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1Says Nanak, by hiding, how can the Lord be hidden? He has given each their share, one by one. ||4||7||

2Aasaa, First Mehla:

3The vine of good actions and character has spread out, and it bears the fruit of the Lord's Name.

4The Name has no form or outline; it vibrates with the unstruck Sound Current; through the Word of the Shabad, the Immaculate Lord is revealed. ||1||

5One can speak on this only when he knows it.

6He alone drinks in the Ambrosial Nectar. ||1||Pause||

7Those who drink it in are enraptured; their bonds and shackles are cut away.

8When one's light blends into the Divine Light, then the desire for Maya is ended. ||2||

9Among all lights, I behold Your Form; all the worlds are Your Maya.

10Among the tumults and forms, He sits in serene detachment; He bestows His Glance of Grace upon those who are engrossed in the illusion. ||3||

11The Yogi who plays on the instrument of the Shabad gains the Blessed Vision of the Infinitely Beautiful Lord.

12He, the Lord, is immersed in the Unstruck Shabad of the Word, says Nanak, the humble and meek. ||4||8||

13Aasaa, First Mehla:

14My virtue is that I carry the load of my words upon my head.

15The real words are the Words of the Creator Lord.

16How useless are eating, drinking and laughing,

17if the Lord is not cherished in the heart! ||1||

18Why should someone care for anything else,

19if throughout his life, he gathers in that which is truly worth gathering? ||1||Pause||

20The intellect of the mind is like a drunken elephant.

21Whatever one utters is totally false, the most false of the false.

22So what face should we put on to offer our prayer,

23when both virtue and vice are close at hand as witnesses? ||2||

24As You make us, so we become.

25Without You, there is no other at all.

26As is the understanding which You bestow, so do we receive.

27As it pleases Your Will, so do You lead us. ||3||

28The divine crystalline harmonies, their consorts, and their celestial families

29from them, the essence of Ambrosial Nectar is produced.

30O Nanak, this is the wealth and property of the Creator Lord.

31If only this essential reality were understood! ||4||9||

32Aasaa, First Mehla:

33When by His Grace He came to my home, then my companions met together to celebrate my marriage.

34Beholding this play, my mind became blissful; my Husband Lord has come to marry me. ||1||

35So sing - yes, sing the songs of wisdom and reflection, O brides.

36My spouse, the Life of the world, has come into my home. ||1||Pause||

37When I was married within the Gurdwara, the Guru's Gate, I met my Husband Lord, and I came to know Him.

38The Word of His Shabad is pervading the three worlds; when my ego was quieted, my mind became happy. ||2||

39He Himself arranges His own affairs; His affairs cannot be arranged by anyone else.

40By the affair of this marriage, truth, contentment, mercy and faith are produced; but how rare is that Gurmukh who understands it! ||3||

41Says Nanak, that Lord alone is the Husband of all.

42She, upon whom He casts His Glance of Grace, becomes the happy soul-bride. ||4||10||

43Aasaa, First Mehla:

44Home and forest are the same, for one who dwells in the balance of intuitive peace and poise.

45His evil-mindedness departs, and the Praises of God take its place.

46To chant the True Name with one's mouth is the true ladder.