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1One who forgets such a Name of the Lord, Har, Har - his family is dishonored.

2His family is sterile and barren, and his mother is made a widow. ||2||

3O Lord, let me meet the Holy Guru, who night and day keep the Lord enshrined in his heart.

4Seeing the Guru, the GurSikh blossoms forth, like the child seeing his mother. ||3||

5The soul-bride and the Husband Lord live together as one, but the hard wall of egotism has come between them.

6The Perfect Guru demolishes the wall of egotism; servant Nanak has met the Lord, the Lord of the World. ||4||1||

7Malaar, Fourth Mehla:

8The Ganges, the Jamunaa, the Godaavari and the Saraswati - these rivers strive for the dust of the feet of the Holy.

9Overflowing with their filthy sins, the mortals take cleansing baths in them; the rivers' pollution is washed away by the dust of the feet of the Holy. ||1||

10Instead of bathing at the sixty-eight sacred shrines of pilgrimage, take your cleansing bath in the Name.

11When the dust of the feet of the Sat Sangat rises up into the eyes, all filthy evil-mindedness is removed. ||1||Pause||

12Bhaageerat'h the penitent brought the Ganges down, and Shiva established Kaydaar.

13Krishna grazed cows in Kaashi; through the humble servant of the Lord, these places became famous. ||2||

14And all the sacred shrines of pilgrimage established by the gods, long for the dust of the feet of the Holy.

15Meeting with the Lord's Saint, the Holy Guru, I apply the dust of His feet to my face. ||3||

16And all the creatures of Your Universe, O my Lord and Master, long for the dust of the feet of the Holy.

17O Nanak, one who has such destiny inscribed on his forehead, is blessed with the dust of the feet of the Holy; the Lord carries him across. ||4||2||

18Malaar, Fourth Mehla:

19The Lord seems sweet to that humble being who is blessed by the Grace of the Lord.

20His hunger and pain are totally taken away; he chants the Glorious Praises of the Lord, Har, Har. ||1||

21Meditating on the Lord, Har, Har, Har, the mortal is emancipated.

22One who listens to the Guru's Teachings and meditates on them, is carried across the terrifying world-ocean. ||1||Pause||

23I am the slave of that humble being, who is blessed by the Grace of the Lord, Har, Har.

24Meeting with the Lord's humble servant, peace is obtained; all the pollution and filth of evil-mindedness is washed away. ||2||

25The humble servant of the Lord feels hunger only for the Lord. He is satisfied only when he chants the Lord's Glories.

26The humble servant of the Lord is a fish in the Water of the Lord. Forgetting the Lord, he would dry up and die. ||3||

27He alone knows this love, who enshrines it within his mind.

28Servant Nanak gazes upon the Lord and is at peace; The hunger of his body is totally satisfied. ||4||3||

29Malaar, Fourth Mehla:

30All the beings and creatures which God has created - on their foreheds, He has written their destiny.

31The Lord blesses His humble servant with glorious greatness. The Lord enjoins him to his tasks. ||1||

32The True Guru implants the Naam, the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, within.