lord's Love; the love of duality departs.

⁸The love of duality departs, and the soul merges in Truth; the warehouse is overflowing with Truth.

⁹One who becomes Gurmukh, comes to understand; the Lord embellishes him with Truth.

¹⁰He alone merges with the Lord, whom the Lord causes to merge; nothing else can be said or done.

¹¹O Nanak, without the Name, one is deluded by doubt; but some, imbued with the Name, enshrine love for the Lord. ||4||5||

¹²Wadahans, Third Mehl:

¹³O my mind, the world comes and goes in birth and death; only the True Name shall emancipate you in the end.

¹⁴When the True Lord Himself grants forgiveness, then one does not have to enter the cycle of reincarnation again.

¹⁵He does not have to enter the cycle of reincarnation again, and he is emancipated in the end; as Gurmukh, he obtains glorious greatness.

¹⁶Imbued with love for the True Lord, he is intoxicated with celestial bliss, and he remains absorbed in the Celestial Lord.

¹⁷The True Lord is pleasing to his mind; he enshrines the True Lord in his mind; attuned to the Word of the Shabad, he is emancipated in the end.

¹⁸O Nanak, those who are imbued with the Naam, merge in the True Lord; they are not cast into the terrifying world-ocean again. ||1||

¹⁹Emotional attachment to Maya is total madness; through the love of duality, one is ruined.

²⁰Mother and father - all are subject to this love; in this love, they are entangled.

²¹They are entangled in this love, on account of their past actions, which no one can erase.

²²The One who created the Universe, beholds it; no other is as great as He.

²³The blind, self-willed manmukh is consumed by his burning rage; without the Word of the Shabad, peace is not obtained.

²⁴O Nanak, without the Name, everyone is deluded, ruined by emotional attachment to Maya. ||2||

²⁵Seeing that this world on fire, I have hurried to the Sanctuary of the Lord.

²⁶I offer my prayer to the Perfect Guru: please save me, and bless me with Your glorious greatness.

²⁷Preserve me in Your Sanctuary, and bless me with the glorious greatness of the Name of the Lord; there is no other Giver as great as You.

²⁸Those who are engaged in serving You are very fortunate; throughout the ages, they know the One Lord.

²⁹You may practice celibacy, truth, austere self-discipline and rituals, but without the Guru, you shall not be emancipated.

³⁰O Nanak, he alone understands the Word of the Shabad, who goes and seeks the Lord's Sanctuary. ||3||

³¹That understanding, imparted by the Lord, wells up; there is no other understanding.

³²Deep within, and beyond as well, You alone are, O Lord; You Yourself impart this understanding.

³³One whom He Himself blesses with this understanding, does not love any other. As Gurmukh, he tastes the subtle essence of the Lord.

³⁴In the True Court, he is forever True; with love, he chants the True Word of the Shabad.

¹Within his home, he finds the home of his own being; the True Guru blesses him with glorious greatness.

²O Nanak, those who are attuned to the Naam find the Mansion of the Lord's Presence; their understanding is true, and approved. ||4||6||

³Wadahans, Fourth Mehl, Chhant:

⁴One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

⁵My mind, my mind - the True Guru has blessed it with the Lord's Love.

⁶He has enshrined the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, Har, Har, within my mind.

⁷The Name of the Lord, Har, Har, dwells within my mind; He is the Destroyer of all pain.

⁸By great good fortune, I have obtained the Blessed Vision of the Guru's Darshan; blessed, blessed is my True Guru.

⁹While standing up and sitting down, I serve the True Guru; serving Him, I have found peace.

¹⁰My mind, my mind - the True Guru has blessed it with the Lord's Love. ||1||

¹¹I live, I live, and I blossom forth, beholding the True Guru.

¹²The Name of the Lord, the Name of the Lord, He has implanted within me; chanting the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, I blossom forth.

¹³Chanting the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, the heart-lotus blossoms forth, and through the Name of the Lord, I have obtained the nine treasures.

¹⁴The disease of egotism has been eradicated, suffering has been eliminated, and I have entered the Lord's state of celestial Samaadhi.

¹⁵I have obtained the glorious greatness of Name of the Lord from the True Guru; beholding the Divine True Guru, my mind is at peace.

¹⁶I live, I live, and I blossom forth, beholding the True Guru. ||2||

¹⁷If only someone would come, if only someone would come, and lead me to meet my Perfect True Guru.

¹⁸My mind and body, my mind and body - I cut my body into pieces, and I dedicate these to Him.

¹⁹Cutting my mind and body apart, cutting them into pieces, I offer these to the one, who recites to me the Words of the True Guru.

²⁰My unattached mind has renounced the world; obtaining the Blessed Vision of the Guru's Darshan, it has found peace.

²¹O Lord, Har, Har, O Giver of Peace, please, grant Your Grace, and bless me with the dust of the feet of the True Guru.

²²If only someone would come, if only someone would come, and lead me to meet my Perfect True Guru. ||3||

²³A Giver as great as the Guru, as great as the Guru - I cannot see any other.

²⁴He blesses me with the gift of the Lord's Name, the gift of the Lord's Name; He is the Immaculate Lord God.

²⁵Those who worship in adoration the Name of the Lord, Har, Har - their pain, doubts and fears are dispelled.

²⁶Through their loving service, those very fortunate ones, whose minds are attached to the Guru's Feet, meet Him.

²⁷Says Nanak, the Lord Himself causes us to meet the Guru; meeting the Almighty True Guru, peace is obtained.

²⁸A Giver as great as the Guru, as great as the Guru - I cannot see any other. ||4||1||

²⁹Wadahans, Fourth Mehl:

³⁰Without the Guru, I am - without the Guru, I am totally dishonored.

³¹The Life of the World, the Life of the World, the Great Giver has led me to meet and merge with the Guru.

³²Meeting with the True Guru, I have merged into the Naam, the Name of the Lord. I chant the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, and meditate on it.

³³I was seeking and searching for Him, the Lord, my best friend, and I have found Him within the home of my own being.

¹I see the One Lord, and I know the One Lord; I realize Him within my soul.

²Without the Guru, I am - without the Guru, I am totally dishonored. ||1||

³Those who have found the True Guru, the True Guru, the Lord God unites them in His Union.

⁴Their feet, their feet, I adore; I fall at their feet.

⁵O Lord, Har, Har, I adore the feet of those who meditate on the True Guru, and the Almighty Lord God.

⁶You are the Greatest Giver, the Inner-knower, the Searcher of hearts; please, reward my faith, O Lord King.

⁷Meeting the Gursikh, my faith is rewarded; night and day, I sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord.

⁸Those who have found the True Guru, the True Guru, the Lord God unites them in His Union. ||2||

⁹I am a sacrifice, I am a sacrifice to the Gursikhs, my dear friends.

¹⁰They chant the Lord's Name, the Lord's Name; the Beloved Naam, the Name of the Lord, is my only Support.

¹¹The Name of the Lord, Har, Har, is the companion of my breath of life; without it, I cannot live for an instant or a moment.

¹²The Lord, Har, Har, the Giver of peace, shows His Mercy, and the Gurmukh drinks in the Ambrosial Nectar.

¹³The Lord blesses him with faith, and unites him in His Union; He Himself adorns him.

¹⁴I am a sacrifice, I am a sacrifice to the Gursikhs, my dear friends. ||3||

¹⁵The Lord Himself, the Lord Himself, is the Immaculate Almighty Lord God.

¹⁶The Lord Himself, the Lord Himself, unites us with Himself; that which He does, comes to pass.

¹⁷Whatever is pleasing to the Lord God, that alone comes to pass; nothing else can be done.

¹⁸Even by very clever tricks, He cannot be obtained; all have grown weary of practicing cleverness.

¹⁹By Guru's Grace, servant Nanak beholds the Lord; without the Lord, I have no other at all.

²⁰The Lord Himself, the Lord Himself, is the Immaculate Almighty Lord God. ||4||2||

²¹Wadahans, Fourth Mehl:

²²The Lord, the True Guru, the Lord, the True Guru - if only I could meet the Lord, the True Guru; His Lotus Feet are so pleasing to me.

²³The darkness of my ignorance was dispelled, when the Guru applied the healing ointment of spiritual wisdom to my eyes.

²⁴The True Guru has applied the healing ointment of spiritual wisdom to my eyes, and the darkness of ignorance has been dispelled.

²⁵Serving the Guru, I have obtained the supreme status; I meditate on the Lord with every breath, and every morsel of food.

²⁶Those, upon whom the Lord God has bestowed His Grace, are committed to the service of the True Guru.

²⁷The Lord, the True Guru, the Lord, the True Guru - if only I could meet the Lord, the True Guru; His Lotus Feet are so pleasing to me. ||1||

²⁸My True Guru, my True Guru is my Beloved; without the Guru, I cannot live.

²⁹He gives me the Name of the Lord, the Name of the Lord, my only companion in the end.

³⁰The Name of the Lord, Har, Har, is my only companion in the end; the Guru, the True Guru, has implanted the Naam, the Name of the Lord, within me.

³¹There, where neither child nor spouse shall accompany you, the Name of the Lord, Har, Har shall emancipate you.

³²Blessed, blessed is the True Guru, the Immaculate, Almighty Lord God; meeting Him, I meditate on the Name of the Lord.

³³My True Guru, my True Guru is my Beloved; without the Guru, I cannot live. ||2||

¹Those who have not obtained the Blessed Vision, the Blessed Vision of the Darshan of the True Guru, the Almighty Lord God,

²they have fruitlessly, fruitlessly wasted their whole lives in vain.

³They have wasted away their whole lives in vain; those faithless cynics die a regretful death.

⁴They have the jewel-treasure in their own homes, but still, they are hungry; those unlucky wretches are far away from the Lord.

