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1How rare are those who contemplate this spiritual wisdom.

2Through this, the supreme state of liberation is attained. ||1||Pause||

3The night is in the day, and the day is in the night. The same is true of hot and cold.

4No one else knows His state and extent; without the Guru, this is not understood. ||2||

5The female is in the male, and the male is in the female. Understand this, O God-realized being!

6The meditation is in the music, and knowledge is in meditation. Become Gurmukh, and speak the Unspoken Speech. ||3||

7The Light is in the mind, and the mind is in the Light. The Guru brings the five senses together, like brothers.

8Nanak is forever a sacrifice to those who enshrine love for the One Word of the Shabad. ||4||9||

9Raamkalee, First Mehla:

10When the Lord God showered His Mercy,

11egotism was eradicated from within me.

12That humble servant who contemplates the Word of the Guru's Shabad, is very dear to the Lord. ||1||

13That humble servant of the Lord is pleasing to his Lord God;

14day and night, he performs devotional worship, day and night. Disregarding his own honor, he sings the Glorious Praises of the Lord. ||1||Pause||

15The unstruck melody of the sound current resonates and resounds;

16my mind is appeased by the subtle essence of the Lord.

17Through the Perfect Guru, I am absorbed in Truth.

18Through the Guru, I have found the Lord, the Primal Being. ||2||

19Gurbani is the sound current of the Naad, the Vedas, everything.

20My mind is attuned to the Lord of the Universe.

21He is my sacred shrine of pilgrimage, fasting and austere self-discipline.

22The Lord saves, and carries across, those who meet with the Guru. ||3||

23One whose self-conceit is gone, sees his fears run away.

24That servant grasps the Guru's feet.

25The Guru, the True Guru, has expelled my doubts.

26Says Nanak, I have merged into the Word of the Shabad. ||4||10||

27Raamkalee, First Mehla:

28He runs around, begging for clothes and food.

29He burns with hunger and corruption, and will suffer in the world hereafter.

30He does not follow the Guru's Teachings; through his evil-mindedness, he loses his honor.

31Only through the Guru's Teachings will such a person become devoted. ||1||

32The way of the Yogi is to dwell in the celestial home of bliss.

33He looks impartially, equally upon all. He receives the charity of the Lord's Love, and the Word of the Shabad, and so he is satisfied. ||1||Pause||

34The five bulls, the senses, pull the wagon of the body around.

35By the Lord's power, one's honor is preserved.

36But when the axle breaks, the wagon falls and crashes.

37It falls apart, like a pile of logs. ||2||

38Contemplate the Word of the Guru's Shabad, Yogi.

39Look upon pain and pleasure as one and the same, sorrow and separation.

40Let your food be contemplative meditation upon the Naam, the Name of the Lord, and the Word of the Guru's Shabad.

41Your wall shall be permanent, by meditating on the Formless Lord. ||3||

42Wear the loin-cloth of poise, and be free of entanglements.

43The Guru's Word shall release you from sexual desire and anger.

44In your mind, let your ear-rings be the Sanctuary of the Guru, the Lord.

45O Nanak, worshipping the Lord in deep devotion, the humble are carried across. ||4||11||