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1O Siblings of Destiny, service to the True Guru alone is True.

2When the True Guru is pleased, we obtain the Perfect, Unseen, Unknowable Lord. ||1||Pause||

3I am a sacrifice to the True Guru, who has bestowed the True Name.

4Night and day, I praise the True One; I sing the Glorious Praises of the True One.

5True is the food, and true are the clothes, of those who chant the True Name of the True One. ||2||

6With each breath and morsel of food, do not forget the Guru, the Embodiment of Fulfillment.

7None is seen to be as great as the Guru. Meditate on Him twenty-four hours a day.

8As He casts His Glance of Grace, we obtain the True Name, the Treasure of Excellence. ||3||

9The Guru and the Transcendent Lord are one and the same, pervading and permeating amongst all.

10Those who have such pre-ordained destiny, meditate on the Naam.

11Nanak seeks the Sanctuary of the Guru, who does not die, or come and go in reincarnation. ||4||30||100||

12One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

13Siree Raag, First Mehla, First House, Ashtpadheeyaa:

14I speak and chant His Praises, vibrating the instrument of my mind. The more I know Him, the more I vibrate it.

15The One, unto whom we vibrate and sing-how great is He, and where is His Place?

16Those who speak of Him and praise Him-they all continue speaking of Him with love. ||1||

17O Baba, the Lord Allah is Inaccessible and Infinite.

18Sacred is His Name, and Sacred is His Place. He is the True Cherisher. ||1||Pause||

19The extent of Your Command cannot be seen; no one knows how to write it.

20Even if a hundred poets met together, they could not describe even a tiny bit of it.

21No one has found Your Value; they all merely write what they have heard again and again. ||2||

22The Pirs, the Prophets, the spiritual teachers, the faithful, the innocents and the martyrs,

23the Shaikhs, the mystics, the Qazis, the Mullahs and the Dervishes at His Door

24-they are blessed all the more as they continue reading their prayers in praise to Him. ||3||

25He seeks no advice when He builds; He seeks no advice when He destroys. He seeks no advice while giving or taking.

26He alone knows His Creative Power; He Himself does all deeds.

27He beholds all in His Vision. He gives to those with whom He is pleased. ||4||

28His Place and His Name are not known, no one knows how great is His Name.

29How great is that place where my Sovereign Lord dwells?

30No one can reach it; whom shall I go and ask? ||5||

31One class of people does not like the other, when one has been made great.

32Greatness is only in His Great Hands; He gives to those with whom He is pleased.

33By the Hukam of His Command, He Himself regenerates, without a moment's delay. ||6||

34Everyone cries out, ""More! More!"", with the idea of receiving.

35How great should we call the Giver? His Gifts are beyond estimation.

36O Nanak, there is no deficiency; Your Storehouses are filled to overflowing, age after age. ||7||1||

37First Mehla:

38All are brides of the Husband Lord; all decorate themselves for Him.