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1I am a sinner, devoid of wisdom, worthless, destitute and vile.

2I am deceitful, hard-hearted, lowly and entangled in the mud of emotional attachment.

3I am stuck in the filth of doubt and egotistical actions, and I try not to think of death.

4In ignorance, I cling to the pleasures of woman and the joys of Maya.

5My youth is wasting away, old age is approaching, and Death, my companion, is counting my days.

6Prays Nanak, my hope is in You, Lord; please preserve me, the lowly one, in the Sanctuary of the Holy. ||2||

7I have wandered through countless incarnations, suffering terrible pain in these lives.

8I am entangled in sweet pleasures and gold.

9After wandering around with such great loads of sin, I have come, after wandering through so many foreign lands.

10Now, I have taken the protection of God, and I have found total peace in the Name of the Lord.

11God, my Beloved, is my protector; nothing was done, or will ever be done, by myself alone.

12I have found peace, poise and bliss, O Nanak; by Your mercy, I swim across the world-ocean. ||3||

13You saved those who only pretended to believe, so what doubts should Your true devotees have?

14By every means possible, listen to the Praises of the Lord with your ears.

15Listen with your ears to the Word of the Lord's Bani, the hymns of spiritual wisdom; thus you shall obtain the treasure in your mind.

16Attuned to the Love of the Lord God, the Architect of Destiny, sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord.

17The earth is the paper, the forest is the pen and the wind is the writer,

18but still, the end of the endless Lord cannot be found. O Nanak, I have taken to the Sanctuary of His lotus feet. ||4||5||8||

19Aasaa, Fifth Mehla:

20The Primal Lord is the Lord God of all beings. I have taken to His Sanctuary.

21My life has become fearless, and all my anxieties have been removed.

22I know the Lord as my mother, father, son, friend, well-wisher and close relative.

23The Guru has led me to embrace Him; the Saints chant His Pure Praises.

24His Glorious Virtues are infinite, and His greatness is unlimited. His value cannot be described at all.

25God is the One and only, the Unseen Lord and Master; O Nanak, I have grasped His protection. ||1||

26The world is a pool of nectar, when the Lord becomes our helper.

27One who wears the necklace of the Lord's Name - his days of suffering are ended.

28His state of doubt, attachment and sin is erased, and the cycle of reincarnation into the womb is totally ended.

29The ocean of fire becomes cool, when one grasps the hem of the robe of the Holy Saint.

30The Lord of the Universe, the Sustainer of the World, the merciful all-powerful Lord - the Holy Saints proclaim the victory of the Lord.

31O Nanak, meditating on the Naam, in the perfect Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, I have obtained the supreme status. ||2||

32Wherever I look, there I find the One Lord permeating and pervading all.

33In each and every heart, He Himself dwells, but how rare is that person who realizes this.

34The Lord is permeating and pervading the water, the land and the sky; He is contained in the ant and the elephant.

35In the beginning, in the middle and in the end, He exists. By Guru's Grace, He is known.

36God created the expanse of the universe, God created the play of the world. His humble servants call Him the Lord of the Universe, the treasure of virtue.

37Meditate in remembrance on the Lord Master, the Searcher of hearts; O Nanak, He is the One, pervading and permeating all. ||3||

38Day and night, become beauteous by remembering the Naam, the Name of the Lord.