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1Take your cleansing bath in the Ambrosial Pool of the Lord, and all of your sins shall be wiped away, O my soul.

2Take your cleansing ever in the Lord God, O friends, and the pain of darkness shall be dispelled.

3Birth and death shall not touch you, and the noose of Death shall be cut away.

4So join the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, and be imbued with the Naam, the Name of the Lord; there, your hopes shall be fulfilled.

5Prays Nanak, shower Your Mercy upon me, O Lord, that I might dwell at Your Lotus Feet. ||1||

6There is bliss and ecstasy there always, and the unstruck celestial melody resounds there.

7Meeting together, the Saints sing God's Praises, and celebrate His Victory.

8Meeting together, the Saints sing the Praises of the Lord Master; they are pleasing to the Lord, and saturated with the sublime essence of His love and affection.

9They obtain the profit of the Lord, eliminate their self-conceit, and meet Him, from whom they were separated for so long.

10Taking them by the arm, He makes them His own; God, the One, inaccessible and infinite, bestows His kindness.

11Prays Nanak, forever immaculate are those who sing the Praises of the True Word of the Shabad. ||2||

12Listen, O most fortunate ones, to the Ambrosial Bani of the Word of the Lord.

13He alone, whose karma is so pre-ordained, has it enter into his heart.

14He alone knows the Unspoken Speech, unto whom God has shown His Mercy.

15He becomes immortal, and shall not die again; his troubles, disputes and pains are dispelled.

16He finds the Sanctuary of the Lord; he does not forsake the Lord, and does not leave. God's Love is pleasing to his mind and body.

17Prays Nanak, sing forever the Sacred Ambrosial Bani of His Word. ||3||

18My mind and body are intoxicated - this state cannot be described.

19We originated from Him, and into Him we shall merge once again.

20I merge into God's Light, through and through, like water merging into water.

21The One Lord permeates the water, the land and the sky - I do not see any other.

22He is totally permeating the woods, meadows and the three worlds. I cannot express His worth.

23Prays Nanak, He alone knows - He who created this creation. ||4||2||5||

24Bihaagraa, Fifth Mehla:

25The Saints go around, searching for God, the support of their breath of life.

26They lose the strength of their bodies, if they do not merge with their Beloved Lord.

27O God, my Beloved, please, bestow Your kindness upon me, that I may merge with You; by Your Mercy, attach me to the hem of Your robe.

28Bless me with Your Name, that I may chant it, O Lord and Master; beholding the Blessed Vision of Your Darshan, I live.

29He is all-powerful, perfect, eternal and unchanging, exalted, unapproachable and infinite.

30Prays Nanak, bestow Your Mercy upon me, O Beloved of my soul, that I may merge with You. ||1||

31I have practiced chanting, intensive meditation and fasting, to see Your Feet, O Lord.

32But still, my burning is not quenched, without the Sanctuary of the Lord Master.

33I seek Your Sanctuary, God - please, cut away my bonds and carry me across the world-ocean.

34I am masterless, worthless, and I know nothing; please do not count up my merits and demerits.

35O Lord, Merciful to the meek, Sustainer of the world, O Beloved, Almighty Cause of causes.

36Nanak, the song-bird, begs for the rain-drop of the Lord's Name; meditating on the Feet of the Lord, Har, Har, he lives. ||2||