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1Please bless Nanak with Your Merciful Grace, O God, that his eyes may behold the Blessed Vision of Your Darshan. ||1||

2Please bless me, O Beloved God, with millions of ears, with which I may hear the Glorious Praises of the Imperishable Lord.

3Listening, listening to these, this mind becomes spotless and pure, and the noose of Death is cut.

4The noose of Death is cut, meditating on the Imperishable Lord, and all happiness and wisdom are obtained.

5Chant, and meditate, day and night, on the Lord, Har, Har. Focus your meditation on the Celestial Lord.

6The painful sins are burnt away, by keeping God in one's thoughts; evil-mindedness is erased.

7Says Nanak, O God, please be Merciful to me, that I may listen to Your Glorious Praises, O Imperishable Lord. ||2||

8Please give me millions of hands to serve You, God, and let my feet walk on Your Path.

9Service to the Lord is the boat to carry us across the terrifying world-ocean.

10So cross over the terrifying world-ocean, meditating in remembrance on the Lord, Har, Har; all wishes shall be fulfilled.

11Even the worst corruption is taken away; peace wells up, and the unstruck celestial harmony vibrates and resounds.

12All the fruits of the mind's desires are obtained; His creative power is infinitely valuable.

13Says Nanak, please be Merciful to me, God, that my mind may follow Your Path forever. ||3||

14This opportunity, this glorious greatness, this blessing and wealth, come by great good fortune.

15These pleasures, these delightful enjoyments, come when my mind is attached to the Lord's Feet.

16My mind is attached to God's Feet; I seek His Sanctuary. He is the Creator, the Cause of causes, the Cherisher of the world.

17Everything is Yours; You are my God, O my Lord and Master, Merciful to the meek.

18I am worthless, O my Beloved, ocean of peace. In the Saints' Congregation, my mind is awakened.

19Says Nanak, God has been Merciful to me; my mind is attached to His Lotus Feet. ||4||3||6||

20Soohee, Fifth Mehla:

21Meditating on the Lord, the Lord's Temple has been built; the Saints and devotees sing the Lord's Glorious Praises.

22Meditating, meditating in remembrance of God, their Lord and Master, they discard and renounce all their sins.

23Singing the Glorious Praises of the Lord, the supreme status is obtained. The Word of God's Bani is sublime and exalted.

24God's Sermon is so very sweet. It brings celestial peace. It is to speak the Unspoken Speech.

25The time and the moment were auspicious, blessed and true, when the eternal foundation of this Temple was placed.

26O servant Nanak, God has been kind and compassionate; with all His powers, He has blessed me. ||1||

27The sounds of ecstasy vibrate through me continuously. I have enshrined the Supreme Lord within my mind.

28As Gurmukh, my lifestyle is excellent and true; my false hopes and doubts are dispelled.

29The Gurmukh chants the Bani of the unstruck melody; hearing it, listening to it, my mind and body are rejuvenated.

30All pleasures are obtained, by that one whom God makes His Own.

31Within the home of the heart are the nine treasures, filled to overflowing. He has fallen in love with the Lord's Name.

32Servant Nanak shall never forget God; his destiny is perfectly fulfilled. ||2||

33God, the King, has given me shade under His canopy, and the fire of desire has been totally extinguished.

34The home of sorrow and sin has been demolished, and all affairs have been resolved.

35When the Lord God so commands, misfortune is averted; true righteousness, Dharma and charity flourish.