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1The Lord bestows bliss upon His devotees, and gives them a seat in the eternal home.

2He does not give the sinners any stability or place of rest; He consigns them to the depths of hell.

3The Lord blesses His devotees with His Love; He sides with them and saves them. ||19||

4Shalok, First Mehla:

5False-mindedness is the drummer-woman; cruelty is the butcheress; slander of others in one's heart is the cleaning-woman, and deceitful anger is the outcast-woman.

6What good are the ceremonial lines drawn around your kitchen, when these four are seated there with you?

7Make Truth your self-discipline, and make good deeds the lines you draw; make chanting the Name your cleansing bath.

8O Nanak, those who do not walk in the ways of sin, shall be exalted in the world hereafter. ||1||

9First Mehla:

10Which is the swan, and which is the crane? It is only by His Glance of Grace.

11Whoever is pleasing to Him, O Nanak, is transformed from a crow into a swan. ||2||

12Pauree:

13Whatever work you wish to accomplish-tell it to the Lord.

14He will resolve your affairs; the True Guru gives His Guarantee of Truth.

15In the Society of the Saints, you shall taste the treasure of the Ambrosial Nectar.

16The Lord is the Merciful Destroyer of fear; He preserves and protects His slaves.

17O Nanak, sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord, and see the Unseen Lord God. ||20||

18Shalok, Third Mehla:

19Body and soul, all belong to Him. He gives His Support to all.

20O Nanak, become Gurmukh and serve Him, who is forever and ever the Giver.

21I am a sacrifice to those who meditate on the Formless Lord.

22Their faces are forever radiant, and the whole world bows in reverence to them. ||1||

23Third Mehla:

24Meeting the True Guru, I am totally transformed; I have obtained the nine treasures to use and consume.

25The Siddhis-the eighteen supernatural spiritual powers-follow in my footsteps; I dwell in my own home, within my own self.

26The Unstruck Melody constantly vibrates within; my mind is exalted and uplifted-I am lovingly absorbed in the Lord.

27O Nanak, devotion to the Lord abides within the minds of those who have such pre-ordained destiny written on their foreheads. ||2||

28Pauree:

29I am a minstrel of the Lord God, my Lord and Master; I have come to the Lord's Door.

30The Lord has heard my sad cries from within; He has called me, His minstrel, into His Presence.

31The Lord called His minstrel in, and asked, ""Why have you come here?""

32"O Merciful God, please grant me the gift of continual meditation on the Lord's Name."

33And so the Lord, the Great Giver, inspired Nanak to chant the Lord's Name, and blessed him with robes of honor. ||21||1||Sudh||

34One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

35Siree Raag, Kabeer Jee: To Be Sung To The Tune Of ""Ayk Su-Aan"" :

36The mother thinks that her son is growing up; she does not understand that, day by day, his life is diminishing.

37Calling him, ""Mine, mine"", she fondles him lovingly, while the Messenger of Death looks on and laughs. ||1||