⁵O Lord, please, let me not see those who do not meditate on the Name of the Lord, Har, Har,

⁶and who have not obtained the Blessed Vision, the Blessed Vision of the Darshan of the True Guru, the Almighty Lord God. ||3||

⁷I am a song-bird, I am a meek song-bird; I offer my prayer to the Lord.

⁸If only I could meet the Guru, meet the Guru, O my Beloved; I dedicate myself to the devotional worship of the True Guru.

⁹I worship the Lord, Har, Har, and the True Guru; the Lord God has granted His Grace.

¹⁰Without the Guru, I have no other friend. The Guru, the True Guru, is my very breath of life.

¹¹Says Nanak, the Guru has implanted the Naam within me; the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, the True Name.

¹²I am a song-bird, I am a meek song-bird; I offer my prayer to the Lord. ||4||3||

¹³Wadahans, Fourth Mehl:

¹⁴O Lord, show Your Mercy, show Your Mercy, and let me meet the True Guru, the Giver of peace.

¹⁵I go and ask, I go and ask from the True Guru, about the sermon of the Lord.

¹⁶I ask about the sermon of the Lord from the True Guru, who has obtained the treasure of the Naam.

¹⁷I bow at His Feet constantly, and pray to Him; the Guru, the True Guru, has shown me the Way.

¹⁸He alone is a devotee, who looks alike upon pleasure and pain; he is imbued with the Name of the Lord, Har, Har.

¹⁹O Lord, show Your Mercy, show Your Mercy, and let me meet the True Guru, the Giver of peace. ||1||

²⁰Listen as Gurmukh, listen as Gurmukh, to the Naam, the Name of the Lord; all egotism and sins are eradicated.

²¹Chanting the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, chanting the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, the troubles of the world vanish.

²²Those who contemplate the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, are rid of their suffering and sins.

²³The True Guru has placed the sword of spiritual wisdom in my hands; I have overcome and slain the Messenger of Death.

²⁴The Lord God, the Giver of peace, has granted His Grace, and I am rid of pain, sin and disease.

²⁵Listen as Gurmukh, listen as Gurmukh, to the Naam, the Name of the Lord; all egotism and sins are eradicated. ||2||

²⁶Chanting the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, chanting the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, is so pleasing to my mind.

²⁷Speaking as Gurmukh, speaking as Gurmukh, chanting the Naam, all disease is eradicated.

²⁸As Gurmukh, chanting the Naam, all disease is eradicated, and the body becomes free of disease.

²⁹Night and day, one remains absorbed in the Perfect Poise of Samaadhi; meditate on the Name of the Lord, the inaccessible and unfathomable Lord.

³⁰Whether of high or low social status, one who meditates on the Naam obtains the supreme treasure.

³¹Chanting the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, chanting the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, is pleasing to my mind. ||3||

¹Grant Your Grace, grant Your Grace, O Lord, and save me.

²I am a sinner, I am a worthless sinner, I am meek, but I am Yours, O Lord.

³I am a worthless sinner, and I am meek, but I am Yours; I seek Your Sanctuary, O Merciful Lord.

⁴You are the Destroyer of pain, the Giver of absolute peace; I am a stone - carry me across and save me.

⁵Meeting the True Guru, servant Nanak has obtained the subtle essence of the Lord; through the Naam, the Name of the Lord, he is saved.

⁶Grant Your Grace, grant Your Grace, Lord, and save me. ||4||4||

⁷Wadahans, Fourth Mehl, Ghorees ~ The Wedding Procession Songs:

⁸One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

⁹This body-horse was created by the Lord.

¹⁰Blessed is human life, which is obtained by virtuous actions.

¹¹Human life is obtained only by the most virtuous actions; this body is radiant and golden.

¹²The Gurmukh is imbued with the deep red color of the poppy; he is imbued with the new color of the Lord's Name, Har, Har, Har.

¹³This body is so very beautiful; it chants the Name of the Lord, and it is adorned with the Name of the Lord, Har, Har.

¹⁴By great good fortune, the body is obtained; the Naam, the Name of the Lord, is its companion; O servant Nanak, the Lord has created it. ||1||

¹⁵I place the saddle on the body-horse, the saddle of realization of the Good Lord.

¹⁶Riding this horse, I cross over the terrifying world-ocean.

¹⁷The terrifying world-ocean is rocked by countless waves, but the Gurmukh is carried across.

¹⁸Embarking upon the boat of the Lord, the very fortunate ones cross over; the Guru, the Boatman, carries them across through the Word of the Shabad.

¹⁹Night and day, imbued with the Lord's Love, singing the Glorious Praises of the Lord, the Lord's lover loves the Lord.

²⁰Servant Nanak has obtained the state of Nirvaanaa, the state of ultimate goodness, the state of the Lord. ||2||

²¹For a bridle in my mouth, the Guru has implanted spiritual wisdom within me.

²²He has applied the whip of the Lord's Love to my body.

²³Applying the whip of the Lord's Love to his body, the Gurmukh conquers his mind, and wins the battle of life.

²⁴He trains his untrained mind with the Word of the Shabad, and drinks in the rejuvenating essence of the Lord's Nectar.

²⁵Listen with your ears to the Word, uttered by the Guru, and attune your body-horse to the Lord's Love.

²⁶Servant Nanak has crossed over the long and treacherous path. ||3||

²⁷The transitory body-horse was created by the Lord.

²⁸Blessed, blessed is that body-horse which meditates on the Lord God.

²⁹Blessed and acclaimed is that body-horse which meditates on the Lord God; it is obtained by the merits of past actions.

³⁰Riding the body-horse, one crosses over the terrifying world ocean; the Gurmukh meets the Lord, the embodiment of supreme bliss.

³¹The Lord, Har, Har, has perfectly arranged this wedding; the Saints have come together as a marriage party.

³²Servant Nanak has obtained the Lord as his Spouse; joining together, the Saints sing the songs of joy and congratulations. ||4||1||5||

³³Wadahans, Fourth Mehl:

³⁴The body is the Lord's horse; the Lord imbues it with the fresh and new color.

³⁵From the Guru, I ask for the Lord's spiritual wisdom.

¹I ask for the Lord's spiritual wisdom, and the Lord's sublime sermon; through the Name of the Lord, I have come to know His value and His state.

²The Creator has made my life totally fruitful; I chant the Name of the Lord.

³The Lord's humble servant begs for the Lord's Name, for the Lord's Praises, and for devotional worship of the Lord God.

⁴Says servant Nanak, listen, O Saints: devotional worship of the Lord, the Lord of the Universe, is sublime and good. ||1||

⁵The golden body is saddled with the saddle of gold.

⁶It is adorned with the jewel of the Name of the Lord, Har, Har.

⁷Adorned with the jewel of the Naam, one obtains the Lord of the Universe; he meets the Lord, sings the Glorious Praises of the Lord, and obtains all sorts of comforts.

⁸He obtains the Word of the Guru's Shabad, and he meditates on the Name of the Lord; by great good fortune, he assumes the color of the Lord's Love.

⁹He meets his Lord and Master, the Inner-knower, the Searcher of hearts; His body is ever-new, and His color is ever-fresh.

¹⁰Nanak chants and realizes the Naam; he begs for the Name of the Lord, the Lord God. ||2||

¹¹The Guru has placed the reins in the mouth of the body-horse.

¹²The mind-elephant is overpowered by the Word of the Guru's Shabad.

¹³The bride obtains the supreme status, as her mind is brought under control; she is the beloved of her Husband Lord.

¹⁴Deep within her inner self, she is in love with her Lord; in His home, she is beautiful - she is the bride of her Lord God.

¹⁵Imbued with the Lord's Love, she is intuitively absorbed in bliss; she obtains the Lord God, Har, Har.

¹⁶Servant Nanak, the Lord's slave, says that only the very fortunate meditate on the Lord, Har, Har. ||3||

¹⁷The body is the horse, upon which one rides to the Lord.

¹⁸Meeting with the True Guru, one sings the songs of joy.

¹⁹Sing the songs of joy to the Lord, serve the Name of the Lord, and become the servant of His servants.

²⁰You shall go and enter the Mansion of the Beloved Lord's Presence, and lovingly enjoy His Love.

²¹I sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord, so pleasing to my mind; following the Guru's Teachings, I meditate on the Lord within my mind.

²²The Lord has showered His Mercy upon servant Nanak; mounting the body-horse, he has found the Lord. ||4||2||6||

²³Raag Wadahans, Fifth Mehl, Chhant, Fourth House:

²⁴One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

²⁵Meeting with the Guru, I have found my Beloved Lord God.

²⁶I have made this body and mind a sacrifice, a sacrificial offering to my Lord.

²⁷Dedicating my body and mind, I have crossed over the terrifying world-ocean, and shaken off the fear of death.

²⁸Drinking in the Ambrosial Nectar, I have become immortal; my comings and goings have ceased.

²⁹I have found that home, of celestial Samaadhi; the Name of the Lord is my only Support.

³⁰Says Nanak, I enjoy peace and pleasure; I bow in reverence to the Perfect Guru. ||1||

³¹Listen, O my friend and companion

³²- the Guru has given the Mantra of the Shabad, the True Word of God.

³³Meditating on this True Shabad, I sing the songs of joy, and my mind is rid of anxiety.

³⁴I have found God, who never leaves; forever and ever, He sits with me.

³⁵One who is pleasing to God receives true honor. The Lord God blesses him with wealth.

¹Says Nanak, I am a sacrifice to such a humble being. O Lord, You bless all with Your bountiful blessings. ||2||

²When it pleases You, then I am satisfied and satiated.

³My mind is soothed and calmed, and all my thirst is quenched.

