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1The Hukam of Your Command is the pleasure of Your Will, Lord. To say anything else is far beyond anyone's reach.

2O Nanak, the True King does not seek advice from anyone else in His decisions. ||4||

3O Baba, the pleasure of other sleep is false.

4By such sleep, the body is ruined, and wickedness and corruption enter into the mind. ||1||Pause||4||7||

5Siree Raag, First Mehla:

6With the body of saffron, and the tongue a jewel, and the breath of the body pure fragrant incense;

7with the face anointed at the sixty-eight holy places of pilgrimage, and the heart illuminated with wisdom

8-with that wisdom, chant the Praises of the True Name, the Treasure of Excellence. ||1||

9O Baba, other wisdom is useless and irrelevant.

10If falsehood is practiced a hundred times, it is still false in its effects. ||1||Pause||

11You may be worshipped and adored as a Pir (a spiritual teacher); you may be welcomed by all the world;

12you may adopt a lofty name, and be known to have supernatural spiritual powers

13-even so, if you are not accepted in the Court of the Lord, then all this adoration is false. ||2||

14No one can overthrow those who have been established by the True Guru.

15The Treasure of the Naam, the Name of the Lord, is within them, and through the Naam, they are radiant and famous.

16They worship the Naam, and they believe in the Naam. The True One is forever Intact and Unbroken. ||3||

17When the body mingles with dust, what happens to the soul?

18All clever tricks are burnt away, and you shall depart crying.

19O Nanak, those who forget the Naam-what will happen when they go to the Court of the Lord? ||4||8||

20Siree Raag, First Mehla:

21The virtuous wife exudes virtue; the unvirtuous suffer in misery.

22If you long for your Husband Lord, O soul-bride, you must know that He is not met by falsehood.

23No boat or raft can take you to Him. Your Husband Lord is far away. ||1||

24My Lord and Master is Perfect; His Throne is Eternal and Immovable.

25One who attains perfection as Gurmukh, obtains the Immeasurable True Lord. ||1||Pause||

26The Palace of the Lord God is so beautiful. Within it, there are gems, rubies, pearls and flawless diamonds. A fortress of gold surrounds this Source of Nectar.

27How can I climb up to the Fortress without a ladder? By meditating on the Lord, through the Guru, I am blessed and exalted. ||2||

28The Guru is the Ladder, the Guru is the Boat, and the Guru is the Raft to take me to the Lord's Name.

29The Guru is the Boat to carry me across the world-ocean; the Guru is the Sacred Shrine of Pilgrimage, the Guru is the Holy River.

30If it pleases Him, I bathe in the Pool of Truth, and become radiant and pure. ||3||

31He is called the Most Perfect of the Perfect. He sits upon His Perfect Throne.

32He looks so Beautiful in His Perfect Place. He fulfills the hopes of the hopeless.

33O Nanak, if one obtains the Perfect Lord, how can his virtues decrease? ||4||9||

34Siree Raag, First Mehla:

35Come, my dear sisters and spiritual companions; hug me close in your embrace.

36Let's join together, and tell stories of our All-powerful Husband Lord.

37All Virtues are in our True Lord and Master; we are utterly without virtue. ||1||

38O Creator Lord, all are in Your Power.

39I dwell upon the One Word of the Shabad. You are mine-what else do I need? ||1||Pause||

40Go, and ask the happy soul-brides, ""By what virtuous qualities do you enjoy your Husband Lord?""

41"We are adorned with intuitive ease, contentment and sweet words.

42We meet with our Beloved, the Source of Joy, when we listen to the Word of the Guru's Shabad.""||2||