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1Wherever I look, there I see Him pervading. ||3||

2There is doubt within me, and Maya is outside; it hits me in the eyes like an arrow.

3Prays Nanak, the slave of the Lord's slaves: such a mortal suffers terribly. ||4||2||

4Raamkalee, First Mehla:

5Where is that door, where You live, O Lord? What is that door called? Among all doors, who can find that door?

6For the sake of that door, I wander around sadly, detached from the world; if only someone would come and tell me about that door. ||1||

7How can I cross over the world-ocean?

8While I am living, I cannot be dead. ||1||Pause||

9Pain is the door, and anger is the guard; hope and anxiety are the two shutters.

10Maya is the water in the moat; in the middle of this moat, he has built his home. The Primal Lord sits in the Seat of Truth. ||2||

11You have so many Names, Lord, I do not know their limit. There is no other equal to You.

12Do not speak out loud - remain in your mind. The Lord Himself knows, and He Himself acts. ||3||

13As long as there is hope, there is anxiety; so how can anyone speak of the One Lord?

14In the midst of hope, remain untouched by hope; then, O Nanak, you shall meet the One Lord. ||4||

15In this way, you shall cross over the world-ocean.

16This is the way to remain dead while yet alive. ||1||Second Pause||3||

17Raamkalee, First Mehla:

18Awareness of the Shabad and the Teachings is my horn; the people hear the sound of its vibrations.

19Honor is my begging-bowl, and the Naam, the Name of the Lord, is the charity I receive. ||1||

20O Baba, Gorakh is the Lord of the Universe; He is always awake and aware.

21He alone is Gorakh, who sustains the earth; He created it in an instant. ||1||Pause||

22Binding together water and air, He infused the breath of life into the body, and made the lamps of the sun and the moon.

23To die and to live, He gave us the earth, but we have forgotten these blessings. ||2||

24There are so many Siddhas, seekers, Yogis, wandering pilgrims, spiritual teachers and good people.

25If I meet them, I chant the Lord's Praises, and then, my mind serves Him. ||3||

26Paper and salt, protected by ghee, remain untouched by water, as the lotus remains unaffected in water.

27Those who meet with such devotees, O servant Nanak - what can death do to them? ||4||4||

28Raamkalee, First Mehla:

29Listen, Machhindra, to what Nanak says.

30One who subdues the five passions does not waver.

31One who practices Yoga in such a way,

32saves himself, and saves all his generations. ||1||

33He alone is a hermit, who attains such understanding.

34Day and night, he remains absorbed in deepest Samaadhi. ||1||Pause||

35He begs for loving devotion to the Lord, and lives in the Fear of God.

36He is satisfied, with the priceless gift of contentment.

37Becoming the embodiment of meditation, he attains the true Yogic posture.

38He focuses his consciousness in the deep trance of the True Name. ||2||

39Nanak chants the Ambrosial Bani.

40Listen, O Machhindra: this is the insignia of the true hermit.

41One who, in the midst of hope, remains untouched by hope,

42shall truly find the Creator Lord. ||3||

43Prays Nanak, I share the mysterious secrets of God.

44The Guru and His disciple are joined together!

45One who eats this food, this medicine of the Teachings,