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1He has not performed any service to the Creator Lord. ||1||

2O God, Your Name is the Purifier of sinners.

3I am worthless - please save me! ||1||Pause||

4O God, You are the Great Giver, the Inner-knower, the Searcher of hearts.

5The body of the egotistical human is perishable. ||2||

6Tastes and pleasures, conflicts and jealousy, and intoxication with Maya

7- attached to these, the jewel of human life is wasted. ||3||

8The Sovereign Lord King is the Destroyer of pain, the Life of the world.

9Forsaking everything, Nanak has entered His Sanctuary. ||4||13||19||

10Soohee, Fifth Mehla:

11He sees with his eyes, but he is called blind; he hears, but he does not hear.

12And the One who dwells near at hand, he thinks that He is far away; the sinner is committing sins. ||1||

13Do only those deeds which will save you, O mortal being.

14Chant the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, and the Ambrosial Word of His Bani. ||1||Pause||

15You are forever imbued with the love of horses and mansions.

16Nothing shall go along with you. ||2||

17You may clean and decorate the vessel of clay,

18but it is so very filthy; it shall receive its punishment from the Messenger of Death. ||3||

19You are bound by sexual desire, anger, greed and emotional attachment.

20You are sinking down into the great pit. ||4||

21Hear this prayer of Nanak, O Lord;

22I am a stone, sinking down - please, rescue me! ||5||14||20||

23Soohee, Fifth Mehla:

24One who remains dead while yet alive understands God.

25He meets that humble being according to the karma of his past actions. ||1||

26Listen, O friend - this is how to cross over the terrifying world-ocean.

27Meet with the Holy, and chant the Lord's Name||1||Pause||

28There is no other to know, except for the One Lord.

29So realize that the Supreme Lord God is within each and every heart. ||2||

30Whatever He does, accept that as good.

31Know the value of the beginning and the end. ||3||

32Says Nanak, I am a sacrifice to that humble being,

33within whose heart the Lord dwells. ||4||15||21||

34Soohee, Fifth Mehla:

35The Guru is the Transcendent Lord, the Creator Lord.

36He gives His Support to the entire Universe. ||1||

37Meditate within your mind on the Lotus Feet of the Guru.

38Pain and suffering shall leave this body. ||1||Pause||

39The True Guru saves the drowning being from the terrifying world-ocean.

40He reunites those who were separated for countless incarnations. ||2||

41Serve the Guru, day and night.

42Your mind shall come to have peace, pleasure and poise. ||3||

43By great good fortune, one obtains the dust of the feet of the True Guru.

44Nanak is forever a sacrifice to the True Guru. ||4||16||22||

45Soohee, Fifth Mehla:

46I am a sacrifice to my True Guru.

47Twenty-four hours a day, I sing the Praises of the Lord, Har, Har. ||1||

48Meditate in remembrance on God, your Lord and Master.

49He is the Inner-knower, the Searcher of all hearts. ||1||Pause||

50So love the Lord's Lotus Feet,

51and live a lifestyle which is true, perfect and spotless. ||2||

52By the Grace of the Saints, the Lord comes to dwell within the mind,

53and the sins of countless incarnations are eradicated. ||3||

54Please be Merciful, O God, O Merciful to the meek.

55Nanak begs for the dust of the Saints. ||4||17||23||