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1Bestowing Your Mercy, God, You attach us to Your Name; all peace comes by Your Will. ||Pause||

2The Lord is Ever-present; one who deems Him to be far away, dies again and again, repenting. ||2||

3The mortals do not remember the One, who has given them everything.

4Engrossed in such terrible corruption, their days and nights waste away. ||3||

5Says Nanak, meditate in remembrance of the One Lord God.

6Salvation is obtained, in the Shelter of the Perfect Guru. ||4||3||97||

7Aasaa, Fifth Mehla:

8Meditating on the Naam, the Name of the Lord, the mind and body are totally rejuvenated.

9All sins and sorrows are washed away. ||1||

10How blessed is that day, O my Siblings of Destiny,

11when the Glorious Praises of the Lord are sung, and the supreme status is obtained. ||Pause||

12Worshipping the feet of the Holy Saints,

13troubles and hatred are eliminated from the mind. ||2||

14Meeting with the Perfect Guru, conflict is ended,

15and the five demons are totally subdued. ||3||

16One whose mind is filled with the Name of the Lord,

17O Nanak - I am a sacrifice to him. ||4||4||98||

18Aasaa, Fifth Mehla:

19O singer, sing of the One,

20who is the Support of the soul, the body and the breath of life.

21Serving Him, all peace is obtained.

22You shall no longer go to any other. ||1||

23My Blissful Lord Master is forever in bliss; meditate continually and forever, on the Lord, the treasure of excellence.

24I am a sacrifice to the Beloved Saints; by their kind favor, God comes to dwell in the mind. ||Pause||

25His gifts are never exhausted.

26In His subtle way, He easily absorbs all.

27His benevolence cannot be erased.

28So enshrine that True Lord within your mind. ||2||

29His house is filled with all sorts of articles;

30God's servants never suffer pain.

31Holding to His Support, the state of fearless dignity is obtained.

32With each and every breath, sing of the Lord, the treasure of excellence. ||3||

33He is not far from us, wherever we go.

34When He shows His Mercy, we obtain the Lord, Har, Har.

35I offer this prayer to the Perfect Guru.

36Nanak begs for the treasure of the Lord's Name. ||4||5||99||

37Aasaa, Fifth Mehla:

38First, the pains of the body vanish;

39then, the mind becomes totally peaceful.

40In His Mercy, the Guru bestows the Lord's Name.

41I am a sacrifice, a sacrifice to that True Guru. ||1||

42I have obtained the Perfect Guru, O my Siblings of Destiny.

43All illness, sorrows and sufferings are dispelled, in the Sanctuary of the True Guru. ||Pause||

44The feet of the Guru abide within my heart;

45I have received all the fruits of my heart's desires.

46The fire is extinguished, and I am totally peaceful.

47Showering His Mercy, the Guru has given this gift. ||2||

48The Guru has given shelter to the shelterless.

49The Guru has given honor to the dishonored.

50Shattering his bonds, the Guru has saved His servant.

51I taste with my tongue the Ambrosial Bani of His Word. ||3||

52By great good fortune, I worship the Guru's feet.

53Forsaking everything, I have obtained God's Sanctuary.