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With hope and desire, I approach His Bed, but I do not know whether He will be pleased with me or not. || 2 || How do I know what will happen to me, O my mother? Without the Blessed Vision of the Lord's Darshan, I cannot survive. || 1 || Pause || I have not tasted His Love, and my thirst is not quenched. My beautiful youth has run away, and now I, the soulbride, repent and regret. || 3 || Even now, I am held by hope and desire. I am depressed; I have no hope at all. || 1 || Pause || She overcomes her egotism, and adorns herself; the Husband Lord now ravishes and enjoys the soul-bride on His Bed. || 4 || Then, O Nanak, the bride becomes pleasing to the Mind of her Husband Lord; she sheds her self-conceit, and is absorbed in her Lord and Master. || 1 || Pause || 26 || AASAA, FIRST MEHL: In this world of my father's house, I, the soul-bride, have been very childish; I did not realize the value of my Husband Lord. || 1 || My Husband is the One; there is no other like Him. If He bestows His Glance of Grace, then I shall meet Him. || 1 || Pause || In the next world of my inlaw's house, I, the the soul-bride, shall realize Truth; I shall come to know the celestial peace of my Husband Lord. || 2 || By Guru's Grace, such wisdom comes to me, so that the soul-bride becomes pleasing to the Mind of the Husband Lord. || 3 || Says Nanak, she who adorns herself with the Love and the Fear of God, enjoys her Husband Lord forever on His Bed. || 4 || 27 || AASAA, FIRST MEHL: No one is anyone else's son, and no one is anyone else's mother. Through false attachments, people wander around in doubt. || 1 || O My Lord and Master, I am created by You. If You give it to me, I will chant Your Name. || 1 || Pause || That person who is filled with all sorts of sins may pray at the Lord's Door, but he is forgiven only when the Lord so wills. || 2 || By Guru's Grace, evil-mindedness is destroyed. Wherever I look, there I find the One Lord. || 3 || Says Nanak, if one comes to such an understanding, then he is absorbed into the Truest of the True. || 4 || 28 || AASAA, FIRST MEHL, DU-PADAS: In that pool of the world, the people have their homes; there, the Lord has created water and fire. In the mud of earthly attachment, their feet have become mired, and I have seen them drowning there. || 1 || 0 foolish people, why don't you remember the One Lord? Forgetting the Lord, your virtues shall wither away. || 1 || Pause || I am not a celibate, nor am I truthful, nor a scholar; I was born foolish and ignorant. Prays Nanak, I seek the Sanctuary of those who do not forget You, Lord. || 2 || 29 || AASAA, FIRST MEHL: There are six systems of philosophy, six teachers, and six doctrines; but the Teacher of teachers is the One Lord, who appears in so many forms. || 1 || That system, where the Praises of the Creator are sung - follow that system; in it rests greatness. || 1 || Pause || As the seconds, minutes, hours, days, weekdays months and seasons all originate from the one sun, O Nanak, so do all forms originate from the One Creator. || 2 || 30 ||
