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1Your rule shall never end.

2Your rule is eternal and unchanging; it shall never come to an end.

3He alone becomes Your servant, who contemplates You in peaceful ease.

4Enemies and pains shall never touch him, and sin shall never draw near him.

5I am forever a sacrifice to the One Lord, and Your Name. ||4||

6Throughout the ages, Your devotees sing the Kirtan of Your Praises, O Lord Master, at Your Door.

7They meditate on the One True Lord.

8Only then do they meditate on the True Lord, when they enshrine Him in their minds.

9Doubt and delusion are Your making; when these are dispelled,

10then, by Guru's Grace, You grant Your Grace, and save them from the noose of Death.

11Throughout the ages, they are Your devotees. ||5||

12O my Great Lord and Master, You are unfathomable and infinite.

13How should I make and offer my prayer? I do not know what to say.

14If You bless me with Your Glance of Grace, I realize the Truth.

15Only then do I come to realize the Truth, when You Yourself instruct me.

16The pain and hunger of the world are Your making; dispel this doubt.

17Prays Nanak, ones skepticism is taken away, when he understands the Guru's wisdom.

18The Great Lord Master is unfathomable and infinite. ||6||

19Your eyes are so beautiful, and Your teeth are delightful.

20Your nose is so graceful, and Your hair is so long.

21Your body is so precious, cast in gold.

22His body is cast in gold, and He wears Krishna's mala; meditate on Him, O sisters.

23You shall not have to stand at Death's door, O sisters, if you listen to these teachings.

24From a crane, you shall be transformed into a swan, and the filth of your mind shall be removed.

25Your eyes are so beautiful, and Your teeth are delightful. ||7||

26Your walk is so graceful, and Your speech is so sweet.

27You coo like a songbird, and your youthful beauty is alluring.

28Your youthful beauty is so alluring; it pleases You, and it fulfills the heart's desires.

29Like an elephant, You step with Your Feet so carefully; You are satisfied with Yourself.

30She who is imbued with the Love of such a Great Lord, flows intoxicated, like the waters of the Ganges.

31Prays Nanak, I am Your slave, O Lord; Your walk is so graceful, and Your speech is so sweet. ||8||2||

32Wadahans, Third Mehla, Chhant:

33One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

34Let yourself be imbued with the Love of your Husband Lord, O beautiful, mortal bride.

35Let yourself remain merged in the True Word of the Shabad, O mortal bride; savor and enjoy the Love of your Beloved Husband Lord.

36The Husband Lord embellishes His beloved bride with His True Love; she is in love with the Lord, Har, Har.

37Renouncing her self-centeredness, she attains her Husband Lord, and remains merged in the Word of the Guru's Shabad.

38That soul bride is adorned, who is attracted by His Love, and who treasures the Love of her Beloved within her heart.

39O Nanak, the Lord blends that soul bride with Himself; the True King adorns her. ||1||

40O worthless bride, see your Husband Lord ever-present.

41One who, as Gurmukh, enjoys her Husband Lord, O mortal bride, knows Him to be all-pervading everywhere.