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1Aasaa, Fifth Mehla:

2Everything is pre-ordained; what else can be known through study?

3The errant child has been forgiven by the Supreme Lord God. ||1||

4My True Guru is always merciful; He has saved me, the meek one.

5He has cured me of my disease, and I have obtained the greatest peace; He has placed the Ambrosial Name of the Lord in my mouth. ||1||Pause||

6He has washed away my countless sins; He has cut away my bonds, and I am liberated.

7He has taken me by the arm, and pulled me out of the terrible, deep dark pit. ||2||

8I have become fearless, and all my fears have been erased. The Savior Lord has saved me.

9Such is Your generosity, O my God, that You have resolved all my affairs. ||3||

10My mind has met with my Lord and Master, the treasure of excellence.

11Taking to His Sanctuary, Nanak has become blissful. ||4||9||48||

12Aasaa, Fifth Mehla:

13If I forget You, then everyone becomes my enemy. When You come to mind, then they serve me.

14I do not know any other at all, O True, Invisible, Inscrutable Lord. ||1||

15When You come to mind, You are always merciful to me; what can the poor people do to me?

16Tell me, who should I call good or bad, since all beings are Yours? ||1||Pause||

17You are my Shelter, You are my Support; giving me Your hand, You protect me.

18That humble being, upon whom You bestow Your Grace, is not touched by slander or suffering. ||2||

19That is peace, and that is greatness, which is pleasing to the mind of the Dear Lord God.

20You are all-knowing, You are forever compassionate; obtaining Your Name, I revel in it and make merry. ||3||

21I offer my prayer before You: my body and soul are all Yours.

22Says Nanak, this is all Your greatness; no one even knows my name. ||4||10||49||

23Aasaa, Fifth Mehla:

24Show Your Mercy, O God, O Searcher of hearts, that in the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, I might obtain You, Lord.

25When You open Your Door, and reveal the Blessed Vision of Your Darshan, the mortal is not relegated to reincarnation again. ||1||

26Meeting with my Beloved Lord and Master, all my pains are taken away.

27I am saved and carried across, in the company of those who remember the Supreme Lord God in their hearts. ||1||Pause||

28This world is a great wilderness, an ocean of fire, in which mortals abide, in pleasure and pain.

29Meeting with the True Guru, the mortal becomes immaculately pure; with his tongue, he chants the Ambrosial Name of the Lord. ||2||

30He preserves his body and wealth, and takes everything as his own; such are the subtle bonds which bind him.

31By Guru's Grace, the mortal becomes liberated, meditating on the Name of the Lord, Har, Har. ||3||

32God, the Savior, has saved those, who are pleasing to the Will of God.

33The soul and body are all Yours, O Great Giver; O Nanak, I am forever a sacrifice. ||4||11||50||

34Aasaa, Fifth Mehla:

35You have avoided the slumber of attachment and impurity - by whose favor has this happened?

36The great enticer does not affect you. Where has your laziness gone? ||1||Pause||