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1My mind is imbued with You, day and night and morning, O Lord; my tongue chants Your Name, and my mind meditates on You. ||2||

2You are True, and I am absorbed into You; through the mystery of the Shabad, I shall ultimately become True as well.

3Those who are imbued with the Naam day and night are pure, while those who die to be reborn are impure. ||3||

4I do not see any other like the Lord; who else should I praise? No one is equal to Him.

5Prays Nanak, I am the slave of His slaves; by Guru's Instruction, I know Him. ||4||5||

6Sorat'h, First Mehla:

7He is unknowable, infinite, unapproachable and imperceptible. He is not subject to death or karma.

8His caste is casteless; He is unborn, self-illumined, and free of doubt and desire. ||1||

9I am a sacrifice to the Truest of the True.

10He has no form, no color and no features; through the True Word of the Shabad, He reveals Himself. ||Pause||

11He has no mother, father, sons or relatives; He is free of sexual desire; He has no wife.

12He has no ancestry; He is immaculate. He is infinite and endless; O Lord, Your Light is pervading all. ||2||

13Deep within each and every heart, God is hidden; His Light is in each and every heart.

14The heavy doors are opened by Guru's Instructions; one becomes fearless, in the trance of deep meditation. ||3||

15The Lord created all beings, and placed death over the heads of all; all the world is under His Power.

16Serving the True Guru, the treasure is obtained; living the Word of the Shabad, one is emancipated. ||4||

17In the pure vessel, the True Name is contained; how few are those who practice true conduct.

18The individual soul is united with the Supreme Soul; Nanak seeks Your Sanctuary, Lord. ||5||6||

19Sorat'h, First Mehla:

20Like a fish without water is the faithless cynic, who dies of thirst.

21So shall you die, O mind, without the Lord, as your breath goes in vain. ||1||

22O mind, chant the Lord's Name, and praise Him.

23Without the Guru, how will you obtain this juice? The Guru shall unite you with the Lord. ||Pause||

24For the Gurmukh, meeting with the Society of the Saints is like making a pilgrimage to a sacred shrine.

25The benefit of bathing at the sixty-eight sacred shrines of pilgrimage is obtained by the Blessed Vision of the Guru's Darshan. ||2||

26Like the Yogi without abstinence, and like penance without truth and contentment,

27so is the body without the Lord's Name; death will slay it, because of the sin within. ||3||

28The faithless cynic does not obtain the Lord's Love; the Lord's Love is obtained only through the True Guru.

29One who meets with the Guru, the Giver of pleasure and pain, says Nanak, is absorbed in the Lord's Praise. ||4||7||

30Sorat'h, First Mehla:

31You, God, are the Giver of gifts, the Lord of perfect understanding; I am a mere beggar at Your Door.

32What should I beg for? Nothing remains permanent; O Lord, please, bless me with Your Beloved Name. ||1||

33In each and every heart, the Lord, the Lord of the forest, is permeating and pervading.

34In the water, on the land, and in the sky, He is pervading but hidden; through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, He is revealed. ||Pause||

35In this world, in the nether regions of the underworld, and in the Akaashic Ethers, the Guru, the True Guru, has shown me the Lord; He has showered me with His Mercy.

36He is the unborn Lord God; He is, and shall ever be. Deep within your heart, behold Him, the Destroyer of ego. ||2||