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1In worship, marriage and in the next world, such a soul-bride looks beautiful. ||1||Pause||

2As long as she lived with her father,

3her Husband wandered around in sadness.

4I served and surrendered to the Lord, the True Being;

5the Guru brought my bride to my home, and I obtained total happiness. ||2||

6She is blessed with all sublime attributes, and her generations are unblemished.

7Her Husband, her Lord and Master, fulfills her heart's desires.

8Hope and desire (my younger brother-in-law and sister-in-law) are now totally content. ||3||

9She is the most noble of all the family.

10She counsels and advises her hope and desire.

11How blessed is that household, in which she has appeared.

12O servant Nanak, she passes her time in perfect peace and comfort. ||4||3||

13Aasaa, Fifth Mehla:

14Whatever I resolve, she does not allow it to come to pass.

15She stands blocking the way of goodness and self-discipline.

16She wears many disguises, and assumes many forms,

17and she does not allow me to dwell in my own home. She forces me to wander around in different directions. ||1||

18She has become the mistress of my home, and she does not allow me to live in it.

19If I try, she fights with me. ||1||Pause||

20In the beginning, she was sent as a helper,

21but she has overwhelmed the nine continents, all places and interspaces.

22She has not spared even the river banks, the sacred shrines of pilgrimage, the Yogis and Sannyaasees,

23or those who tirelessly read the Simritees and study the Vedas. ||2||

24Wherever I sit, she sits there with me.

25She has imposed her power upon the whole world.

26Seeking meager protection, I am not protected from her.

27Tell me, O my friend: unto whom should I turn for protection? ||3||

28I heard of His Teachings, and so I have come to the True Guru.

29The Guru has implanted the Mantra of the Lord's Name, Har, Har, within me.

30And now, I dwell in the home of my own inner self; I sing the Glorious Praises of the Infinite Lord.

31I have met God, O Nanak, and I have become care-free. ||4||

32My home is now my own, and she is now my mistress.

33She is now my servant, and the Guru has made me intimate with the Lord. ||1||Second Pause||4||4||

34Aasaa, Fifth Mehla:

35First, they advised me to send a letter.

36Second, they advised me to send two men.

37Third, they advised me to make the effort and do something.

38But I have renounced everything, and I meditate only on You, God. ||1||

39Now, I am totally blissful, carefree and at ease.

40The enemies and evil-doers have perished, and I have obtained peace. ||1||Pause||

41The True Guru has imparted the Teachings to me.

42My soul, body and everything belong to the Lord.

43Whatever I do, is by Your Almighty Power.

44You are my only Support, You are my only Court. ||2||

45If I were to renounce You, God, unto whom could I turn?

46There is no other, comparable to You.

47Who else is Your servant to serve?

48The faithless cynics are deluded; they wander around in the wilderness. ||3||

49Your Glorious Greatness cannot be described.

50Wherever I am, you save me, hugging me close in Your embrace.

51Nanak, Your slave, has entered Your Sanctuary.

52God has preserved his honor, and congratulations are pouring in. ||4||5||