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1Raag Soohee, Fourth Mehla, Chhant, First House:

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

3If only I could meet the True Guru, the Primal Being. Discarding my faults and sins, I would chant the Lord's Glorious Praises.

4I meditate on the Naam, the Name of the Lord, Har, Har. Continuously, continually, I chant the Word of the Guru's Bani.

5Gurbani always seems so sweet; I have eradicated the sins from within.

6The disease of egotism is gone, fear has left, and I am absorbed in celestial peace.

7Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, the bed of my body has become cozy and beautiful, and I enjoy the essence of spiritual wisdom.

8Night and day, I continually enjoy peace and pleasure. O Nanak, this is my pre-ordained destiny. ||1||

9The soul-bride is lovingly embellished with truth and contentment; her Father, the Guru, has come to engage her in marriage to her Husband Lord.

10Joining with the humble Saints, I sing Gurbani.

11Singing the Guru's Bani, I have obtained the supreme status; meeting with the Saints, the self-elect, I am blessed and adorned.

12Anger and attachment have left my body and run away; I have eradicated hypocrisy and doubt.

13The pain of egotism is gone, and I have found peace; my body has become healthy and free of disease.

14By Guru's Grace, O Nanak, I have realized God, the ocean of virtue. ||2||

15The self-willed manmukh is separated, far away from God; she does not obtain the Mansion of His Presence, and she burns.

16Egotism and falsehood are deep within her; deluded by falsehood, she deals only in falsehood.

17Practicing fraud and falsehood, she suffers terrible pain; without the True Guru, she does not find the way.

18The foolish soul-bride wanders along dismal pathways; each and every moment, she is bumped and pushed.

19God, the Great Giver, shows His Mercy, and leads her to meet the True Guru, the Primal Being.

20Those beings who have been separated for countless incarnations, O Nanak, are reunited with the Lord, with intuitive ease. ||3||

21Calculating the most auspicious moment, the Lord comes into the bride's home; her heart is filled with ecstasy.

22The Pandits and astrologers have come, to sit and consult the almanacs.

23They have consulted the almanacs, and the bride's mind vibrates with bliss, when she hears that her Friend is coming into the home of her heart.

24The virtuous and wise men sat down and decided to perform the marriage immediately.

25She has found her Husband, the Inaccessible, Unfathomable Primal Lord, who is forever young; He is her Best Friend from her earliest childhood.

26O Nanak, he has mercifully united the bride with Himself. She shall never be separated again. ||4||1||

27Soohee, Fourth Mehla:

28In the first round of the marriage ceremony, the Lord sets out His Instructions for performing the daily duties of married life.

29Instead of the hymns of the Vedas to Brahma, embrace the righteous conduct of Dharma, and renounce sinful actions.

30Meditate on the Lord's Name; embrace and enshrine the contemplative remembrance of the Naam.

31Worship and adore the Guru, the Perfect True Guru, and all your sins shall be dispelled.

32By great good fortune, celestial bliss is attained, and the Lord, Har, Har, seems sweet to the mind.