Ang 357

AASAA, FIRST MEHL: I am not stained by only one sin, that could be washed clean by virtue. My Husband Lord is awake, while I sleep through the entire night of my life. ||1|| In this way, how can I become dear to my Husband Lord? My Husband Lord remains awake, while I sleep through the entire night of my life. ||1|| Pause|| 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 soul-bride, 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 in-law’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|| O 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||