So Purakh

¹Raag Aasaa, Fourth Mehl, So Purakh ~ That Primal Being:

²One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

³That Primal Being is Immaculate and Pure. The Lord, the Primal Being, is Immaculate and Pure. The Lord is Inaccessible, Unreachable and Unrivalled.

⁴All meditate, all meditate on You, Dear Lord, O True Creator Lord.

⁵All living beings are Yours-You are the Giver of all souls.

⁶Meditate on the Lord, O Saints; He is the Dispeller of all sorrow.

⁷The Lord Himself is the Master, the Lord Himself is the Servant. O Nanak, the poor beings are wretched and miserable! ||1||

¹You are constant in each and every heart, and in all things. O Dear Lord, you are the One.

²Some are givers, and some are beggars. This is all Your Wondrous Play.

³You Yourself are the Giver, and You Yourself are the Enjoyer. I know no other than You.

⁴You are the Supreme Lord God, Limitless and Infinite. What Virtues of Yours can I speak of and describe?

⁵Unto those who serve You, unto those who serve You, Dear Lord, servant Nanak is a sacrifice. ||2||

⁶Those who meditate on You, Lord, those who meditate on You-those humble beings dwell in peace in this world.

⁷They are liberated, they are liberated-those who meditate on the Lord. For them, the noose of death is cut away.

⁸Those who meditate on the Fearless One, on the Fearless Lord-all their fears are dispelled.

⁹Those who serve, those who serve my Dear Lord, are absorbed into the Being of the Lord, Har, Har.

¹⁰Blessed are they, blessed are they, who meditate on their Dear Lord. Servant Nanak is a sacrifice to them. ||3||

¹¹Devotion to You, devotion to You, is a treasure overflowing, infinite and beyond measure.

¹²Your devotees, Your devotees praise You, Dear Lord, in many and various and countless ways.

¹³For You, many, for You, so very many perform worship services, O Dear Infinite Lord; they practice disciplined meditation and chant endlessly.

¹⁴For You, many, for You, so very many read the various Simritees and Shaastras. They perform rituals and religious rites.

¹⁵Those devotees, those devotees are sublime, O servant Nanak, who are pleasing to my Dear Lord God. ||4||

¹⁶You are the Primal Being, the Most Wonderful Creator. There is no other as Great as You.

¹⁷Age after age, You are the One. Forever and ever, You are the One. You never change, O Creator Lord.

¹⁸Everything happens according to Your Will. You Yourself accomplish all that occurs.

¹⁹You Yourself created the entire universe, and having fashioned it, You Yourself shall destroy it all.

²⁰Servant Nanak sings the Glorious Praises of the Dear Creator, the Knower of all. ||5||1||

²¹Aasaa, Fourth Mehl:

²²You are the True Creator, my Lord and Master.

²³Whatever pleases You comes to pass. As You give, so do we receive. ||1||Pause||

²⁴All belong to You, all meditate on you.

²⁵Those who are blessed with Your Mercy obtain the Jewel of the Naam, the Name of the Lord.

²⁶The Gurmukhs obtain it, and the self-willed manmukhs lose it.

²⁷You Yourself separate them from Yourself, and You Yourself reunite with them again. ||1||

²⁸You are the River of Life; all are within You.

²⁹There is no one except You.

³⁰All living beings are Your playthings.

³¹The separated ones meet, and by great good fortune, those suffering in separation are reunited once again. ||2||

³²They alone understand, whom You inspire to understand;

³³they continually chant and repeat the Lord's Praises.

³⁴Those who serve You find peace.

³⁵They are intuitively absorbed into the Lord's Name. ||3||

¹You Yourself are the Creator. Everything that happens is by Your Doing.

²There is no one except You.

³You created the creation; You behold it and understand it.

⁴O servant Nanak, the Lord is revealed through the Gurmukh, the Living Expression of the Guru's Word. ||4||2||

⁵Aasaa, First Mehl:

⁶In that pool, people have made their homes, but the water there is as hot as fire!

⁷In the swamp of emotional attachment, their feet cannot move. I have seen them drowning there. ||1||

⁸In your mind, you do not remember the One Lord-you fool!

⁹You have forgotten the Lord; your virtues shall wither away. ||1||Pause||

¹⁰I am not celibate, nor truthful, nor scholarly. I was born foolish and ignorant into this world.

¹¹Prays Nanak, I seek the Sanctuary of those who have not forgotten You, O Lord! ||2||3||

¹²Aasaa, Fifth Mehl:

¹³This human body has been given to you.

¹⁴This is your chance to meet the Lord of the Universe.

¹⁵Nothing else will work.

¹⁶Join the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy; vibrate and meditate on the Jewel of the Naam. ||1||

¹⁷Make every effort to cross over this terrifying world-ocean.

¹⁸You are squandering this life uselessly in the love of Maya. ||1||Pause||

¹⁹I have not practiced meditation, self-discipline, self-restraint or righteous living.

²⁰I have not served the Holy; I have not acknowledged the Lord, my King.

²¹Says Nanak, my actions are contemptible!

²²O Lord, I seek Your Sanctuary; please, preserve my honor! ||2||4||