⁴My mind is soothed and calmed, the burning has ceased, and I have found so many treasures.

⁵All the Sikhs and servants partake of them; I am a sacrifice to my True Guru.

⁶I have become fearless, imbued with the Love of my Lord Master, and I have shaken off the fear of death.

⁷Slave Nanak, Your humble servant, lovingly embraces Your meditation; O Lord, be with me always. ||3||

⁸My hopes and desires have been fulfilled, O my Lord.

⁹I am worthless, without virtue; all virtues are Yours, O Lord.

¹⁰All virtues are Yours, O my Lord and Master; with what mouth should I praise You?

¹¹You did not consider my merits and demerits; you forgave me in an instant.

¹²I have obtained the nine treasures, congratulations are pouring in, and the unstruck melody resounds.

¹³Says Nanak, I have found my Husband Lord within my own home, and all my anxiety is forgotten. ||4||1||

¹⁴Salok:

¹⁵Why do you listen to falsehood? It shall vanish like a gust of wind.

¹⁶O Nanak, those ears are acceptable, which listen to the True Master. ||1||

¹⁷Chhant:

¹⁸I am a sacrifice to those who listen with their ears to the Lord God.

¹⁹Blissful and comfortable are those, who with their tongues chant the Name of the Lord, Har, Har.

²⁰They are naturally embellished, with priceless virtues; they have come to save the world.

²¹God's Feet are the boat, which carries so many across the terrifying world-ocean.

²²Those who are blessed with the favor of my Lord and Master, are not asked to render their account.

²³Says Nanak, I am a sacrifice to those who listen to God with their ears. ||1||

²⁴Salok:

²⁵With my eyes, I have seen the Light of the Lord, but my great thirst is not quenched.

²⁶O Nanak, those eyes are different, which behold my Husband Lord. ||1||

²⁷Chhant:

²⁸I am a sacrifice to those who have seen the Lord God.

²⁹In the True Court of the Lord, they are approved.

³⁰They are approved by their Lord and Master, and acclaimed as supreme; they are imbued with the Lord's Love.

³¹They are satiated with the sublime essence of the Lord, and they merge in celestial peace; in each and every heart, they see the all-pervading Lord.

³²They alone are the friendly Saints, and they alone are happy, who are pleasing to their Lord and Master.

³³Says Nanak, I am forever a sacrifice to those who have seen the Lord God. ||2||

³⁴Salok:

³⁵The body is blind, totally blind and desolate, without the Naam.

³⁶O Nanak, fruitful is the life of that being, within whose heart the True Lord and Master abides. ||1||

³⁷Chhant:

³⁸I am cut into pieces as a sacrifice, to those who have seen my Lord God.

³⁹His humble servants partake of the Sweet Ambrosial Nectar of the Lord, Har, Har, and are satiated.

⁴⁰The Lord seems sweet to their minds; God is merciful to them, His Ambrosial Nectar rains down upon them, and they are at peace.

⁴¹Pain is eliminated and doubt is dispelled from the body; chanting the Name of the Lord of the World, their victory is celebrated.

⁴²They are rid of emotional attachment, their sins are erased, and their association with the five passions is broken off.

¹Says Nanak, I am every bit a sacrifice to those, within whose hearts my Lord God abides. ||3||

²Salok:

³Those who long for the Lord, are said to be His servants.

⁴Nanak knows this Truth, that the Lord is not different from His Saint. ||1||

⁵Chhant:

⁶As water mixes and blends with water,

⁷so does one's light mix and blend with the Lord's Light.

⁸Merging with the perfect, all-powerful Creator, one comes to know his own self.

⁹Then, he enters the celestial state of absolute Samaadhi, and speaks of the One and Only Lord.

¹⁰He Himself is unmanifest, and He Himself is liberated; He Himself speaks of Himself.

¹¹O Nanak, doubt, fear and the limitations of the three qualities are dispelled, as one merges into the Lord, like water blending with water. ||4||2||

¹²Wadahans, Fifth Mehl:

¹³God is the all-powerful Creator, the Cause of causes.

¹⁴He preserves the whole world, reaching out with His hand.

¹⁵He is the all-powerful, safe Sanctuary, Lord and Master, Treasure of mercy, Giver of peace.

¹⁶I am a sacrifice to Your slaves, who recognize only the One Lord.

¹⁷His color and shape cannot be seen; His description is indescribable.

¹⁸Prays Nanak, hear my prayer, O God, Almighty Creator, Cause of causes. ||1||

¹⁹These beings are Yours; You are their Creator.

²⁰God is the Destroyer of pain, suffering and doubt.

²¹Eliminate my doubt, pain and suffering in an instant, and preserve me, O Lord, Merciful to the meek.

²²You are mother, father and friend, O Lord and Master; the whole world is Your child, O Lord of the World.

²³One who comes seeking Your Sanctuary, obtains the treasure of virtue, and does not have to enter the cycle of birth and death again.

²⁴Prays Nanak, I am Your slave. All beings are Yours; You are their Creator. ||2||

²⁵Meditating on the Lord, twenty-four hours a day,

²⁶the fruits of the heart's desires are obtained.

²⁷Your heart's desires are obtained, meditating on God, and the fear of death is dispelled.

²⁸I sing of the Lord of the Universe in the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, and my hopes are fulfilled.

²⁹Renouncing egotism, emotional attachment and all corruption, we become pleasing to the Mind of God.

³⁰Prays Nanak, day and night, meditate forever on the Lord, Har, Har. ||3||

³¹At the Lord's Door, the unstruck melody resounds.

³²In each and every heart, the Lord, the Lord of the Universe, sings.

³³The Lord of the Universe sings, and abides forever; He is unfathomable, profoundly deep, lofty and exalted.

³⁴His virtues are infinite - none of them can be described. No one can reach Him.

³⁵He Himself creates, and He Himself sustains; all beings and creatures are fashioned by Him.

³⁶Prays Nanak, happiness comes from devotional worship of the Naam; at His Door, the unstruck melody resounds. ||4||3||

³⁷Raag Wadahans, First Mehl, Fifth House, Alaahanees ~ Songs Of Mourning:

³⁸One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

³⁹Blessed is the Creator, the True King, who has linked the whole world to its tasks.

⁴⁰When one's time is up, and the measure is full, this dear soul is caught, and driven off.

¹This dear soul is driven off, when the pre-ordained Order is received, and all the relatives cry out in mourning.

²The body and the swan-soul are separated, when one's days are past and done, O my mother.

³As is one's pre-ordained Destiny, so does one receive, according to one's past actions.

⁴Blessed is the Creator, the True King, who has linked the whole world to its tasks. ||1||

⁵Meditate in remembrance on the Lord and Master, O my Siblings of Destiny; everyone has to pass this way.

⁶These false entanglements last for only a few days; then, one must surely move on to the world hereafter.

⁷He must surely move on to the world hereafter, like a guest; so why does he indulge in ego?

⁸Chant the Name of the Lord; serving Him, you shall obtain peace in His Court.

⁹In the world hereafter, no one's commands will be obeyed. According to their actions, each and every person proceeds.

¹⁰Meditate in remembrance on the Lord and Master, O my Siblings of Destiny; everyone has to pass this way. ||2||

¹¹Whatever pleases the Almighty Lord, that alone comes to pass; this world is an opportunity to please Him.

¹²The True Creator Lord is pervading and permeating the water, the land and the air.

¹³The True Creator Lord is invisible and infinite; His limits cannot be found.

¹⁴Fruitful is the coming of those, who meditate single-mindedly on Him.

¹⁵He destroys, and having destroyed, He creates; by His Order, He adorns us.

¹⁶Whatever pleases the Almighty Lord, that alone comes to pass; this world is an opportunity to please Him. ||3||

¹⁷Nanak: he alone truly weeps, O Baba, who weeps in the Lord's Love.

¹⁸One who weeps for the sake of worldly objects, O Baba, weeps totally in vain.

¹⁹This weeping is all in vain; the world forgets the Lord, and weeps for the sake of Maya.

²⁰He does not distinguish between good and evil, and wastes away this life in vain.

²¹Everyone who comes here, shall have to leave; to act in ego is false.

²²Nanak: he alone truly weeps, O Baba, who weeps in the Lord's Love. ||4||1||

²³Wadahans, First Mehl:

²⁴Come, O my companions - let us meet together and dwell upon the True Name.

²⁵Let us weep over the body's separation from the Lord and Master; let us remember Him in contemplation.

²⁶Let us remember the Lord and Master in contemplation, and keep a watchful eye on the Path. We shall have to go there as well.

²⁷He who has created, also destroys; whatever happens is by His Will.

²⁸Whatever He has done, has come to pass; how can we command Him?

²⁹Come, O my companions - let us meet together and dwell upon the True Name. ||1||

³⁰Death would not be called bad, O people, if one knew how to truly die.

³¹Serve your Almighty Lord and Master, and your path in the world hereafter will be easy.

³²Take this easy path, and you shall obtain the fruits of your rewards, and receive honor in the world hereafter.

³³Go there with your offering, and you shall merge in the True Lord; your honor shall be confirmed.

³⁴You shall obtain a place in the Mansion of the Lord Master's Presence; being pleasing to Him, you shall enjoy the pleasures of His Love.

³⁵Death would not be called bad, O people, if one knew how to truly die. ||2||

³⁶The death of brave heroes is blessed, if it is approved by God.

¹They alone are acclaimed as brave warriors in the world hereafter, who receive true honor in the Court of the Lord.

²They are honored in the Court of the Lord; they depart with honor, and they do not suffer pain in the world hereafter.

³They meditate on the One Lord, and obtain the fruits of their rewards. Serving the Lord, their fear is dispelled.

⁴Do not indulge in egotism, and dwell within your own mind; the Knower Himself knows everything.

