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1Soohee, First Mehla, Sixth House:

2One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

3Bronze is bright and shiny, but when it is rubbed, its blackness appears.

4Washing it, its impurity is not removed, even if it is washed a hundred times. ||1||

5They alone are my friends, who travel along with me;

6and in that place, where the accounts are called for, they appear standing with me. ||1||Pause||

7There are houses, mansions and tall buildings, painted on all sides;

8but they are empty within, and they crumble like useless ruins. ||2||

9The herons in their white feathers dwell in the sacred shrines of pilgrimage.

10They tear apart and eat the living beings, and so they are not called white. ||3||

11My body is like the simmal tree; seeing me, other people are fooled.

12Its fruits are useless - just like the qualities of my body. ||4||

13The blind man is carrying such a heavy load, and his journey through the mountains is so long.

14My eyes can see, but I cannot find the Way. How can I climb up and cross over the mountain? ||5||

15What good does it do to serve, and be good, and be clever?

16O Nanak, contemplate the Naam, the Name of the Lord, and you shall be released from bondage. ||6||1||3||

17Soohee, First Mehla:

18Build the raft of meditation and self-discipline, to carry you across the river.

19There will be no ocean, and no rising tides to stop you; this is how comfortable your path shall be. ||1||

20Your Name alone is the color, in which the robe of my body is dyed. This color is permanent, O my Beloved. ||1||Pause||

21My beloved friends have departed; how will they meet the Lord?

22If they have virtue in their pack, the Lord will unite them with Himself. ||2||

23Once united with Him, they will not be separated again, if they are truly united.

24The True Lord brings their comings and goings to an end. ||3||

25One who subdues and eradicates egotism, sews the robe of devotion.

26Following the Word of the Guru's Teachings, she receives the fruits of her reward, the Ambrosial Words of the Lord. ||4||

27Says Nanak, O soul-brides, our Husband Lord is so dear!

28We are the servants, the hand-maidens of the Lord; He is our True Lord and Master. ||5||2||4||

29Soohee, First Mehla:

30Those whose minds are filled with love of the Lord, are blessed and exalted.

31They are blessed with peace, and their pains are forgotten.

32He will undoubtedly, certainly save them. ||1||

33The Guru comes to meet those whose destiny is so pre-ordained.

34He blesses them with the Teachings of the Ambrosial Name of the Lord.

35Those who walk in the Will of the True Guru, never wander begging. ||2||

36And one who lives in the Mansion of the Lord's Presence, why should he bow down to any other?

37The gate-keeper at the Lord's Gate shall not stop him to ask any questions.

38And one who is blessed with the Lord's Glance of Grace - by his words, others are emancipated as well. ||3||

39The Lord Himself sends out, and recalls the mortal beings; no one else gives Him advice.

40He Himself demolishes, constructs and creates; He knows everything.

41O Nanak, the Naam, the Name of the Lord is the blessing, given to those who receive His Mercy, and His Grace. ||4||3||5||