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1Maaroo, First Mehla:

2I am Your slave, Your bonded servant, and so I am called fortunate.

3I sold myself at Your store in exchange for the Guru's Word; whatever You link me to, to that I am linked. ||1||

4What cleverness can Your servant try with You?

5O my Lord and Master, I cannot carry out the Hukam of Your Command. ||1||Pause||

6My mother is Your slave, and my father is Your slave; I am the child of Your slaves.

7My slave mother dances, and my slave father sings; I practice devotional worship to You, O my Sovereign Lord. ||2||

8If You wish to drink, then I shall get water for You; if You wish to eat, I shall grind the corn for You.

9I wave the fan over You, and wash Your feet, and continue to chant Your Name. ||3||

10I have been untrue to myself, but Nanak is Your slave; please forgive him, by Your glorious greatness.

11Since the very beginning of time, and throughout the ages, You have been the merciful and generous Lord. Without You, liberation cannot be attained. ||4||6||

12Maaroo, First Mehla:

13Some call him a ghost; some say that he is a demon.

14Some call him a mere mortal; O, poor Nanak! ||1||

15Crazy Nanak has gone insane, after his Lord, the King.

16I know of none other than the Lord. ||1||Pause||

17He alone is known to be insane, when he goes insane with the Fear of God.

18He recognizes none other than the One Lord and Master. ||2||

19He alone is known to be insane, if he works for the One Lord.

20Recognizing the Hukam, the Command of his Lord and Master, what other cleverness is there? ||3||

21He alone is known to be insane, when he falls in love with his Lord and Master.

22He sees himself as bad, and all the rest of the world as good. ||4||7||

23Maaroo, First Mehla:

24This wealth is all-pervading, permeating all.

25The self-willed manmukh wanders around, thinking that it is far away. ||1||

26That commodity, the wealth of the Naam, is within my heart.

27Whoever You bless with it, is emancipated. ||1||Pause||

28This wealth does not burn; it cannot be stolen by a thief.

29This wealth does not drown, and its owner is never punished. ||2||

30Gaze upon the glorious greatness of this wealth,

31and your nights and days will pass, imbued with celestial peace. ||3||

32Listen to this incomparably beautiful story, O my brothers, O Siblings of Destiny.

33Tell me, without this wealth, who has ever obtained the supreme status? ||4||

34Nanak humbly prays, I proclaim the Unspoken Speech of the Lord.

35If one meets the True Guru, then this wealth is obtained. ||5||8||

36Maaroo, First Mehla:

37Heat up the sun energy of the right nostril, and cool down the moon energy of the left nostril; practicing this breath-control, bring them into perfect balance.

38In this way, the fickle fish of the mind will be held steady; the swan-soul shall not fly away, and the body-wall will not crumble. ||1||

39You fool, why are you deluded by doubt?

40You do not remember the detached Lord of supreme bliss. ||1||Pause||

41Seize and burn the unbearable; seize and kill the imperishable; leave behind your doubts, and then, you shall drink in the Nectar.

42In this way, the fickle fish of the mind will be held steady; the swan-soul shall not fly away, and the body-wall shall not crumble. ||2||