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1Soohee, Fifth Mehla:

2The angelic beings and demi-gods are not permitted to remain here.

3The silent sages and humble servants also must arise and depart. ||1||

4Only those who meditate on the Lord, Har, Har, are seen to live on.

5In the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, they obtain the Blessed Vision of the Lord's Darshan. ||1||Pause||

6Kings, emperors and merchants must die.

7Whoever is seen shall be consumed by death. ||2||

8Mortal beings are entangled, clinging to false worldly attachments.

9And when they must leave them behind, then they regret and grieve. ||3||

10O Lord, O treasure of mercy, please bless Nanak with this gift,

11that he may chant Your Name, day and night. ||4||8||14||

12Soohee, Fifth Mehla:

13You dwell deep within the heart of each and every being.

14The entire universe is strung on Your Thread. ||1||

15You are my Beloved, the Support of my breath of life.

16Beholding You, gazing upon You, my mind blossoms forth. ||1||Pause||

17Wandering, wandering, wandering through countless incarnations, I have grown so weary.

18Now, I hold tight to the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy. ||2||

19You are inaccessible, incomprehensible, invisible and infinite.

20Nanak remembers You in meditation, day and night. ||3||9||15||

21Soohee, Fifth Mehla:

22What is the use of the glory of Maya?

23It disappears in no time at all. ||1||

24This is a dream, but the sleeper does not know it.

25In his unconscious state, he clings to it. ||1||Pause||

26The poor fool is enticed by the great attachments of the world.

27Gazing upon them, watching them, he must still arise and depart. ||2||

28The Royal Court of His Darbaar is the highest of the high.

29He creates and destroys countless beings. ||3||

30There has never been any other, and there shall never be.

31O Nanak, meditate on the One God. ||4||10||16||

32Soohee, Fifth Mehla:

33Meditating, meditating in remembrance on Him, I live.

34I wash Your Lotus Feet, and drink in the wash water. ||1||

35He is my Lord, the Inner-knower, the Searcher of hearts.

36My Lord and Master abides with His humble devotees. ||1||Pause||

37Hearing, hearing Your Ambrosial Naam, I meditate on it.

38Twenty-four hours a day, I sing Your Glorious Praises. ||2||

39Beholding, beholding Your divine play, my mind is in bliss.

40Your Glorious Virtues are infinite, O God, O Lord of supreme bliss. ||3||

41Meditating in remembrance on Him, fear cannot touch me.

42Forever and ever, Nanak meditates on the Lord. ||4||11||17||

43Soohee, Fifth Mehla:

44Within my heart, I meditate on the Word of the Guru's Teachings.

45With my tongue, I chant the Chant of the Lord. ||1||

46The image of His vision is fruitful; I am a sacrifice to it.

47His Lotus Feet are the Support of the mind, the Support of the very breath of life. ||1||Pause||

48In the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, the cycle of birth and death is ended.

49To hear the Ambrosial Sermon is the support of my ears. ||2||

50I have renounced sexual desire, anger, greed and emotional attachment.

51I have enshrined the Naam within myself, with charity, true cleansing and righteous conduct. ||3||

52Says Nanak, I have contemplated this essence of reality;

53chanting the Name of the Lord, I am carried across. ||4||12||18||

54Soohee, Fifth Mehla:

55The sinner is absorbed in greed and emotional attachment.