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O Nanak, if I had hundreds of thousands of stacks of paper, and if I were to read and recite and embrace love for the Lord,

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and if ink were never to fail me, and if my pen were able to move like the wind

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-even so, I could not estimate Your Value. How can I describe the Greatness of Your Name? ||4||2||

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Siree Raag, First Mehl:

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As it is pre-ordained, people speak their words. As it is pre-ordained, they consume their food.

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As it is pre-ordained, they walk along the way. As it is pre-ordained, they see and hear.

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As it is pre-ordained, they draw their breath. Why should I go and ask the scholars about this? ||1||

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O Baba, the splendor of Maya is deceptive.

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The blind man has forgotten the Name; he is in limbo, neither here nor there. ||1||Pause||

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Life and death come to all who are born. Everything here gets devoured by Death.

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He sits and examines the accounts, there where no one goes along with anyone.

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Those who weep and wail might just as well all tie bundles of straw. ||2||

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Everyone says that God is the Greatest of the Great. No one calls Him any less.

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No one can estimate His Worth. By speaking of Him, His Greatness is not increased.

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You are the One True Lord and Master of all the other beings, of so many worlds. ||3||

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Nanak seeks the company of the lowest of the low class, the very lowest of the low. Why should he try to compete with the great?

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In that place where the lowly are cared for-there, the Blessings of Your Glance of Grace rain down. ||4||3||

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Siree Raag, First Mehl:

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Greed is a dog; falsehood is a filthy street-sweeper. Cheating is eating a rotting carcass.

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Slandering others is putting the filth of others into your own mouth. The fire of anger is the outcaste who burns dead bodies at the crematorium.

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I am caught in these tastes and flavors, and in self-conceited praise. These are my actions, O my Creator! ||1||

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O Baba, speak only that which will bring you honor.

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They alone are good, who are judged good at the Lord's Door. Those with bad karma can only sit and weep. ||1||Pause||

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The pleasures of gold and silver, the pleasures of women, the pleasure of the fragrance of sandalwood,

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the pleasure of horses, the pleasure of a soft bed in a palace, the pleasure of sweet treats and the pleasure of hearty meals

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-these pleasures of the human body are so numerous; how can the Naam, the Name of the Lord, find its dwelling in the heart? ||2||

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Those words are acceptable, which, when spoken, bring honor.

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Harsh words bring only grief. Listen, O foolish and ignorant mind!

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Those who are pleasing to Him are good. What else is there to be said? ||3||

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Wisdom, honor and wealth are in the laps of those whose hearts remain permeated with the Lord.

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What praise can be offered to them? What other adornments can be bestowed upon them?

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O Nanak, those who lack the Lord's Glance of Grace cherish neither charity nor the Lord's Name. ||4||4||

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Siree Raag, First Mehl:

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The Great Giver has given the intoxicating drug of falsehood.

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The people are intoxicated; they have forgotten death, and they have fun for a few days.

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Those who do not use intoxicants are true; they dwell in the Court of the Lord. ||1||

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O Nanak, know the True Lord as True.

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Serving Him, peace is obtained; you shall go to His Court with honor. ||1||Pause||

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The Wine of Truth is not fermented from molasses. The True Name is contained within it.

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