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1The Merciful True Guru has implanted the Lord's Name within me, and by His Grace, I have overpowered the five thieves.

2So speaks KALL the poet: Guru Raam Daas, the son of Har Daas, fills the empty pools to overflowing. ||3||

3With intuitive detachment, He is lovingly attuned to the Fearless, Unmanifest Lord; He met with Guru Amar Daas, the Philosopher's Stone, within his own home.

4By the Grace of the True Guru, He attained the supreme status; He is overflowing with the treasures of loving devotion.

5He was released from reincarnation, and the fear of death was taken away. His consciousness is attached to the Lord, the Ocean of contentment.

6So speaks KALL the poet: Guru Raam Daas, the son of Har Daas, fills the empty pools to overflowing. ||4||

7He fills the empty to overflowing; He has enshrined the Infinite within His heart.

8Within His mind, He contemplates the essence of reality, the Destroyer of pain, the Enlightener of the soul.

9He yearns for the Lord's Love forever; He Himself knows the sublime essence of this Love.

10By the Grace of the True Guru, He intuitively enjoys this Love.

11By the Grace of Guru Nanak, and the sublime teachings of Guru Angad, Guru Amar Daas broadcast the Lord's Command.

12So speaks KALL: O Guru Raam Daas, You have attained the status of eternal and imperishable dignity. ||5||

13You abide in the pool of contentment; Your tongue reveals the Ambrosial Essence.

14Meeting with You, a tranquil peace wells up, and sins run far away.

15You have attained the Ocean of peace, and You never grow tired on the Lord's path.

16The armor of self-restraint, truth, contentment and humility can never be pierced.

17The Creator Lord certified the True Guru, and now the world blows the trumpet of His Praises.

18So speaks KALL: O Guru Raam Daas, You have attained the state of fearless immortality. ||6||

19O certified True Guru, You have conquered the world; You meditate single-mindedly on the One Lord.

20Blessed, blessed is Guru Amar Daas, the True Guru, who implanted the Naam, the Name of the Lord, deep within.

21The Naam is the wealth of the nine treasures; prosperity and supernatural spiritual powers are His slaves.

22He is blessed with the ocean of intuitive wisdom; He has met with the Imperishable Lord God.

23The Guru has implanted the Naam deep within; attached to the Naam, the devotees have been carried across since ancient times.

24So speaks KALL: O Guru Raam Daas, You have obtained the wealth of the Lord's Love. ||7||

25The flow of loving devotion and primal love does not stop.

26The True Guru drinks in the stream of nectar, the sublime essence of the Shabad, the Infinite Word of God.

27Wisdom is His mother, and contentment is His father; He is absorbed in the ocean of intuitive peace and poise.

28The Guru is the Embodiment of the Unborn, Self-illumined Lord; by the Word of His Teachings, the Guru carries the world across.

29Within His mind, the Guru has enshrined the Shabad, the Word of the Unseen, Unfathomable, Infinite Lord.

30So speaks KALL: O Guru Raam Daas, You have attained the Lord, the Saving Grace of the world. ||8||

31The Saving Grace of the world, the nine treasures, carries the devotees across the world-ocean.

32The Drop of Ambrosial Nectar, the Lord's Name, is the antidote to the poison of sin.

33The tree of intuitive peace and poise blossoms and bears the ambrosial fruit of spiritual wisdom.

34Blessed are those fortunate people who receive it, by Guru's Grace.

35They are liberated through the Shabad, the Word of the True Guru; their minds are filled with the Guru's Wisdom.

36So speaks KALL: O Guru Raam Daas, You beat the drum of the Shabad. ||9||