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1Aasaa, First Mehla:

2When the body perishes, whose wealth is it?

3Without the Guru, how can the Lord's Name be obtained?

4The wealth of the Lord's Name is my Companion and Helper.

5Night and day, center your loving attention on the Immaculate Lord. ||1||

6Without the Lord's Name, who is ours?

7I look upon pleasure and pain alike; I shall not forsake the Naam, the Name of the Lord. The Lord Himself forgives me, and blends me with Himself. ||1||Pause||

8The fool loves gold and women.

9Attached to duality, he has forgotten the Naam.

10O Lord, he alone chants the Naam, whom You have forgiven.

11Death cannot touch one who sings the Glorious Praises of the Lord. ||2||

12The Lord, the Guru, is the Giver; the Lord, the Sustainer of the World.

13If it is pleasing to Your Will, please preserve me, O Merciful Lord.

14As Gurmukh, my mind is pleased with the Lord.

15My diseases are cured, and my pains are taken away. ||3||

16There is no other medicine, Tantric charm or mantra.

17Meditative remembrance upon the Lord, Har, Har, destroys sins.

18You Yourself cause us to stray from the path, and forget the Naam.

19Showering Your Mercy, You Yourself save us. ||4||

20The mind is diseased with doubt, superstition and duality.

21Without the Guru, it dwells in doubt, and contemplates duality.

22The Guru reveals the Darshan, the Blessed Vision of the Primal Lord.

23Without the Word of the Guru's Shabad, what use is human life? ||5||

24Beholding the Marvellous Lord, I am wonder-struck and astonished.

25In each and every heart, of the angels and holy men, He dwells in celestial Samaadhi.

26I have enshrined the All-pervading Lord within my mind.

27There is no one else equal to You. ||6||

28For the sake of devotional worship, we chant Your Name.

29The Lord's devotees dwell in the Society of the Saints.

30Breaking his bonds, one comes to meditate on the Lord.

31The Gurmukhs are emancipated, by the Guru-given knowledge of the Lord. ||7||

32The Messenger of Death cannot touch him with pain;

33the Lord's humble servant remains awake to the Love of the Naam.

34The Lord is the Lover of His devotees; He dwells with His devotees.

35O Nanak, they are liberated, through the Love of the Lord. ||8||9||

36Aasaa, First Mehla, Ik-Tukee:

37One who serves the Guru, knows his Lord and Master.

38His pains are erased, and he realizes the True Word of the Shabad. ||1||

39Meditate on the Lord, O my friends and companions.

40Serving the True Guru, you shall behold God with your eyes. ||1||Pause||

41People are entangled with mother, father and the world.

42They are entangled with sons, daughters and spouses. ||2||

43They are entangled with religious rituals, and religious faith, acting in ego.

44They are entangled with sons, wives and others in their minds. ||3||

45The farmers are entangled by farming.

46People suffer punishment in ego, and the Lord King exacts the penalty from them. ||4||

47They are entangled in trade without contemplation.

48They are not satisfied by attachment to the expanse of Maya. ||5||

49They are entangled with that wealth, amassed by bankers.

50Without devotion to the Lord, they do not become acceptable. ||6||

51They are entangled with the Vedas, religious discussions and egotism.

52They are entangled, and perish in attachment and corruption. ||7||

53Nanak seeks the Sanctuary of the Lord's Name.

54One who is saved by the True Guru, does not suffer entanglement. ||8||10||