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1Dwell upon the Lord's Glories, and you shall be loved by your Husband, embracing love for the Naam, the Name of the Lord.

2O Nanak, the soul-bride who wears the necklace of the Lord's Name around her neck is loved by her Husband Lord. ||2||

3The soul-bride who is without her beloved Husband is all alone.

4She is cheated by the love of duality, without the Word of the Guru's Shabad.

5Without the Shabad of her Beloved, how can she cross over the treacherous ocean? Attachment to Maya has led her astray.

6Ruined by falsehood, she is deserted by her Husband Lord. The soul-bride does not attain the Mansion of His Presence.

7But she who is attuned to the Guru's Shabad is intoxicated with celestial love; night and day, she remains absorbed in Him.

8O Nanak, that soul-bride who remains constantly steeped in His Love, is blended by the Lord into Himself. ||3||

9If the Lord merges us with Himself, we are merged with Him. Without the Dear Lord, who can merge us with Him?

10Without our Beloved Guru, who can dispel our doubt?

11Through the Guru, doubt is dispelled. O my mother, this is the way to meet Him; this is how the soul-bride finds peace.

12Without serving the Guru, there is only pitch darkness. Without the Guru, the Way is not found.

13That wife who is intuitively imbued with the color of His Love, contemplates the Word of the Guru's Shabad.

14O Nanak, the soul-bride obtains the Lord as her Husband, by enshrining love for the Beloved Guru. ||4||1||

15Gauree, Third Mehla:

16Without my Husband, I am utterly dishonored. Without my Husband Lord, how can I live, O my mother?

17Without my Husband, sleep does not come, and my body is not adorned with my bridal dress.

18The bridal dress looks beautiful upon my body, when I am pleasing to my Husband Lord. Following the Guru's Teachings, my consciousness is focused on Him.

19I become His happy soul-bride forever, when I serve the True Guru; I sit in the Lap of the Guru.

20Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, the soul-bride meets her Husband Lord, who ravishes and enjoys her. The Naam, the Name of the Lord, is the only profit in this world.

21O Nanak, the soul-bride is loved by her Husband, when she dwells upon the Glorious Praises of the Lord. ||1||

22The soul-bride enjoys the Love of her Beloved.

23Imbued with His Love night and day, she contemplates the Word of the Guru's Shabad.

24Contemplating the Guru's Shabad, she conquers her ego, and in this way, she meets her Beloved.

25She is the happy soul-bride of her Lord, who is forever imbued with the Love of the True Name of her Beloved.

26Abiding in the Company of our Guru, we grasp the Ambrosial Nectar; we conquer and cast out our sense of duality.

27O Nanak, the soul-bride attains her Husband Lord, and forgets all her pains. ||2||

28The soul-bride has forgotten her Husband Lord, because of love and emotional attachment to Maya.

29The false bride is attached to falsehood; the insincere one is cheated by insincerity.

30She who drives out her falsehood, and acts according to the Guru's Teachings, does not lose her life in the gamble.

31One who serves the Word of the Guru's Shabad is absorbed in the True Lord; she eradicates egotism from within.

32So let the Name of the Lord abide within your heart; decorate yourself in this way.

33O Nanak, the soul-bride who takes the Support of the True Name is intuitively absorbed in the Lord. ||3||

34Meet me, O my Dear Beloved. Without You, I am totally dishonored.

35Sleep does not come to my eyes, and I have no desire for food or water.

36I have no desire for food or water, and I am dying from the pain of separation. Without my Husband Lord, how can I find peace?