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1Shalok, Fifth Mehla:

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

3They alone are imbued with the Lord, who do not turn their faces away from Him - they realize Him.

4The false, immature lovers do not know the way of love, and so they fall. ||1||

5Without my Master, I will burn my silk and satin clothes in the fire.

6Even rolling in the dust, I look beautiful, O Nanak, if my Husband Lord is with me. ||2||

7Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, I worship and adore the Naam, with love and balanced detachment.

8When the five enemies are overcome, O Nanak, this musical measure of Raga Maaroo becomes fruitful. ||3||

9When I have the One Lord, I have tens of thousands. Otherwise, people like me beg from door to door.

10O Brahmin, your life has passed away uselessly; you have forgotten the One who created you. ||4||

11In Raga Sorat'h, drink in this sublime essence, which never loses its taste.

12O Nanak, singing the Glorious Praises of the Lord's Name, one's reputation is immaculate in the Court of the Lord. ||5||

13No one can kill those whom God Himself protects.

14The treasure of the Naam, the Name of the Lord, is within them. They cherish His Glorious Virtues forever.

15They take the Support of the One, the Inaccessible Lord; they enshrine God in their mind and body.

16They are imbued with the Love of the Infinite Lord, and no one can wipe it away.

17The Gurmukhs sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord; they obtain the most excellent celestial peace and poise.

18O Nanak, they enshrine the treasure of the Naam in their hearts. ||6||

19Whatever God does, accept that as good; leave behind all other judgements.

20He shall cast His Glance of Grace, and attach you to Himself.

21Instruct yourself with the Teachings, and doubt will depart from within.

22Everyone does that which is pre-ordained by destiny.

23Everything is under His control; there is no other place at all.

24Nanak is in peace and bliss, accepting the Will of God. ||7||

25Those who meditate in remembrance on the Perfect Guru, are exalted and uplifted.

26O Nanak, dwelling on the Naam, the Name of the Lord, all affairs are resolved. ||8||

27The sinners act, and generate bad karma, and then they weep and wail.

28O Nanak, just as the churning stick churns the butter, so does the Righteous Judge of Dharma churn them. ||9||

29Meditating on the Naam, O friend, the treasure of life is won.

30O Nanak, speaking in Righteousness, one's world becomes sanctified. ||10||

31I am stuck in an evil place, trusting the sweet words of an evil advisor.

32O Nanak, they alone are saved, who have such good destiny inscribed upon their foreheads. ||11||

33They alone sleep and dream in peace, who are imbued with the Love of their Husband Lord.

34Those who have been separated from the Love of their Master, scream and cry twenty-four hours a day. ||12||

35Millions are asleep, in the false illusion of Maya.

36O Nanak, they alone are awake and aware, who chant the Naam with their tongues. ||13||

37Seeing the mirage, the optical illusion, the people are confused and deluded.

38Those who worship and adore the True Lord, O Nanak, their minds and bodies are beautiful. ||14||

39The All-powerful Supreme Lord God, the Infinite Primal Being, is the Saving Grace of sinners.