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1By Guru's Grace, a few rare ones are saved; I am a sacrifice to those humble beings. ||3||

2The One who created the Universe, that Lord alone knows. His beauty is incomparable.

3O Nanak, the Lord Himself gazes upon it, and is pleased. The Gurmukh contemplates God. ||4||3||14||

4Soohee, Fourth Mehla:

5All that happens, and all that will happen, is by His Will. If we could do something by ourselves, we would.

6By ourselves, we cannot do anything at all. As it pleases the Lord, He preserves us. ||1||

7O my Dear Lord, everything is in Your power.

8I have no power to do anything at all. As it pleases You, You forgive us. ||1||Pause||

9You Yourself bless us with soul, body and everything. You Yourself cause us to act.

10As You issue Your Commands, so do we act, according to our pre-ordained destiny. ||2||

11You created the entire Universe out of the five elements; if anyone can create a sixth, let him.

12You unite some with the True Guru, and cause them to understand, while others, the self-willed manmukhs, do their deeds and cry out in pain. ||3||

13I cannot describe the glorious greatness of the Lord; I am foolish, thoughtless, idiotic and lowly.

14Please, forgive servant Nanak, O my Lord and Master; I am ignorant, but I have entered Your Sanctuary. ||4||4||15||24||

15Raag Soohee, Fifth Mehla, First House:

16One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

17The actor stages the play,

18playing the many characters in different costumes;

19but when the play ends, he takes off the costumes,

20and then he is one, and only one. ||1||

21How many forms and images appeared and disappeared?

22Where have they gone? Where did they come from? ||1||Pause||

23Countless waves rise up from the water.

24Jewels and ornaments of many different forms are fashioned from gold.

25I have seen seeds of all kinds being planted

26- when the fruit ripens, the seeds appear in the same form as the original. ||2||

27The one sky is reflected in thousands of water jugs,

28but when the jugs are broken, only the sky remains.

29Doubt comes from greed, emotional attachment and the corruption of Maya.

30Freed from doubt, one realizes the One Lord alone. ||3||

31He is imperishable; He will never pass away.

32He does not come, and He does not go.

33The Perfect Guru has washed away the filth of ego.

34Says Nanak, I have obtained the supreme status. ||4||1||

35Soohee, Fifth Mehla:

36Whatever God wills, that alone happens.

37Without You, there is no other at all.

38The humble being serves Him, and so all his works are perfectly successful.

39O Lord, please preserve the honor of Your slaves. ||1||

40I seek Your Sanctuary, O Perfect, Merciful Lord.

41Without You, who would cherish and love me? ||1||Pause||

42He is permeating and pervading the water, the land and the sky.

43God dwells near at hand; He is not far away.

44By trying to please other people, nothing is accomplished.

45When someone is attached to the True Lord, his ego is taken away. ||2||