⁵The death of brave heroes is blessed, if it is approved by God. ||3||

⁶Nanak: for whom should we mourn, O Baba? This world is merely a play.

⁷The Lord Master beholds His work, and contemplates His creative potency.

⁸He contemplates His creative potency, having established the Universe. He who created it, He alone knows.

⁹He Himself beholds it, and He Himself understands it. He Himself realizes the Hukam of His Command.

¹⁰He who created these things, He alone knows. His subtle form is infinite.

¹¹Nanak: for whom should we mourn, O Baba? This world is merely a play. ||4||2||

¹²Wadahans, First Mehl, Dakhanee:

¹³The True Creator Lord is True - know this well; He is the True Sustainer.

¹⁴He Himself fashioned His Own Self; the True Lord is invisible and infinite.

¹⁵He brought together, and then separated, the two grinding stones of the earth and the sky; without the Guru, there is only pitch darkness.

¹⁶He created the sun and the moon; night and day, they move according to His Thought. ||1||

¹⁷O True Lord and Master, You are True. O True Lord, bless me with Your Love. ||Pause||

¹⁸You created the Universe; You are the Giver of pain and pleasure.

¹⁹You created woman and man, the love of poison, and emotional attachment to Maya.

²⁰The four sources of creation, and the power of the Word, are also of Your making. You give Support to all beings.

²¹You have made the Creation as Your Throne; You are the True Judge. ||2||

²²You created comings and goings, but You are ever-stable, O Creator Lord.

²³In birth and death, in coming and going, this soul is held in bondage by corruption.

²⁴The evil person has forgotten the Naam; he has drowned - what can he do now?

²⁵Forsaking merit, he has loaded the poisonous cargo of demerits; he is a trader of sins. ||3||

²⁶The beloved soul has received the Call, the Command of the True Creator Lord.

²⁷The soul, the husband, has become separated from the body, the bride. The Lord is the Re-uniter of the separated ones.

²⁸No one cares for your beauty, O beautiful bride.; the Messenger of Death is bound only by the Lord Commander's Command.

²⁹He does not distinguish between young children and old people; he tears apart love and affection. ||4||

³⁰The nine doors are closed by the True Lord's Command, and the swan-soul takes flight into the skies.

³¹The body-bride is separated, and defrauded by falsehood; she is now a widow - her husband's body lies dead in the courtyard.

³²The widow cries out at the door, "The light of my mind has gone out, O my mother, with his death."

³³So cry out, O soul-brides of the Husband Lord, and dwell on the Glorious Praises of the True Lord. ||5||

³⁴Her loved one is cleansed, bathed in water, and dressed in silken robes.

³⁵The musicians play, and the Bani of the True Lord's Words are sung; the five relatives feel as if they too are dead, so deadened are their minds.

³⁶"Separation from my beloved is like death to me!" cries the widow. "My life in this world is cursed and worthless!"

³⁷But she alone is approved, who dies, while yet still alive; she lives for the sake of the Love of her Beloved. ||6||

³⁸So cry out in mourning, you who have come to mourn; this world is false and fraudulent.

¹I too have been defrauded, chasing after worldly entanglements; my Husband Lord has forsaken me - I practice the evil deeds of a wife without a spouse.

²In each and every home, are the brides of the Husband Lord; they gaze upon their Handsome Lord with love and affection.

³I sing the Praises of my True Husband Lord, and through the Naam, the Name of my Husband Lord, I blossom forth. ||7||

⁴Meeting with the Guru, the soul-bride's dress is transformed, and she is adorned with Truth.

⁵Come and meet with me, O brides of the Lord; let's meditate in remembrance on the Creator Lord.

⁶Through the Naam, the soul-bride becomes the Lord's favorite; she is adorned with Truth.

⁷Do not sing the songs of separation, O Nanak; reflect upon God. ||8||3||

⁸Wadahans, First Mehl:

⁹The One who creates and dissolves the world - that Lord and Master alone knows His creative power.

¹⁰Do not search for the True Lord far away; recognize the Word of the Shabad in each and every heart.

¹¹Recognize the Shabad, and do not think that the Lord is far away; He created this creation.

¹²Meditating on the Naam, the Name of the Lord, one obtains peace; without the Naam, he plays a losing game.

¹³The One who established the Universe, He alone knows the Way; what can anyone say?

¹⁴The One who established the world cast the net of Maya over it; accept Him as your Lord and Master. ||1||

¹⁵O Baba, he has come, and now he must get up and depart; this world is only a way-station.

¹⁶Upon each and every head, the True Lord writes their destiny of pain and pleasure, according to their past actions.

¹⁷He bestows pain and pleasure, according to the deeds done; the record of these deeds stays with the soul.

¹⁸He does those deeds which the Creator Lord causes him to do; he attempts no other actions.

¹⁹The Lord Himself is detached, while the world is entangled in conflict; by His Command, He emancipates it.

²⁰He may put this off today, but tomorrow he is seized by death; in love with duality, he practices corruption. ||2||

²¹The path of death is dark and dismal; the way cannot be seen.

²²There is no water, no quilt or mattress, and no food there.

²³He receives no food there, no honor or water, no clothes or decorations.

²⁴The chain is put around his neck, and the Messenger of Death standing over his head strikes him; he cannot see the door of his home.

²⁵The seeds planted on this path do not sprout; bearing the weight of his sins upon his head, he regrets and repents.

²⁶Without the True Lord, no one is his friend; reflect upon this as true. ||3||

²⁷O Baba, they alone are known to truly weep and wail, who meet together and weep, chanting the Praises of the Lord.

²⁸Defrauded by Maya and worldly affairs, the weepers weep.

²⁹They weep for the sake of worldly affairs, and they do not wash off their own filth; the world is merely a dream.

³⁰Like the juggler, deceiving by his tricks, one is deluded by egotism, falsehood and illusion.

³¹The Lord Himself reveals the Path; He Himself is the Doer of deeds.

³²Those who are imbued with the Naam, are protected by the Perfect Guru, O Nanak; they merge in celestial bliss. ||4||4||

³³Wadahans, First Mehl:

³⁴O Baba, whoever has come, will rise up and leave; this world is merely a false show.

³⁵One's true home is obtained by serving the True Lord; real Truth is obtained by being truthful.

³⁶By falsehood and greed, no place of rest is found, and no place in the world hereafter is obtained.

³⁷No one invites him to come in and sit down. He is like a crow in a deserted home.

³⁸Trapped by birth and death, he is separated from the Lord for such a long time; the whole world is wasting away.

³⁹Greed, worldly entanglements and Maya deceive the world. Death hovers over its head, and causes it to weep. ||1||

¹Come, O Baba, and Siblings of Destiny - let's join together; take me in your arms, and bless me with your prayers.

²O Baba, union with the True Lord cannot be broken; bless me with your prayers for union with my Beloved.

³Bless me with your prayers, that I may perform devotional worship service to my Lord; for those already united with Him, what is there to unite?

⁴Some have wandered away from the Name of the Lord, and lost the Path. The Word of the Guru's Shabad is the true game.

⁵Do not go on Death's path; remain merged in the Word of the Shabad, the true form throughout the ages.

⁶Through good fortune, we meet such friends and relatives, who meet with the Guru, and escape the noose of Death. ||2||

⁷O Baba, we come into the world naked, into pain and pleasure, according to the record of our account.

⁸The call of our pre-ordained destiny cannot be altered; it follows from our past actions.

⁹The True Lord sits and writes of ambrosial nectar, and bitter poison; as the Lord attaches us, so are we attached.

¹⁰The Charmer, Maya, has worked her charms, and the multi-colored thread is around everyone's neck.

¹¹Through shallow intellect, the mind becomes shallow, and one eats the fly, along with the sweets.

¹²Contrary to custom, he comes into the Dark Age of Kali Yuga naked, and naked he is bound down and sent away again. ||3||

¹³O Baba, weep and mourn if you must; the beloved soul is bound and driven off.

¹⁴The pre-ordained record of destiny cannot be erased; the summons has come from the Lord's Court.

¹⁵The messenger comes, when it pleases the Lord, and the mourners begin to mourn.

¹⁶Sons, brothers, nephews and very dear friends weep and wail.

¹⁷Let him weep, who weeps in the Fear of God, cherishing the virtues of God. No one dies with the dead.

¹⁸O Nanak, throughout the ages, they are known as wise, who weep, remembering the True Lord. ||4||5||

¹⁹Wadahans, Third Mehl:

²⁰One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

²¹Praise God, the True Lord; He is all-powerful to do all things.

²²The soul-bride shall never be a widow, and she shall never have to endure suffering.

²³She shall never suffer - night and day, she enjoys pleasures; that soul-bride merges in the Mansion of her Lord's Presence.

²⁴She knows her Beloved, the Architect of karma, and she speaks words of ambrosial sweetness.

²⁵The virtuous soul-brides dwell on the Lord's virtues; they keep their Husband Lord in their remembrance, and so they never suffer separation from Him.

²⁶So praise your True Husband Lord, who is all-powerful to do all things. ||1||

²⁷The True Lord and Master is realized through the Word of His Shabad; He blends all with Himself.

²⁸That soul-bride is imbued with the Love of her Husband Lord, who banishes her self-conceit from within.

²⁹Eradicating her ego from within herself, death shall not consume her again; as Gurmukh, she knows the One Lord God.

³⁰The desire of the soul-bride is fulfilled; deep within herself, she is drenched in His Love. She meets the Great Giver, the Life of the World.

³¹Imbued with love for the Shabad, she is like a youth intoxicated; she merges into the very being of her Husband Lord.

³²The True Lord Master is realized through the Word of His Shabad. He blends all with Himself. ||2||

³³Those who have realized their Husband Lord - I go and ask those Saints about Him.

