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English translation of
Holy Guru Granth Sahib

English translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
taken from http://www.gurbanifiles.com/

Raag Basant - Part 016

1183 : 738
Our All-powerful Lord and Master is the Doer of all, the Cause of all causes.

1183 : 739
I am an orphan - I seek Your Sanctuary, God.

1183 : 740
All beings and creatures take Your Support.

1183 : 741
Be merciful, God, and save me. ||2||

1183 : 742
God is the Destroyer of fear, the Remover of pain and suffering.

1183 : 743
The angelic beings and silent sages serve Him.

1183 : 744
The earth and the sky are in His Power.

1183 : 745
All beings eat what You give them. ||3||

1183 : 746
O Merciful God, O Searcher of hearts,

1183 : 747
please bless Your slave with Your Glance of Grace.

1183 : 748
Please be kind and bless me with this gift,

1183 : 749
that Nanak may live in Your Name. ||4||10||

1183 : 750
Basant, Fifth Mehl:

1183 : 751
Loving the Lord, one's sins are taken away.

1183 : 752
Meditating on the Lord, one does not suffer at all.

1183 : 753
Meditating on the Lord of the Universe, all darkness is dispelled.

1183 : 754
Meditating in remembrance on the Lord, the cycle of reincarnation comes to an end. ||1||

1183 : 755
The love of the Lord is springtime for me.

1183 : 756
I am always with the humble Saints. ||1||Pause||

1183 : 757
The Saints have shared the Teachings with me.

1183 : 758
Blessed is that country where the devotees of the Lord of the Universe dwell.

1183 : 759
But that place where the Lord's devotees are not, is wilderness.

1183 : 760
By Guru's Grace, realize the Lord in each and every heart. ||2||

1183 : 761
Sing the Kirtan of the Lord's Praises, and enjoy the nectar of His Love.

1183 : 762
O mortal, you must always restrain yourself from committing sins.

1183 : 763
Behold the Creator Lord God near at hand.

1183 : 764
Here and hereafter, God shall resolve your affairs. ||3||

1183 : 765
I focus my meditation on the Lord's Lotus Feet.

1183 : 766
Granting His Grace, God has blessed me with this Gift.

Continued...

1183 : 767
I yearn for the dust of the feet of Your Saints.

1183 : 768
Nanak meditates on his Lord and Master, who is ever-present, near at hand. ||4||11||

1183 : 769
Basant, Fifth Mehl:

1183 : 770
The True Transcendent Lord is always new, forever fresh.

1183 : 771
By Guru's Grace, I continually chant His Name.

1183 : 772
God is my Protector, my Mother and Father.

1183 : 773
Meditating in remembrance on Him, I do not suffer in sorrow. ||1||

1183 : 774
I meditate on my Lord and Master, single-mindedly, with love.

1183 : 775
I seek the Sanctuary of the Perfect Guru forever. My True Lord and Master hugs me close in His Embrace. ||1||Pause||

1183 : 776
God Himself protects His humble servants.

1183 : 777
The demons and wicked enemies have grown weary of struggling against Him.

1183 : 778
Without the True Guru, there is no place to go.

1183 : 779
Wandering through the lands and foreign countries, people only grow tired and suffer in pain. ||2||

1183 : 780
The record of their past actions cannot be erased.

1183 : 781
They harvest and eat what they have planted.

1183 : 782
The Lord Himself is the Protector of His humble servants.

1183 : 783
No one can rival the humble servant of the Lord. ||3||

1183 : 784
By His own efforts, God protects His slave.

1183 : 785
God's Glory is perfect and unbroken.

1183 : 786
So sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord of the Universe with your tongue forever.

1183 : 787
Nanak lives by meditating on the Feet of the Lord. ||4||12||

1183 : 788
Basant, Fifth Mehl:

1183 : 789
Dwelling at the Guru's Feet, pain and suffering go away.

1183 : 790
The Supreme Lord God has shown mercy to me.

1183 : 791
All my desires and tasks are fulfilled.

1183 : 792
Chanting the Lord's Name, Nanak lives. ||1||

1183 : 793
How beautiful is that season, when the Lord fills the mind.

1183 : 794
Without the True Guru, the world weeps. The faithless cynic comes and goes in reincarnation, over and over again. ||1||Pause||

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