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-1209Says Nanak, the Lord is found by great good fortune, and then the mind and body blossom forth. || 2 || 4 || 23 ||
SAARANG, FIFTH MEHL, DU-PADAS, FOURTH HOUSE:
ONE UNIVERSAL CREATOR GOD. BY THE GRACE OF THE TRUE GURU: O my Fascinating Lord, I pray to You: come into my house. I act in pride, and speak in pride. I am mistaken and wrong, but I am still Your hand-maiden, O my Beloved. || 1 || Pause || I hear that you are near, but I cannot see You. I wander in suffering, deluded by doubt. The Guru has become merciful to me; He has removed the veils. Meeting with my Beloved, my mind blossoms forth in abundance. || 1 || If I were to forget my Lord and Master, even for an instant, it would be like millions of days, tens of thousands of years. When I joined the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, O Nanak, I met my Lord. || 2 || 1 || 24 || SAARANG, FIFTH MEHL: Now what should I think? I have given up thinking. You do whatever You wish to do. Please bless me with Your Name – I am a sacrifice to You. || 1 || Pause | The poison of corruption is flowering forth in the four directions; I have taken the GurMantra as my antidote. Giving me His Hand, He has saved me as His Own; like the lotus in the water, I remain unattached. || 1 || I am nothing. What am I? You hold all in Your Power. Nanak has run to Your Sanctuary, Lord; please save him, for the sake of Your Saints. || 2 || 2 || 25 || SAARANG, FIFTH MEHL: Now I have abandoned all efforts and devices. My Lord and Master is the All-powerful Creator, the Cause of causes, my only Saving Grace. || 1 || Pause || I have seen numerous forms of incomparable beauty, but nothing is like you. You give Your Support to all, O my Lord and Master; You are the Giver of peace, of the soul and the breath of life. ||1|| Wandering, wandering, I grew so tired; meeting the Guru, I fell at His Feet. Says Nanak, I have found total peace; this life-night of mine passes in peace. || 2 || 3 || 26 || SAARANG, FIFTH MEHL: Now I have found the Support of my Lord. The Guru, the Giver of peace, has become merciful to me. I was blind – I see the jewel of the Lord. || 1 || Pause || I have cut away the darkness of ignorance and become immaculate; my discriminationg intellect has blossomed forth. As the waves of water and the foam become water again, the Lord and His servant become one. ||1|| He is taken in again, into what from which he came: all is one in the One Lord. O Nanak, I have come to see the Master of the breath of life, all-pervading everywhere. || 2 || 4 || 27 || SAARANG, FIFTH MEHL: My mind longs for the One Beloved Lord. I have looked everywhere in every country, but nothing equals even a hair of my Beloved. || 1 || Pause II All sorts of delicacies and dainties are placed before me, but I do not even want to look at them. I long for the sublime essence of the Lord, calling, "Pri-o! Pri-o! - Beloved! Beloved!", like the Bumble bee longing for the lotus flower.