¹Renouncing ego, I serve them; thus I meet my True Husband Lord, with intuitive ease.

²The True Husband Lord comes to meet the soul-bride who practices Truth, and is imbued with the True Word of the Shabad.

³She shall never become a widow; she shall always be a happy bride. Deep within herself, she dwells in the celestial bliss of Samaadhi.

⁴Her Husband Lord is fully pervading everywhere; beholding Him ever-present, she enjoys His Love, with intuitive ease.

⁵Those who have realized their Husband Lord - I go and ask those Saints about Him. ||3||

⁶The separated ones also meet with their Husband Lord, if they fall at the Feet of the True Guru.

⁷The True Guru is forever merciful; through the Word of His Shabad, demerits are burnt away.

⁸Burning away her demerits through the Shabad, the soul-bride eradicates her love of duality, and remains absorbed in the True, True Lord.

⁹Through the True Shabad, everlasting peace is obtained, and egotism and doubt are dispelled.

¹⁰The Immaculate Husband Lord is forever the Giver of peace; O Nanak, through the Word of His Shabad, He is met.

¹¹The separated ones also meet with their Husband Lord, if they fall at the feet of the True Guru. ||4||1||

¹²Wadahans, Third Mehl:

¹³Listen, O brides of the Lord: serve your Beloved Husband Lord, and contemplate the Word of His Shabad.

¹⁴The worthless bride does not know her Husband Lord - she is deluded; forgetting her Husband Lord, she weeps and wails.

¹⁵She weeps, thinking of her Husband Lord, and she cherishes His virtues; her Husband Lord does not die, and does not leave.

¹⁶As Gurmukh, she knows the Lord; through the Word of His Shabad, He is realized; through True Love, she merges with Him.

¹⁷She who does not know her Husband Lord, the Architect of karma, is deluded by falsehood - she herself is false.

¹⁸Listen, O brides of the Lord: serve your Beloved Husband Lord, and contemplate the Word of His Shabad. ||1||

¹⁹He Himself created the whole world; the world comes and goes.

²⁰The love of Maya has ruined the world; people die, to be re-born, over and over again.

²¹People die to be re-born, over and over again, while their sins increase; without spiritual wisdom, they are deluded.

²²Without the Word of the Shabad, the Husband Lord is not found; the worthless, false bride wastes her life away, weeping and wailing.

²³He is my Beloved Husband Lord, the Life of the World - for whom should I weep? They alone weep, who forget their Husband Lord.

²⁴He Himself created the whole world; the world comes and goes. ||2||

²⁵That Husband Lord is True, forever True; He does not die, and He does not leave.

²⁶The ignorant soul-bride wanders in delusion; in the love of duality, she sits like a widow.

²⁷She sits like a widow, in the love of duality; through emotional attachment to Maya, she suffers in pain. She is growing old, and her body is withering away.

²⁸Whatever has come, all that shall pass away; through the love of duality, they suffer in pain.

²⁹They do not see the Messenger of Death; they long for Maya, and their consciousness is attached to greed.

³⁰That Husband Lord is True, forever True; He does not die, and He does not leave. ||3||

³¹Some weep and wail, separated from their Husband Lord; the blind ones do not know that their Husband is with them.

³²By Guru's Grace, they may meet with their True Husband, and cherish Him always deep within.

³³She cherishes her Husband deep within herself - He is always with her; the self-willed manmukhs think that He is far away.

³⁴This body rolls in the dust, and is totally useless; it does not realize the Presence of the Lord and Master.

¹O Nanak, that soul-bride is united in Union; she cherishes her Beloved Husband forever, deep within herself.

²Some weep and wail, separated from their Husband Lord; the blind ones do not know that their Husband is with them. ||4||2||

³Wadahans, Third Mehl:

⁴Those who are separated from their Beloved Husband Lord weep and wail, but my True Husband Lord is always with me.

⁵Those who know that they must depart, serve the True Guru, and dwell upon the Naam, the Name of the Lord.

⁶They dwell constantly upon the Naam, and the True Guru is with them; they serve the True Guru, and so obtain peace.

⁷Through the Shabad, they kill death, and enshrine the True Lord within their hearts; they shall not have to come and go again.

⁸True is the Lord and Master, and True is His Name; bestowing His Gracious Glance, one is enraptured.

⁹Those who are separated from their Beloved Husband Lord weep and wail, but my True Husband Lord is always with me. ||1||

¹⁰God, my Lord and Master, is the highest of all; how can I meet my Dear Beloved?

¹¹When the True Guru united me, then I was naturally united with my Husband Lord, and now, I keep Him clasped to my heart.

¹²I constantly, lovingly cherish my Beloved within my heart; through the True Guru, I see my Beloved.

¹³The cloak of Maya's love is false; wearing it, one slips and loses his footing.

¹⁴That cloak is true, which is dyed in the color of the Love of my Beloved; wearing it, my inner thirst is quenched.

¹⁵God, my Lord and Master, is the highest of all; how can I meet my Dear Beloved? ||2||

¹⁶I have realized my True Lord God, while the other worthless ones have gone astray.

¹⁷I dwell constantly upon my Beloved Husband Lord, and reflect upon the True Word of the Shabad.

¹⁸The bride reflects upon the True Shabad, and is imbued with His Love; she meets with the True Guru, and finds her Beloved.

¹⁹Deep within, she is imbued with His Love, and intoxicated with delight; her enemies and sufferings are all taken away.

²⁰Surrender body and soul to your Guru, and then you shall become happy; your thirst and pain shall be taken away.

²¹I have realized my True Lord God, while the other worthless ones have gone astray. ||3||

²²The True Lord Himself created the world; without the Guru, there is only pitch darkness.

²³He Himself unites, and causes us to unite with Him; He Himself blesses us with His Love.

²⁴He Himself blesses us with His Love, and deals in celestial peace; the life of the Gurmukh is reformed.

²⁵Blessed is his coming into the world; he banishes his self-conceit, and is acclaimed as true in the Court of the True Lord.

²⁶The light of the jewel of spiritual wisdom shines within his heart, O Nanak, and he loves the Naam, the Name of the Lord.

²⁷The True Lord Himself created the world; without the Guru, there is only pitch darkness. ||4||3||

²⁸Wadahans, Third Mehl:

²⁹This body is frail; old age is overtaking it.

³⁰Those who are protected by the Guru are saved, while others die, to be reincarnated; they continue coming and going.

³¹Others die, to be reincarnated; they continue coming and going, and in the end, they depart regretfully. Without the Name, there is no peace.

³²As one acts here, so does he obtain his rewards; the self-willed manmukh loses his honor.

³³In the City of Death, there is pitch darkness, and huge clouds of dust; neither sister nor brother is there.

³⁴This body is frail; old age is overtaking it. ||1||

³⁵The body becomes like gold, when the True Guru unites one with Himself.

¹Doubt and Maya have been removed from within me, and I am merged in the Naam, the True Name of the Lord.

²Merged in the True Name of the Lord, I sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord; meeting my Beloved, I have found peace.

³I am in constant bliss, day and night; egotism has been dispelled from within me.

⁴I fall at the feet of those who enshrine the Naam within their consciousness.

⁵The body becomes like gold, when the True Guru unites one with Himself. ||2||

⁶We truly praise the True Lord, when the True Guru imparts understanding.

⁷Without the True Guru, they are deluded by doubt; going to the world hereafter, what face will they display?

⁸What face will they show, when they go there? They will regret and repent for their sins; their actions will bring them only pain and suffering.

⁹Those who are imbued with the Naam are dyed in the deep crimson color of the Lord's Love; they merge into the Being of their Husband Lord.

¹⁰I can conceive of no other as great as the Lord; unto whom should I go and speak?

¹¹We truly praise the True Lord, when the True Guru imparts understanding. ||3||

¹²I fall at the feet of those who praise the Truest of the True.

¹³Those humble beings are true, and immaculately pure; meeting them, all filth is washed off.

¹⁴Meeting them, all filth is washed off; bathing in the Pool of Truth, one becomes truthful, with intuitive ease.

¹⁵The True Guru has given me the realization of the Naam, the Immaculate Name of the Lord, the unfathomable, the imperceptible.

¹⁶Those who perform devotional worship to the Lord night and day, are imbued with His Love; O Nanak, they are absorbed in the True Lord.

¹⁷I fall at the feet of those who meditate on the Truest of the True. ||4||4||

¹⁸Vaar Of Wadahans, Fourth Mehl: To Be Sung In The Tune Of Lalaa-Behleemaa:

¹⁹One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

²⁰Salok, Third Mehl:

²¹The great swans are imbued with the Word of the Shabad; they enshrine the True Name within their hearts.

²²They gather Truth, remain always in Truth, and love the True Name.

²³They are always pure and immaculate - filth does not touch them; they are blessed with the Grace of the Creator Lord.

²⁴O Nanak, I am a sacrifice to those who, night and day, meditate on the Lord. ||1||

²⁵Third Mehl:

²⁶I thought that he was a great swan, so I associated with him.

²⁷If I had known that he was only a wretched heron from birth, I would not have touched him. ||2||

²⁸Third Mehl:

²⁹Seeing the swans swimming, the herons became envious.

³⁰But the poor herons drowned and died, and floated with their heads down, and their feet above. ||3||

³¹Pauree:

³²You Yourself are Yourself, all by Yourself; You Yourself created the creation.

³³You Yourself are Yourself the Formless Lord; there is no other than You.

³⁴You are the all-powerful Cause of causes; what You do, comes to be.

³⁵You give gifts to all beings, without their asking.

