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1By the highest destiny, you found the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy. ||1||

2Without the Perfect Guru, no one is saved.

3This is what Baba Nanak says, after deep reflection. ||2||11||

4Raag Raamkalee, Fifth Mehla, Second House:

5One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

6The four Vedas proclaim it, but you don't believe them.

7The six Shaastras also say one thing.

8The eighteen Puraanas all speak of the One God.

9Even so, Yogi, you do not understand this mystery. ||1||

10The celestial harp plays the incomparable melody,

11but in your intoxication, you do not hear it, O Yogi. ||1||Pause||

12In the first age, the Golden Age, the village of truth was inhabited.

13In the Silver Age of Traytaa Yuga, things began to decline.

14In the Brass Age of Dwaapur Yuga, half of it was gone.

15Now, only one leg of Truth remains, and the One Lord is revealed. ||2||

16The beads are strung upon the one thread.

17By means of many, various, diverse knots, they are tied, and kept separate on the string.

18The beads of the mala are lovingly chanted upon in many ways.

19When the thread is pulled out, the beads come together in one place. ||3||

20Throughout the four ages, the One Lord made the body His temple.

21It is a treacherous place, with several windows.

22Searching and searching, one comes to the Lord's door.

23Then, O Nanak, the Yogi attains a home in the Mansion of the Lord's Presence. ||4||

24Thus, the celestial harp plays the incomparable melody;

25hearing it, the Yogi's mind finds it sweet. ||1||Second Pause||1||12||

26Raamkalee, Fifth Mehla:

27The body is a patch-work of threads.

28The muscles are stitched together with the needles of the bones.

29The Lord has erected a pillar of water.

30O Yogi, why are you so proud? ||1||

31Meditate on your Lord Master, day and night.

32The patched coat of the body shall last for only a few days. ||1||Pause||

33Smearing ashes on your body, you sit in a deep meditative trance.

34You wear the ear-rings of 'mine and yours'.

35You beg for bread, but you are not satisfied.

36Abandoning your Lord Master, you beg from others; you should feel ashamed. ||2||

37Your consciousness is restless, Yogi, as you sit in your Yogic postures.

38You blow your horn, but still feel sad.

39You do not understand Gorakh, your guru.

40Again and again, Yogi, you come and go. ||3||

41He, unto whom the Master shows Mercy

42unto Him, the Guru, the Lord of the World, I offer my prayer.

43One who has the Name as his patched coat, and the Name as his robe,

44O servant Nanak, such a Yogi is steady and stable. ||4||

45One who meditates on the Master in this way, night and day,

46finds the Guru, the Lord of the World, in this life. ||1||Second Pause||2||13||

47Raamkalee, Fifth Mehla:

48He is the Creator, the Cause of causes;

49I do not see any other at all.

50My Lord and Master is wise and all-knowing.

51Meeting with the Gurmukh, I enjoy His Love. ||1||

52Such is the sweet, subtle essence of the Lord.

53How rare are those who, as Gurmukh, taste it. ||1||Pause||

54The Light of the Ambrosial Name of the Lord is immaculate and pure.