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Soohee, Fifth Mehl:

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The angelic beings and demi-gods are not permitted to remain here.

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The silent sages and humble servants also must arise and depart. ||1||

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Only those who meditate on the Lord, Har, Har, are seen to live on.

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In the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, they obtain the Blessed Vision of the Lord's Darshan. ||1||Pause||

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Kings, emperors and merchants must die.

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Whoever is seen shall be consumed by death. ||2||

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Mortal beings are entangled, clinging to false worldly attachments.

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And when they must leave them behind, then they regret and grieve. ||3||

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O Lord, O treasure of mercy, please bless Nanak with this gift,

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that he may chant Your Name, day and night. ||4||8||14||

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Soohee, Fifth Mehl:

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You dwell deep within the heart of each and every being.

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The entire universe is strung on Your Thread. ||1||

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You are my Beloved, the Support of my breath of life.

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Beholding You, gazing upon You, my mind blossoms forth. ||1||Pause||

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Wandering, wandering, wandering through countless incarnations, I have grown so weary.

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Now, I hold tight to the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy. ||2||

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You are inaccessible, incomprehensible, invisible and infinite.

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Nanak remembers You in meditation, day and night. ||3||9||15||

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Soohee, Fifth Mehl:

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What is the use of the glory of Maya?

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It disappears in no time at all. ||1||

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This is a dream, but the sleeper does not know it.

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In his unconscious state, he clings to it. ||1||Pause||

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The poor fool is enticed by the great attachments of the world.

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Gazing upon them, watching them, he must still arise and depart. ||2||

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The Royal Court of His Darbaar is the highest of the high.

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He creates and destroys countless beings. ||3||

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There has never been any other, and there shall never be.

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O Nanak, meditate on the One God. ||4||10||16||

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Soohee, Fifth Mehl:

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Meditating, meditating in remembrance on Him, I live.

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I wash Your Lotus Feet, and drink in the wash water. ||1||

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He is my Lord, the Inner-knower, the Searcher of hearts.

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My Lord and Master abides with His humble devotees. ||1||Pause||

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Hearing, hearing Your Ambrosial Naam, I meditate on it.

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Twenty-four hours a day, I sing Your Glorious Praises. ||2||

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Beholding, beholding Your divine play, my mind is in bliss.

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Your Glorious Virtues are infinite, O God, O Lord of supreme bliss. ||3||

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Meditating in remembrance on Him, fear cannot touch me.

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Forever and ever, Nanak meditates on the Lord. ||4||11||17||

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Soohee, Fifth Mehl:

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Within my heart, I meditate on the Word of the Guru's Teachings.

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With my tongue, I chant the Chant of the Lord. ||1||

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The image of His vision is fruitful; I am a sacrifice to it.

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His Lotus Feet are the Support of the mind, the Support of the very breath of life. ||1||Pause||

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In the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, the cycle of birth and death is ended.

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To hear the Ambrosial Sermon is the support of my ears. ||2||

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I have renounced sexual desire, anger, greed and emotional attachment.

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I have enshrined the Naam within myself, with charity, true cleansing and righteous conduct. ||3||

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Says Nanak, I have contemplated this essence of reality;

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chanting the Name of the Lord, I am carried across. ||4||12||18||

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Soohee, Fifth Mehl:

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The sinner is absorbed in greed and emotional attachment.

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