³⁶Everyone proclaims, "Waaho! Waaho!" Blessed, blessed is the True Guru, who has given the supreme gift of the Name of the Lord. ||1||

¹Salok, Third Mehl:

²The entire universe is in fear; only the Dear Lord is fearless.

³Serving the True Guru, the Lord comes to dwell in the mind, and then, fear cannot stay there.

⁴Enemies and pain cannot come close, and no one can touch him.

⁵The Gurmukh reflects upon the Lord in his mind; whatever pleases the Lord - that alone comes to pass.

⁶O Nanak, He Himself preserves one's honor; He alone resolves our affairs. ||1||

⁷Third Mehl:

⁸Some friends are leaving, some have already left, and those remaining will eventually leave.

⁹Those who do not serve the True Guru, come and go regretting.

¹⁰O Nanak, those who are attuned to Truth are not separated; serving the True Guru, they merge into the Lord. ||2||

¹¹Pauree:

¹²Meet with that True Guru, the True Friend, within whose mind the Lord, the virtuous One, abides.

¹³Meet with that Beloved True Guru, who has subdued ego from within himself.

¹⁴Blessed, blessed is the Perfect True Guru, who has given the Lord's Teachings to reform the whole world.

¹⁵O Saints, meditate constantly on the Lord's Name, and cross over the terrifying, poisonous world-ocean.

¹⁶The Perfect Guru has taught me about the Lord; I am forever a sacrifice to the Guru. ||2||

¹⁷Salok, Third Mehl:

¹⁸Service to, and obedience to the True Guru, is the essence of comfort and peace.

¹⁹Doing so, one obtains honor here, and the door of salvation in the Court of the Lord.

²⁰In this way, perform the tasks of Truth, wear Truth, and take the Support of the True Name.

²¹Associating with Truth, obtain Truth, and love the True Name.

²²Through the True Word of the Shabad, be always happy, and you shall be acclaimed as True in the True Court.

²³O Nanak, he alone serves the True Guru, whom the Creator has blessed with His Glance of Grace. ||1||

²⁴Third Mehl:

²⁵Cursed is the life, and cursed is the dwelling, of those who serve another.

²⁶Abandoning the Ambrosial Nectar, they turn to poison; they earn poison, and poison is their only wealth.

²⁷Poison is their food, and poison is their dress; they fill their mouths with morsels of poison.

²⁸In this world, they earn only pain and suffering, and dying, they go to abide in hell.

²⁹The self-willed manmukhs have filthy faces; they do not know the Word of the Shabad; in sexual desire and anger they waste away.

³⁰They forsake the Fear of the True Guru, and because of their stubborn ego, their efforts do not come to fruition.

³¹In the City of Death, they are bound and beaten, and no one hears their prayers.

³²O Nanak, they act according to their pre-ordained destiny; the Gurmukh abides in the Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||2||

³³Pauree:

³⁴Serve the True Guru, O Holy people; He implants the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, in our minds.

³⁵Worship the True Guru day and night; He leads us the meditate on the Lord of the Universe, the Master of the Universe.

³⁶Behold the True Guru, each and every moment; He shows us the Divine Path of the Lord.

³⁷Let everyone fall at the feet of the True Guru; He has dispelled the darkness of emotional attachment.

³⁸Let everyone hail and praise the True Guru, who has led us to find the treasure of the Lord's devotional worship. ||3||

³⁹Salok, Third Mehl:

⁴⁰Meeting with the True Guru, hunger departs; by wearing the robes of a beggar, hunger does not depart.

¹Afflicted with pain, he wanders from house to house, and in the world hereafter, he receives double punishment.

²Peace does not come to his heart - he is not content to eat what comes his way.

³With his stubborn mind, he begs, and grabs, and annoys those who give.

⁴Instead of wearing these beggar's robes, it is better to be a householder, and give to others.

⁵Those who are attuned to the Word of the Shabad, acquire understanding; the others wander, deluded by doubt.

⁶They act according to their past actions; it is useless to talk to them.

⁷O Nanak, those who are pleasing unto the Lord are good; He upholds their honor. ||1||

⁸Third Mehl:

⁹Serving the True Guru, one finds a lasting peace; the pains of birth and death are removed.

¹⁰He is not troubled by anxiety, and the carefree Lord comes to dwell in the mind.

¹¹Deep within himself, is the sacred shrine of spiritual wisdom, revealed by the True Guru.

¹²His filth is removed, and his soul becomes immaculately pure, bathing in the sacred shrine, the pool of Ambrosial Nectar.

¹³The friend meets with the True Friend, the Lord, through the love of the Shabad.

¹⁴Within the home of his own being, he finds the Divine Self, and his light blends with the Light.

¹⁵The Messenger of Death does not leave the hypocrite; he is led away in dishonor.

¹⁶O Nanak, those who are imbued with the Naam are saved; they are in love with the True Lord. ||2||

¹⁷Pauree:

¹⁸Go, and sit in the Sat Sangat, the True Congregation, where the Name of the Lord is churned.

¹⁹In peace and poise, contemplate the Lord's Name - don't lose the essence of the Lord.

²⁰Chant the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, constantly, day and night, and you shall be accepted in the Court of the Lord.

²¹He alone finds the Perfect True Guru, on whose forehead such a pre-ordained destiny is written.

²²Let everyone bow in worship to the Guru, who utters the sermon of the Lord. ||4||

²³Salok, Third Mehl:

²⁴The friends who love the True Guru, meet with the Lord, the True Friend.

²⁵Meeting their Beloved, they meditate on the True Lord with love and affection.

²⁶Their minds are appeased by their own minds, through the incomparable Word of the Guru's Shabad.

²⁷These friends are united, and will not be separated again; they have been united by the Creator Lord Himself.

²⁸Some do not believe in the Blessed Vision of the Guru's Darshan; they do not contemplate the Shabad.

²⁹The separated ones are in love with duality - what more separation can they suffer?

³⁰Friendship with the self-willed manmukhs lasts for only a few short days.

³¹This friendship is broken in an instant; this friendship leads to corruption.

³²They do not fear the True Lord within their hearts, and they do not love the Naam.

³³O Nanak, why become friends with those whom the Creator Lord Himself has misled? ||1||

³⁴Third Mehl:

³⁵Some remain constantly imbued with the Lord's Love; I am forever a sacrifice to them.

³⁶I dedicate my mind, soul and wealth to them; bowing low, I fall at their feet.

³⁷Meeting them, the soul is satisfied, and one's hunger and thirst all depart.

³⁸O Nanak, those who are attuned to the Naam are happy forever; they lovingly focus their minds on the True Lord. ||2||

³⁹Pauree:

⁴⁰I am a sacrifice to the Guru, who recites the sermon of the Lord's Teachings.

¹I am forever a sacrifice to that Guru, who has led me to serve the Lord.

²That Beloved True Guru is always with me; wherever I may be, He will save me.

³Most blessed is that Guru, who imparts understanding of the Lord.

⁴O Nanak, I am a sacrifice to the Guru, who has given me the Lord's Name, and fulfilled the desires of my mind. ||5||

⁵Salok, Third Mehl:

⁶Consumed by desires, the world is burning and dying; burning and burning, it cries out.

⁷But if it meets with the cooling and soothing True Guru, it does not burn any longer.

⁸O Nanak, without the Name, and without contemplating the Word of the Shabad, no one becomes fearless. ||1||

⁹Third Mehl:

¹⁰Wearing ceremonial robes, the fire is not quenched, and the mind is filled with anxiety.

¹¹Destroying the snake's hole, the snake is not killed; it is just like doing deeds without a Guru.

¹²Serving the Giver, the True Guru, the Shabad comes to abide in the mind.

¹³The mind and body are cooled and soothed; peace ensues, and the fire of desire is quenched.

¹⁴The supreme comforts and lasting peace are obtained, when one eradicates ego from within.

¹⁵He alone becomes a detached Gurmukh, who lovingly focuses his consciousness on the True Lord.

¹⁶Anxiety does not affect him at all; he is satisfied and satiated with the Name of the Lord.

¹⁷O Nanak, without the Naam, no one is saved; they are utterly ruined by egotism. ||2||

¹⁸Pauree:

¹⁹Those who meditate on the Lord, Har, Har, obtain all peace and comforts.

²⁰Fruitful is the entire life of those, who hunger for the Name of the Lord in their minds.

²¹Those who worship the Lord in adoration, through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, forget all their pains and suffering.

²²Those Gursikhs are good Saints, who care for nothing other than the Lord.

²³Blessed, blessed is their Guru, whose mouth tastes the Ambrosial Fruit of the Lord's Name. ||6||

²⁴Salok, Third Mehl:

²⁵In the Dark Age of Kali Yuga, the Messenger of Death is the enemy of life, but he acts according to the Lord's Command.

²⁶Those who are protected by the Guru are saved, while the self-willed manmukhs receive their punishment.

²⁷The world is under the control, and in the bondage of the Messenger of Death; no one can hold him back.

²⁸So serve the One who created Death; as Gurmukh, no pain shall touch you.

²⁹O Nanak, Death serves the Gurmukhs; the True Lord abides in their minds. ||1||

³⁰Third Mehl:

³¹This body is filled with disease; without the Word of the Shabad, the pain of the disease of ego does not depart.

³²When one meets the True Guru, then he becomes immaculately pure, and he enshrines the Lord's Name within his mind.

³³O Nanak, meditating on the Naam, the Name of the Peace-Giving Lord, his pains are automatically forgotten. ||2||

³⁴Pauree:

³⁵I am forever a sacrifice to the Guru, who has taught me about the Lord, the Life of the World.

³⁶I am every bit a sacrifice to the Guru, the Lover of Nectar, who has revealed the Name of the Lord.

³⁷I am a sacrifice to the Guru, who has totally cured me of the fatal disease of egotism.

