Guru Granth Sahib 564 · Raag Vadhans · Guru Arjan Dev Ji

1You Yourself are the Cause of causes, You Yourself are the Creator.

2By Your Will, we are born, and by Your Will, we die. ||2||

3Your Name is the Support of our mind and body.

4This is Your blessing to Nanak, Your slave. ||3||8||

5Wadahans, Fifth Mehla, Second House:

6One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

7Deep within me, there is a longing to meet my Beloved; how can I attain my Perfect Guru?

8Even though a baby may play hundreds of games, he cannot survive without milk.

9The hunger within me is not satisfied, O my friend, even though I am served hundreds of dishes.

10My mind and body are filled with love for my Beloved; how can my soul find relief, without the Blessed Vision of the Lord's Darshan? ||1||

11Listen, O my dear friends and siblings - lead me to my True Friend, the Giver of peace.

12He knows all the troubles of my soul; every day, he tells me stories of the Lord.

13I cannot live without Him, even for an instant. I cry out for Him, just as the song-bird cries for the drop of water.

14Which of Your Glorious Virtues should I sing? You save even worthless beings like me. ||2||

15I have become depressed, waiting for my Husband Lord, O my friend; when shall my eyes behold my Husband?

16I have forgotten how to enjoy all pleasures; without my Husband Lord, they are of no use at all.

17These clothes do not please my body; I cannot dress myself.

18I bow to those friends of mine, who have enjoyed their Beloved Husband Lord. ||3||

19I have adorned myself with all sorts of decorations, O my friend, but without my Husband Lord, they are of no use at all.

20When my Husband does not care for me, O my friend, then my youth passes, totally useless.

21Blessed, blessed are the happy soul-brides, O my friend, who are blended with their Husband Lord.

22I am a sacrifice to those happy soul-brides; I wash their feet again and again. ||4||

23As long as I suffered from duality and doubt, O my friend, I thought God was far away.

24But when I met the Perfect True Guru, O my friend, then all my hopes and desires were fulfilled.

25I have obtained all pleasures and comforts, O my friend; my Husband Lord is all-pervading everywhere.

26Servant Nanak enjoys the Lord's Love, O my friend; I fall at the feet of the Guru, the True Guru. ||5||1||9||

27Wadahans, Third Mehla, Ashtpadheeyaa:

28One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

29True is the Bani of His Word, and True is the melody; True is contemplative meditation on the Word of the Shabad.

30Night and day, I praise the True Lord. Blessed, blessed is my great good fortune. ||1||

31O my mind, let yourself be a sacrifice to the True Name.

32If you become the slave of the Lord's slaves, you shall obtain the True Name. ||1||Pause||