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1The Kingdom of the Lord is permanent, and forever unchanging; there is no other than Him.

2There is no other than Him - He is True forever; the Gurmukh knows the One Lord.

3That soul-bride, whose mind accepts the Guru's Teachings, meets her Husband Lord.

4Meeting the True Guru, she finds the Lord; without the Lord's Name, there is no liberation.

5O Nanak, the soul-bride ravishes and enjoys her Husband Lord; her mind accepts Him, and she finds peace. ||1||

6Serve the True Guru, O young and innocent bride; thus you shall obtain the Lord as your Husband.

7You shall be the virtuous and happy bride of the True Lord forever; and you shall never again wear soiled clothes.

8Your clothes shall never again be soiled; how rare are those few, who, as Gurmukh, recognize this, and conquer their ego.

9So make your practice the practice of good deeds; merge into the Word of the Shabad, and deep within, come to know the One Lord.

10The Gurmukh enjoys God, day and night, and so obtains true glory.

11O Nanak, the soul-bride enjoys and ravishes her Beloved; God is pervading and permeating everywhere. ||2||

12Serve the Guru, O young and innocent soul-bride, and he will lead to you meet your Husband Lord.

13The bride is imbued with the Love of her Lord; meeting with her Beloved, she finds peace.

14Meeting her Beloved, she finds peace, and merges in the True Lord; the True Lord is pervading everywhere.

15The bride makes Truth her decorations, day and night, and remains absorbed in the True Lord.

16The Lord, the Giver of peace, is realized through His Shabad; He hugs His bride close in His embrace.

17O Nanak, the bride obtains the Mansion of His Presence; through the Guru's Teachings, she finds her Lord. ||3||

18The Primal Lord, my God, has united His young and innocent bride with Himself.

19Through the Guru's Teachings, her heart is illumined and enlightened; God is permeating and pervading everywhere.

20God is permeating and pervading everywhere; He dwells in her mind, and she realizes her pre-ordained destiny.

21On his cozy bed, she is pleasing to my God; she fashions her decorations of Truth.

22The bride is immaculate and pure; she washes away the filth of egotism, and through the Guru's Teachings, she merges in the True Lord.

23O Nanak, the Creator Lord blends her into Himself, and she obtains the nine treasure of the Naam. ||4||3||4||

24Soohee, Third Mehla:

25Sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord, Har, Har, Har; the Gurmukh obtains the Lord.

26Night and day, chant the Word of the Shabad; night and day, the Shabad shall vibrate and resound.

27The unstruck melody of the Shabad vibrates, and the Dear Lord comes into the home of my heart; O ladies, sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord.

28That soul-bride, who performs devotional worship service to the Guru night and day, becomes the Beloved bride of her Lord.

29Those humble beings, whose hearts are filled with the Word of the Guru's Shabad, are adorned with the Shabad.

30O Nanak, their hearts are forever filled with happiness; the Lord, in His Mercy, enters into their hearts. ||1||

31The minds of the devotees are filled with bliss; they remain lovingly absorbed in the Lord's Name.

32The mind of the Gurmukh is immaculate and pure; she sings the Immaculate Praises of the Lord.

33Singing His Immaculate Praises, she enshrines in her mind the Naam, the Name of the Lord, and the Ambrosial Word of His Bani.

34Those humble beings, within whose minds it abides, are emancipated; the Shabad permeates each and every heart.