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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 Mehla:

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||