³⁸Glorious and great are the virtues of the Guru, who has eradicated evil, and instructed me in virtue.

¹The True Guru meets with those upon whose foreheads such blessed destiny is recorded. ||7||

²Salok, Third Mehl:

³They alone worship the Lord, who remain dead while yet alive; the Gurmukhs worship the Lord continually.

⁴The Lord blesses them with the treasure of devotional worship, which no one can destroy.

⁵They obtain the treasure of virtue, the One True Lord, within their minds.

⁶O Nanak, the Gurmukhs remain united with the Lord; they shall never be separated again. ||1||

⁷Third Mehl:

⁸He does not serve the True Guru; how can he reflect upon the Lord?

⁹He does not appreciate the value of the Shabad; the fool wanders in corruption and sin.

¹⁰The blind and ignorant perform all sorts of ritualistic actions; they are in love with duality.

¹¹Those who take unjustified pride in themselves, are punished and humiliated by the Messenger of Death.

¹²O Nanak, who else is there to ask? The Lord Himself is the Forgiver. ||2||

¹³Pauree:

¹⁴You, O Creator, know all things; all beings belong to You.

¹⁵Those who are pleasing to You, You unite with Yourself; what can the poor creatures do?

¹⁶You are all-powerful, the Cause of causes, the True Creator Lord.

¹⁷Only those unite with you, Beloved Lord, whom you approve and who meditate on Guru's Word.

¹⁸I am a sacrifice to my True Guru, who has allowed me to see my unseen Lord. ||8||

¹⁹Salok, Third Mehl:

²⁰He is the Assayer of jewels; He contemplates the jewel.

²¹He is ignorant and totally blind - he does not appreciate the value of the jewel.

²²The Jewel is the Word of the Guru's Shabad; the Knower alone knows it.

²³The fools take pride in themselves, and are ruined in birth and death.

²⁴O Nanak, he alone obtains the jewel, who, as Gurmukh, enshrines love for it.

²⁵Chanting the Naam, the Name of the Lord, forever and ever, make the Name of the Lord your daily occupation.

²⁶If the Lord shows His Mercy, then I keep Him enshrined within my heart. ||1||

²⁷Third Mehl:

²⁸They do not serve the True Guru, and they do not embrace love for the Lord's Name.

²⁹Do not even think that they are alive - the Creator Lord Himself has killed them.

³⁰Egotism is such a terrible disease; in the love of duality, they do their deeds.

³¹O Nanak, the self-willed manmukhs are in a living death; forgetting the Lord, they suffer in pain. ||2||

³²Pauree:

³³Let all bow in reverence, to that humble being whose heart is pure within.

³⁴I am a sacrifice to that humble being whose mind is filled with the treasure of the Naam.

³⁵He has a discriminating intellect; he meditates on the Name of the Lord.

³⁶That True Guru is a friend to all; everyone is dear to Him.

³⁷The Lord, the Supreme Soul, is pervading everywhere; reflect upon the wisdom of the Guru's Teachings. ||9||

³⁸Salok, Third Mehl:

³⁹Without serving the True Guru, the soul is in the bondage of deeds done in ego.

⁴⁰Without serving the True Guru, one finds no place of rest; he dies, and is reincarnated, and continues coming and going.

⁴¹Without serving the True Guru, one's speech is vapid and insipid; the Naam, the Name of the Lord, does not abide in his mind.

¹O Nanak, without serving the True Guru, they are bound and beaten in the City of Death; they arise and depart with blackened faces. ||1||

²First Mehl:

³Burn away those rituals which lead you to forget the Beloved Lord.

⁴O Nanak, sublime is that love, which preserves my honor with my Lord Master. ||2||

⁵Pauree:

⁶Serve the One Lord, the Great Giver; meditate on the One Lord.

⁷Beg from the One Lord, the Great Giver, and you shall obtain your heart's desires.

⁸But if you beg from another, then you shall be shamed and destroyed.

⁹One who serves the Lord obtains the fruits of his rewards; all of his hunger is satisfied.

¹⁰Nanak is a sacrifice to those, who night and day, meditate within their hearts on the Name of the Lord. ||10||

¹¹Salok, Third Mehl:

¹²He Himself is pleased with His humble devotees; my Beloved Lord attaches them to Himself.

¹³The Lord blesses His humble devotees with royalty; He fashions the true crown upon their heads.

¹⁴They are always at peace, and immaculately pure; they perform service for the True Guru.

¹⁵They are not said to be kings, who die in conflict, and then enter again the cycle of reincarnation.

¹⁶O Nanak, without the Name of the Lord, they wander about with their noses cut off in disgrace; they get no respect at all. ||1||

¹⁷Third Mehl:

¹⁸Hearing the teachings, he does not appreciate them, as long as he is not Gurmukh, attached to the Word of the Shabad.

¹⁹Serving the True Guru, the Naam comes to abide in the mind, and doubts and fears run away.

²⁰As he knows the True Guru, so he is transformed, and then, he lovingly focuses his consciousness on the Naam.

²¹O Nanak, through the Naam, the Name of the Lord, greatness is obtained; he shall be resplendent in the Court of the Lord hereafter. ||2||

²²Pauree:

²³The minds of the Gursikhs are filled with the love of the Lord; they come and worship the Guru.

²⁴They trade lovingly in the Lord's Name, and depart after earning the profit of the Lord's Name.

²⁵The faces of the Gursikhs are radiant; in the Court of the Lord, they are approved.

²⁶The Guru, the True Guru, is the treasure of the Lord's Name; how very fortunate are the Sikhs who share in this treasure of virtue.

²⁷I am a sacrifice to those Gursikhs who, sitting and standing, meditate on the Lord's Name. ||11||

²⁸Salok, Third Mehl:

²⁹O Nanak, the Naam, the Name of the Lord, is the treasure, which the Gurmukhs obtain.

³⁰The self-willed manmukhs are blind; they do not realize that it is within their own home. They die barking and crying. ||1||

³¹Third Mehl:

³²That body is golden and immaculate, which is attached to the True Name of the True Lord.

³³The Gurmukh obtains the Pure Light of the Luminous Lord, and his doubts and fears run away.

³⁴O Nanak, the Gurmukhs find lasting peace; night and day, they remain detached, while in the Love of the Lord. ||2||

³⁵Pauree:

³⁶Blessed, blessed are those Gursikhs, who, with their ears, listen to the Guru's Teachings about the Lord.

³⁷The Guru, the True Guru, implants the Naam within them, and their egotism and duality are silenced.

³⁸There is no friend, other than the Name of the Lord; the Lord's humble servants reflect upon this and see.

¹Those Gursikhs, with whom the Lord is pleased, accept the Word of the True Guru.

²Those Gurmukhs who meditate on the Naam are imbued with the four-fold color of the Lord's Love. ||12||

³Salok, Third Mehl:

⁴The self-willed manmukh is cowardly and ugly; lacking the Name of the Lord, his nose is cut off in disgrace.

⁵Night and day, he is engrossed in worldly affairs, and even in his dreams, he finds no peace.

⁶O Nanak, if he becomes Gurmukh, then he shall be saved; otherwise, he is held in bondage, and suffers in pain. ||1||

⁷Third Mehl:

⁸The Gurmukhs always look beautiful in the Court of the Lord; they practice the Word of the Guru's Shabad.

⁹There is a lasting peace and happiness deep within them; at the Court of the True Lord, they receive honor.

¹⁰O Nanak, the Gurmukhs are blessed with the Name of the Lord; they merge imperceptibly into the True Lord. ||2||

¹¹Pauree:

¹²As Gurmukh, Prahlaad meditated on the Lord, and was saved.

¹³As Gurmukh, Janak lovingly centered his consciousness on the Lord's Name.

¹⁴As Gurmukh, Vashisht taught the Teachings of the Lord.

¹⁵Without the Guru, no one has found the Lord's Name, O my Siblings of Destiny.

¹⁶The Lord blesses the Gurmukh with devotion. ||13||

¹⁷Salok, Third Mehl:

¹⁸One who has no faith in the True Guru, and who does not love the Word of the Shabad,

¹⁹shall find no peace, even though he may come and go hundreds of times.

²⁰O Nanak, the Gurmukh meets the True Lord with natural ease; he is in love with the Lord. ||1||

²¹Third Mehl:

²²O mind, search for such a True Guru, by serving whom the pains of birth and death are dispelled.

²³Doubt shall never afflict you, and your ego shall be burnt away through the Word of the Shabad.

²⁴The veil of falsehood shall be torn down from within you, and Truth shall come to dwell in the mind.

²⁵Peace and happiness shall fill your mind deep within, if you act according to truth and self-discipline.

²⁶O Nanak, by perfect good karma, you shall meet the True Guru, and then the Dear Lord, by His Sweet Will, shall bless you with His Mercy. ||2||

²⁷Pauree:

²⁸The whole world comes under the control of one whose home is filled with the Lord, the King.

²⁹He is subject to no one else's rule, and the Lord, the King, causes everyone to fall at his feet.

³⁰One may run away from the courts of other men, but where can one go to escape the Lord's Kingdom?

³¹The Lord is such a King, who abides in the hearts of His devotees; He brings the others, and makes them stand before His devotees.

³²The glorious greatness of the Lord's Name is obtained only by His Grace; how few are the Gurmukhs who meditate on Him. ||14||

³³Salok, Third Mehl:

³⁴Without serving the True Guru, the people of the world are dead; they waste their lives away in vain.

³⁵In love with duality, they suffer terrible pain; they die, and are reincarnated, and continue coming and going.

³⁶They live in manure, and are reincarnated again and again.

³⁷O Nanak, without the Name, the Messenger of Death punishes them; in the end, they depart regretting and repenting. ||1||

³⁸Third Mehl:

³⁹In this world, there is one Husband Lord; all other beings are His brides.

