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1Our All-powerful Lord and Master is the Doer of all, the Cause of all causes.

2I am an orphan - I seek Your Sanctuary, God.

3All beings and creatures take Your Support.

4Be merciful, God, and save me. ||2||

5God is the Destroyer of fear, the Remover of pain and suffering.

6The angelic beings and silent sages serve Him.

7The earth and the sky are in His Power.

8All beings eat what You give them. ||3||

9O Merciful God, O Searcher of hearts,

10please bless Your slave with Your Glance of Grace.

11Please be kind and bless me with this gift,

12that Nanak may live in Your Name. ||4||10||

13Basant, Fifth Mehla:

14Loving the Lord, one's sins are taken away.

15Meditating on the Lord, one does not suffer at all.

16Meditating on the Lord of the Universe, all darkness is dispelled.

17Meditating in remembrance on the Lord, the cycle of reincarnation comes to an end. ||1||

18The love of the Lord is springtime for me.

19I am always with the humble Saints. ||1||Pause||

20The Saints have shared the Teachings with me.

21Blessed is that country where the devotees of the Lord of the Universe dwell.

22But that place where the Lord's devotees are not, is wilderness.

23By Guru's Grace, realize the Lord in each and every heart. ||2||

24Sing the Kirtan of the Lord's Praises, and enjoy the nectar of His Love.

25O mortal, you must always restrain yourself from committing sins.

26Behold the Creator Lord God near at hand.

27Here and hereafter, God shall resolve your affairs. ||3||

28I focus my meditation on the Lord's Lotus Feet.

29Granting His Grace, God has blessed me with this Gift.

30I yearn for the dust of the feet of Your Saints.

31Nanak meditates on his Lord and Master, who is ever-present, near at hand. ||4||11||

32Basant, Fifth Mehla:

33The True Transcendent Lord is always new, forever fresh.

34By Guru's Grace, I continually chant His Name.

35God is my Protector, my Mother and Father.

36Meditating in remembrance on Him, I do not suffer in sorrow. ||1||

37I meditate on my Lord and Master, single-mindedly, with love.

38I seek the Sanctuary of the Perfect Guru forever. My True Lord and Master hugs me close in His Embrace. ||1||Pause||

39God Himself protects His humble servants.

40The demons and wicked enemies have grown weary of struggling against Him.

41Without the True Guru, there is no place to go.

42Wandering through the lands and foreign countries, people only grow tired and suffer in pain. ||2||

43The record of their past actions cannot be erased.

44They harvest and eat what they have planted.

45The Lord Himself is the Protector of His humble servants.

46No one can rival the humble servant of the Lord. ||3||

47By His own efforts, God protects His slave.

48God's Glory is perfect and unbroken.

49So sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord of the Universe with your tongue forever.

50Nanak lives by meditating on the Feet of the Lord. ||4||12||

51Basant, Fifth Mehla:

52Dwelling at the Guru's Feet, pain and suffering go away.

53The Supreme Lord God has shown mercy to me.

54All my desires and tasks are fulfilled.

55Chanting the Lord's Name, Nanak lives. ||1||

56How beautiful is that season, when the Lord fills the mind.

57Without the True Guru, the world weeps. The faithless cynic comes and goes in reincarnation, over and over again. ||1||Pause||