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Says Nanak, joining the Society of the Saints, I am enraptured, lovingly attuned to my Lord. || 2 || 25 || 48 || SAARANG, FIFTH MEHL: Sing of your Lord and Master, your Best Friend. Do not place your hopes in anyone else; meditate on God, the Giver of peace. || 1 || Pause || Peace, joy and salvation are in His Home. Seek the Protection of His Sanctuary. But if you forsake Him, and serve mortal beings, your honor will dissolve like salt in water. || 1 || I have grasped the Anchor and Support of my Lord and Master; meeting with the Guru, I have found wisdom and understanding. Nanak has met God, the Treasure of Excellence; all dependence on others is gone. || 2 || 26 || 49 || SAARANG, FIFTH MEHL: I have the Almighty Support of my Dear Lord God. I do not look up to anyone else. My honor and glory are Yours, O God. || 1 || Pause || God has taken my side; He has lifted me up and pulled me out of the whirlpool of corruption. He has poured the medicine of the Naam, the Ambrosial Name of the Lord, into my mouth; I have fallen at the Guru's Feet. || 1 || How can I praise You with only one mouth? You are generous, even to the unworthy. You cut away the noose, and now You own me; Nanak is blessed with myriad joys. || 2 || 27 || 50 || SAARANG, FIFTH MEHL: Remembering God in meditation, pains are dispelled. When the Giver of peace to the soul becomes merciful, the mortal is totally redeemed. || 1 || Pause || I know of none other than God; tell me, who else should I approach? As You know me, so do You keep me, O my Lord and Master.I have surrendered everything to You. || 1 || God gave me His Hand and saved me; He has blessed me with eternal life. Says Nanak, my mind is in ecstasy; the noose of death has been cut away from my neck. || 2 || 28 || 51 || SAARANG, FIFTH MEHL: My mind contemplates You, O Lord, all the time. I am Your meek and helpless child; You are God my Father. As You know me, You save me. || 1 || Pause || When I am hungry, I ask for food; when I am full, I am totally at peace. When I dwell with You, I am free of disease; if I become separated from You, I turn to dust. || 1 || What power does the slave of Your slave have, O Establisher and Disestablisher? If I do not forget the Naam, the Name of the Lord, then I die. Nanak offers this prayer. || 2 || 29 || 52 || SAARANG, FIFTH MEHL: I have shaken off fear and dread from my mind. With intuitive ease, peace and poise, I sing the Glorious Praises of my Kind, Sweet, Darling Beloved. || 1 || Pause || Practicing the Guru's Word, by His Grace, I do not wander anywhere anymore. The illusion has been dispelled; I am in Samaadhi, Sukh-aasan, the position of peace. I have found the Lord, the Lover of His devotees, within the home of my own heart. || 1 || The Sound-current of the Naad, playful joys and pleasures - I am intuitively, easily absorbed into the Celestial Lord. He Himself is the Creator, the Cause of causes.