¹He enjoys the hearts of all, and yet He remains detached; He is unseen; He cannot be described.

²The Perfect Guru reveals Him, and through the Word of His Shabad, we come to understand Him.

³Those who serve their Husband Lord, become like Him; their egos are burnt away by His Shabad.

⁴He has no rival, no attacker, no enemy.

⁵His rule is unchanging and eternal; He does not come or go.

⁶Night and day, His servant serves Him, singing the Glorious Praises of the True Lord.

⁷Beholding the Glorious Greatness of the True Lord, Nanak blossoms forth. ||2||

⁸Pauree:

⁹Those whose hearts are forever filled with the Name of the Lord, have the Name of the Lord as their Protector.

¹⁰The Lord's Name is my father, the Lord's Name is my mother; the Lord's Name is my helper and friend.

¹¹My conversation is with the Lord's Name, and my counseling is with the Lord's Name; the Lord's Name always takes care of me.

¹²The Lord's Name is my most beloved society, the Lord's Name is my ancestry, and the Lord's Name is my family.

¹³The Guru, the Lord Incarnate, has bestowed upon servant Nanak the Name of the Lord; in this world, and in the next, the Lord ever saves me. ||15||

¹⁴Salok, Third Mehl:

¹⁵Those who meet the True Guru, ever sing the Kirtan of the Lord's Praises.

¹⁶The Lord's Name naturally fills their minds, and they are absorbed in the Shabad, the Word of the True Lord.

¹⁷They redeem their generations, and they themselves obtain the state of liberation.

¹⁸The Supreme Lord God is pleased with those who fall at the Guru's Feet.

¹⁹Servant Nanak is the Lord's slave; by His Grace, the Lord preserves his honor. ||1||

²⁰Third Mehl:

²¹In egotism, one is assailed by fear; he passes his life totally troubled by fear.

²²Egotism is such a terrible disease; he dies, to be reincarnated - he continues coming and going.

²³Those who have such pre-ordained destiny meet with the True Guru, God Incarnate.

²⁴O Nanak, by Guru's Grace, they are redeemed; their egos are burnt away through the Word of the Shabad. ||2||

²⁵Pauree:

²⁶The Lord's Name is my immortal, unfathomable, imperishable Creator Lord, the Architect of Destiny.

²⁷I serve the Lord's Name, I worship the Lord's Name, and my soul is imbued with the Lord's Name.

²⁸I know of no other as great as the Lord's Name; the Lord's Name shall deliver me in the end.

²⁹The Generous Guru has given me the Lord's Name; blessed, blessed are the Guru's mother and father.

³⁰I ever bow in humble reverence to my True Guru; meeting Him, I have come to know the Lord's Name. ||16||

³¹Salok, Third Mehl:

³²One who does not serve the Guru as Gurmukh, who does not love the Lord's Name,

³³and who does not savor the taste of the Shabad, shall die, and be reborn, over and over again.

³⁴The blind, self-willed manmukh does not think of the Lord; why did he even come into the world?

³⁵O Nanak, that Gurmukh, upon whom the Lord casts His Glance of Grace, crosses over the world-ocean. ||1||

³⁶Third Mehl:

³⁷Only the Guru is awake; the rest of the world is asleep in emotional attachment and desire.

³⁸Those who serve the True Guru and remain wakeful, are imbued with the True Name, the treasure of virtue.

¹The blind, self-willed manmukhs do not think of the Lord; they are ruined through birth and death.

²O Nanak, the Gurmukhs meditate on the Naam, the Name of the Lord; this is their destiny, pre-ordained by the Primal Lord God. ||2||

³Pauree:

⁴The Lord's Name is my food; eating the thirty-six varieties of it, I am satisfied and satiated.

⁵The Lord's Name is my clothing; wearing it, I shall never be naked again, and my desire to wear other clothing is gone.

⁶The Lord's Name is my business, the Lord's Name is my commerce; the True Guru has blessed me with its use.

⁷I record the account of the Lord's Name, and I shall not be subject to death again.

⁸Only a few, as Gurmukh, meditate on the Lord's Name; they are blessed by the Lord, and receive their pre-ordained destiny. ||17||

⁹Salok, Third Mehl:

¹⁰The world is blind and ignorant; in the love of duality, it engages in actions.

¹¹But those actions which are performed in the love of duality, cause only pain to the body.

¹²By Guru's Grace, peace wells up, when one acts according to the Word of the Guru's Shabad.

¹³He acts according to the True Word of the Guru's Bani; night and day, he meditates on the Naam, the Name of the Lord.

¹⁴O Nanak, as the Lord Himself engages him, so is he engaged; no one has any say in this matter. ||1||

¹⁵Third Mehl:

¹⁶Within the home of my own being, is the everlasting treasure of the Naam; it is a treasure house, overflowing with devotion.

¹⁷The True Guru is the Giver of the life of the soul; the Great Giver lives forever.

¹⁸Night and day, I continually sing the Kirtan of the Lord's Praise, through the Infinite Word of the Guru's Shabad.

¹⁹I recite continually the Guru's Shabads, which have been effective throughout the ages.

²⁰This mind ever abides in peace, dealing in peace and poise.

²¹Deep within me is the Guru's Wisdom, the Lord's jewel, the Bringer of liberation.

²²O Nanak, one who is blessed by the Lord's Glance of Grace obtains this, and is judged to be True in the Court of the Lord. ||2||

²³Pauree:

²⁴Blessed, blessed is that Sikh of the Guru, who goes and falls at the Feet of the True Guru.

²⁵Blessed, blessed is that Sikh of the Guru, who with his mouth, utters the Name of the Lord.

²⁶Blessed, blessed is that Sikh of the Guru, whose mind, upon hearing the Lord's Name, becomes blissful.

²⁷Blessed, blessed is that Sikh of the Guru, who serves the True Guru, and so obtains the Lord's Name.

²⁸I bow forever in deepest respect to that Sikh of the Guru, who walks in the Way of the Guru. ||18||

²⁹Salok, Third Mehl:

³⁰No one has ever found the Lord through stubborn-mindedness. All have grown weary of performing such actions.

³¹Through their stubborn-mindedness, and by wearing their disguises, they are deluded; they suffer in pain from the love of duality.

³²Riches and the supernatural spiritual powers of the Siddhas are all emotional attachments; through them, the Naam, the Name of the Lord, does not come to dwell in the mind.

³³Serving the Guru, the mind becomes immaculately pure, and the darkness of spiritual ignorance is dispelled.

³⁴The jewel of the Naam is revealed in the home of one's own being; O Nanak, one merges in celestial bliss. ||1||

³⁵Third Mehl:

¹One who does not savor the taste of the Shabad, who does not love the Naam, the Name of the Lord,

²and who speaks insipid words with his tongue, is ruined, again and again.

³O Nanak, he acts according to the karma of his past actions, which no one can erase. ||2||

⁴Pauree:

⁵Blessed, blessed is the True Being, my True Guru; meeting Him, I have found peace.

⁶Blessed, blessed is the True Being, my True Guru; meeting Him, I have attained the Lord's devotional worship.

⁷Blessed, blessed is the Lord's devotee, my True Guru; serving Him, I have come to enshrine love for the Name of the Lord.

⁸Blessed, blessed is the Knower of the Lord, my True Guru; He has taught me to look upon friend and foe alike.

⁹Blessed, blessed is the True Guru, my best friend; He has led me to embrace love for the Name of the Lord. ||19||

¹⁰Salok, First Mehl:

¹¹The soul-bride is at home, while the Husband Lord is away; she cherishes His memory, and mourns His absence.

¹²She shall meet Him without delay, if she rids herself of duality. ||1||

¹³First Mehl:

¹⁴O Nanak, false is the speech of one who acts without loving the Lord.

¹⁵He judges things to be good, only as long as the Lord gives and he receives. ||2||

¹⁶Pauree:

¹⁷The Lord, who created the creatures, also protects them.

¹⁸I have tasted the food of Ambrosial Nectar, the True Name.

¹⁹I am satisfied and satiated, and my hunger is appeased.

²⁰The One Lord is pervading in all, but rare are those who realize this.

²¹Servant Nanak is enraptured, in the Protection of God. ||20||

²²Salok, Third Mehl:

²³All the living beings of the world behold the True Guru.

²⁴One is not liberated by merely seeing Him, unless one contemplates the Word of His Shabad.

²⁵The filth of ego is not removed, and he does not enshrine love for the Naam.

²⁶The Lord forgives some, and unites them with Himself; they forsake their duality and sinful ways.

²⁷O Nanak, some behold the Blessed Vision of the True Guru's Darshan, with love and affection; conquering their ego, they meet with the Lord. ||1||

²⁸Third Mehl:

²⁹The foolish, blind clown does not serve the True Guru.

³⁰In love with duality, he endures terrible suffering, and burning, he cries out in pain.

³¹He forgets the Guru, for the sake of mere objects, but they will not come to his rescue in the end.

³²Through the Guru's Instructions, Nanak has found peace; the Forgiving Lord has forgiven him. ||2||

³³Pauree:

³⁴You Yourself, all by Yourself, are the Creator of all. If there were any other, then I would speak of another.

³⁵The Lord Himself speaks, and causes us to speak; He Himself is pervading the water and the land.

³⁶The Lord Himself destroys, and the Lord Himself saves. O mind, seek and remain in the Lord's Sanctuary.

³⁷Other than the Lord, no one can kill or rejuvenate. O mind, do not be anxious - remain fearless.

³⁸While standing, sitting, and sleeping, forever and ever, meditate on the Lord's Name; O servant Nanak, as Gurmukh, you shall attain the Lord. ||21||1||Sudh||