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1Fifth Mehla:

2To ask for any other than You, Lord, is the most miserable of miseries.

3Please bless me with Your Name, and make me content; may the hunger of my mind be satisfied.

4The Guru has made the woods and meadows green again. O Nanak, is it any wonder that He blesses human beings as well? ||2||

5Pauree:

6Such is that Great Giver; may I never forget Him from my mind.

7I cannot survive without Him, for an instant, for a moment, for a second.

8Inwardly and outwardly, He is with us; how can we hide anything from Him?

9One whose honor He Himself has preserved, crosses over the terrifying world-ocean.

10He alone is a devotee, a spiritual teacher, and a disciplined pratictioner of meditation, whom the Lord has so blessed.

11He alone is perfect and renowned as supreme, whom the Lord has blessed with His power.

12He alone endures the unendurable, whom the Lord inspires to endure it.

13And he alone meets the True Lord, within whose mind the Guru's Mantra is implanted. ||3||

14Shalok, Fifth Mehla:

15Blessed are those beautiful Ragas which, when chanted, quench all thirst.

16Blessed are those beautiful people who, as Gurmukh, chant the Name of the Lord.

17I am a sacrifice to those who single-mindedly worship and adore the One Lord.

18I yearn for the dust of their feet; by His Grace, it is obtained.

19I am a sacrifice to those who are imbued with love for the Lord of the Universe.

20I tell them the state of my soul, and pray that I may be united with the Sovereign Lord King, my Friend.

21The Perfect Guru has united me with Him, and the pains of birth and death have departed.

22Servant Nanak has found the inaccessible, infinitely beautiful Lord, and he will not go anywhere else. ||1||

23Fifth Mehla:

24Blessed is that time, blessed is that hour, blessed is that second, excellent is that instant;

25blessed is that day, and that opportunity, when I gazed upon the Blessed Vision of the Guru's Darshan.

26The mind's desires are fulfilled, when the inaccessible, unfathomable Lord is obtained.

27Egotism and emotional attachment are eradicated, and one leans only on the Support of the True Name.

28O servant Nanak, one who is committed to the Lord's service - the whole world is saved along with him. ||2||

29Pauree:

30How rare are those who are blessed to praise the Lord, in devotional worship.

31Those who are blessed with the Lord's treasures are not called to give their account again.

32Those who are imbued with His Love are absorbed in ecstasy.

33They take the Support of the One Name; the One Name is their only food.

34For their sake, the world eats and enjoys.

35Their Beloved Lord belongs to them alone.

36The Guru comes and meets them; they alone know God.

37I am a sacrifice to those who are pleasing to their Lord and Master. ||4||

38Shalok, Fifth Mehla:

39My friendship is with the One Lord alone; I am in love with the One Lord alone.

40The Lord is my only friend; my companionship is with the One Lord alone.

41My conversation is with the One Lord alone; He never frowns, or turns His face away.

42He alone knows the state of my soul; He never ignores my love.

43He is my only counselor, all-powerful to destroy and create.

44The Lord is my only Giver. He places His hand upon the heads of the generous in the world.

45I take the Support of the One Lord alone; He is all-powerful, over the heads of all.

46The Saint, the True Guru, has united me with the Lord. He placed His hand on my forehead.