The Ādi Granth, or the Holy Scriptures of the Sikhs (1877) · 548

^ "HIcMS^^ ^ -HcMSil^ • 'VrrW tIcMGcM literally: to cause to be born one's own self = to subject oneself to regeueration.

' These words could also be translated: what he (the Guru) does, that should be received as happiness.

I ask for the name of Hari, I cling to (thy) feet, I will give up conceit by thy mercy!

I do not run anywhere, (that) I may obtain (thy) asylum, 0 Lord, full of mercy, bestow mercy (on me)!

0 powerful, unattainable, boundless and spotless Lord, hear this (my) supplication!

Joining (his) hands Nanak asks for (this) gift: remove (from me) regeneration and death!

(2). (I am) a sinner, without understanding, without virtues, friendless and low.

Eoguish, hard, of low extraction, steeped in the mud of spiritual blindness.

In filth, error (and) works of selfishness, death does not come into (my) mind.

DaUiance with (my) wife, rejoicing in the Maya, ignorance sticks (to me).

Youth declines, old age is increasing, death, (that is) with (me), looks out for (its) day.

Nanak says: thou art my hope, keep (me) the low one in the asylum of the pious!

(3). (We) have wandered about in many births, in very narrow wombs.

(I) cling to that, (in which are) sweet enjoyments (and) sleeping.'

In wandering about an incalculable burden fell (on me), (I) ran about in many foreign countries.

Now I hold fast the sanctuary of the Lord Murari, the name of Hari (gives me) all comforts.

0 beloved Lord, 0 protector, by me nothing is effected nor will be effected.

In comfort, composure and joy Nanak crosses by thy mercy the world.

(4). Those, who hold fast the name, are saved, what anxiety is to the devotees (of Hari)?

In any way hear the glory of Hari with (your) ear!

The wise men having heard (it) with (their) ears obtain the treasure in (their) heart.

Steeped in the love of Hari, the all-arranging Lord, they sing the excellences of Earn.

If the earth (be) the paper, the forest the pen, the wind the writer:

The end of the endless one cannot be obtained; by Nanak the asylum of (his) feet is seized.

(1). (By me) the asylum of the Supreme Being, the Lord of men, is seized.

("We) have become fearless, all care (about our) life has vanished.

He is known as mother, father, friend, sweetheart, friend (and) relative.

(I am) taken and applied to (his) bosom, by the Guru (I am) united (with him), his pure glory is expounded (to me) by the saint ( = the Guru).

Many are the excellences of the endless one, the estimate of his greatness cannot be told at all.

The Lord is One, the incomprehensible Lord is many, by Nanak (his) sanctuary is seized.