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Dwell upon the Lord's Glories, and you shall be loved by your Husband, embracing love for the Naam, the Name of the Lord.

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O Nanak, the soul-bride who wears the necklace of the Lord's Name around her neck is loved by her Husband Lord. ||2||

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The soul-bride who is without her beloved Husband is all alone.

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She is cheated by the love of duality, without the Word of the Guru's Shabad.

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Without the Shabad of her Beloved, how can she cross over the treacherous ocean? Attachment to Maya has led her astray.

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Ruined by falsehood, she is deserted by her Husband Lord. The soul-bride does not attain the Mansion of His Presence.

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But she who is attuned to the Guru's Shabad is intoxicated with celestial love; night and day, she remains absorbed in Him.

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O Nanak, that soul-bride who remains constantly steeped in His Love, is blended by the Lord into Himself. ||3||

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If the Lord merges us with Himself, we are merged with Him. Without the Dear Lord, who can merge us with Him?

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Without our Beloved Guru, who can dispel our doubt?

244 : 4388
Through the Guru, doubt is dispelled. O my mother, this is the way to meet Him; this is how the soul-bride finds peace.

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Without serving the Guru, there is only pitch darkness. Without the Guru, the Way is not found.

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That wife who is intuitively imbued with the color of His Love, contemplates the Word of the Guru's Shabad.

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O Nanak, the soul-bride obtains the Lord as her Husband, by enshrining love for the Beloved Guru. ||4||1||

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Gauree, Third Mehl:

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Without my Husband, I am utterly dishonored. Without my Husband Lord, how can I live, O my mother?

244 : 4394
Without my Husband, sleep does not come, and my body is not adorned with my bridal dress.

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The bridal dress looks beautiful upon my body, when I am pleasing to my Husband Lord. Following the Guru's Teachings, my consciousness is focused on Him.

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I become His happy soul-bride forever, when I serve the True Guru; I sit in the Lap of the Guru.

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Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, the soul-bride meets her Husband Lord, who ravishes and enjoys her. The Naam, the Name of the Lord, is the only profit in this world.

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O Nanak, the soul-bride is loved by her Husband, when she dwells upon the Glorious Praises of the Lord. ||1||

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The soul-bride enjoys the Love of her Beloved.

244 : 4400
Imbued with His Love night and day, she contemplates the Word of the Guru's Shabad.

244 : 4401
Contemplating the Guru's Shabad, she conquers her ego, and in this way, she meets her Beloved.

244 : 4402
She is the happy soul-bride of her Lord, who is forever imbued with the Love of the True Name of her Beloved.

244 : 4403
Abiding in the Company of our Guru, we grasp the Ambrosial Nectar; we conquer and cast out our sense of duality.

244 : 4404
O Nanak, the soul-bride attains her Husband Lord, and forgets all her pains. ||2||

244 : 4405
The soul-bride has forgotten her Husband Lord, because of love and emotional attachment to Maya.

244 : 4406
The false bride is attached to falsehood; the insincere one is cheated by insincerity.

244 : 4407
She who drives out her falsehood, and acts according to the Guru's Teachings, does not lose her life in the gamble.

244 : 4408
One who serves the Word of the Guru's Shabad is absorbed in the True Lord; she eradicates egotism from within.

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So let the Name of the Lord abide within your heart; decorate yourself in this way.

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O Nanak, the soul-bride who takes the Support of the True Name is intuitively absorbed in the Lord. ||3||

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Meet me, O my Dear Beloved. Without You, I am totally dishonored.

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Sleep does not come to my eyes, and I have no desire for food or water.

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I have no desire for food or water, and I am dying from the pain of separation. Without my Husband Lord, how can I find peace?

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