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1I shall go and ask the True Guru, and meditate on the Naam, the Name of the Lord.

2I meditate on the True Name, chant the True Name, and as Gurmukh, I realize the True Name.

3Night and day, I chant the Name of the merciful, immaculate Lord, the Master of the poor.

4The Primal Lord has ordained the tasks to be done; self-conceit is overcome, and the mind is subdued.

5O Nanak, the Naam is the sweetest essence; through the Naam, thirst and desire are stilled. ||5||2||

6Dhanaasaree, Chhant, First Mehla:

7Your Husband Lord is with you, O deluded soul-bride, but you do are not aware of Him.

8Your destiny is written on your forehead, according to your past actions.

9This inscription of past deeds cannot be erased; what do I know about what will happen?

10You have not adopted a virtuous lifestyle, and you are not attuned to the Lord's Love; you sit there, crying over your past misdeeds.

11Wealth and youth are like the shade of the bitter swallow-wort plant; you are growing old, and your days are coming to their end.

12O Nanak, without the Naam, the Name of the Lord, you shall end up as a discarded, divorced bride; your own falsehood shall separate you from the Lord. ||1||

13You have drowned, and your house is ruined; walk in the Way of the Guru's Will.

14Meditate on the True Name, and you shall find peace in the Mansion of the Lord's Presence.

15Meditate on the Lord's Name, and you shall find peace; your stay in this world shall last only four days.

16Sit in the home of your own being, and you shall find Truth; night and day, be with your Beloved.

17Without loving devotion, you cannot dwell in your own home - listen, everyone!

18O Nanak, she is happy, and she obtains her Husband Lord, if she is attuned to the True Name. ||2||

19If the soul-bride is pleasing to her Husband Lord, then the Husband Lord will love His bride.

20Imbued with the love of her Beloved, she contemplates the Word of the Guru's Shabad.

21She contemplates the Guru's Shabads, and her Husband Lord loves her; in deep humility, she worships Him in loving devotion.

22She burns away her emotional attachment to Maya, and in love, she loves her Beloved.

23She is imbued and drenched with the Love of the True Lord; she has become beautiful, by conquering her mind.

24O Nanak, the happy soul-bride abides in Truth; she loves to love her Husband Lord. ||3||

25The soul-bride looks so beautiful in the home of her Husband Lord, if she is pleasing to Him.

26It is of no use at all to speak false words.

27If she speaks false, it is of no use to her, and she does not see her Husband Lord with her eyes.

28Worthless, forgotten and abandoned by her Husband Lord, she passes her life-night without her Lord and Master.

29Such a wife does not believe in the Word of the Guru's Shabad; she is caught in the net of the world, and does not obtain the Mansion of the Lord's Presence.

30O Nanak, if she understands her own self, then, as Gurmukh, she merges in celestial peace. ||4||

31Blessed is that soul-bride, who knows her Husband Lord.

32Without the Naam, she is false, and her actions are false as well.

33Devotional worship of the Lord is beautiful; the True Lord loves it. So immerse yourself in loving devotional worship of God.

34My Husband Lord is playful and innocent; imbued with His Love, I enjoy Him.

35She blossoms forth through the Word of the Guru's Shabad; she ravishes her Husband Lord, and obtains the most noble reward.

36O Nanak, in Truth, she obtains glory; in her Husband's home, the soul-bride looks beautiful. ||5||3||