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1One Universal Creator God. Truth Is The Name. Creative Being Personified. No Fear. No Hatred. Image Of The Undying. Beyond Birth. Self-Existent. By Guru's Grace:

2Raag Bilaaval, First Mehla, Chau-Padhay, First House:

3You are the Emperor, and I call You a chief - how does this add to Your greatness?

4As You permit me, I praise You, O Lord and Master; I am ignorant, and I cannot chant Your Praises. ||1||

5Please bless me with such understanding, that I may sing Your Glorious Praises.

6May I dwell in Truth, according to Your Will. ||1||Pause||

7Whatever has happened, has all come from You. You are All-knowing.

8Your limits cannot be known, O my Lord and Master; I am blind - what wisdom do I have? ||2||

9What should I say? While talking, I talk of seeing, but I cannot describe the indescribable.

10As it pleases Your Will, I speak; it is just the tiniest bit of Your greatness. ||3||

11Among so many dogs, I am an outcast; I bark for my body's belly.

12Without devotional worship, O Nanak, even so, still, my Master's Name does not leave me. ||4||1||

13Bilaawal, First Mehla:

14My mind is the temple, and my body is the simple cloth of the humble seeker; deep within my heart, I bathe at the sacred shrine.

15The One Word of the Shabad abides within my mind; I shall not come to be born again. ||1||

16My mind is pierced through by the Merciful Lord, O my mother!

17Who can know the pain of another?

18I think of none other than the Lord. ||1||Pause||

19O Lord, inaccessible, unfathomable, invisible and infinite: please, take care of me!

20In the water, on the land and in sky, You are totally pervading. Your Light is in each and every heart. ||2||

21All teachings, instructions and understandings are Yours; the mansions and sanctuaries are Yours as well.

22Without You, I know no other, O my Lord and Master; I continually sing Your Glorious Praises. ||3||

23All beings and creatures seek the Protection of Your Sanctuary; all thought of their care rests with You.

24That which pleases Your Will is good; this alone is Nanak's prayer. ||4||2||

25Bilaawal, First Mehla:

26He Himself is the Word of the Shabad, and He Himself is the Insignia.

27He Himself is the Listener, and He Himself is the Knower.

28He Himself created the creation, and He Himself beholds His almighty power.

29You are the Great Giver; Your Name alone is approved. ||1||