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357 With hope and desire, I approach His Bed, but I do not know whether He will be pleased with me or not. ॥2॥ How do I know what will happen to me, O my mother? Without the Blessed Vision of the Lord’s Darshan, I cannot survive. ॥1॥ Pause॥ I have not tasted His Love, and my thirst is not quenched. My beautiful youth has run away, and now I, the soul-bride, repent and regret. ॥3॥ Even now, I am held by hope and desire. I am depressed; I have no hope at all. ॥1॥ Pause॥ She overcomes her egotism, and adorns herself; the Husband Lord now ravishes and enjoys the soul-bride on His Bed. ॥4॥ Then, O Nanak, the bride becomes pleasing to the Mind of her Husband Lord; she sheds her self-conceit, and is absorbed in her Lord and Master. ॥1॥ Pause॥26॥ AASAA, FIRST MEHL: In this world of my father’s house, I, the soul-bride, have been very childish; I did not realize the value of my Husband Lord. ॥1॥ My Husband is the One; there is no other like Him. If He bestows His Glance of Grace, then I shall meet Him. ॥1॥ Pause॥ In the next world of my in-law’s house, I, the the soul-bride, shall realize Truth; I shall come to know the celestial peace of my Husband Lord. ॥2॥ By Guru’s Grace, such wisdom comes to me, so that the soul-bride becomes pleasing to the Mind of the Husband Lord. ॥3॥ Says Nanak, she who adorns herself with the Love and the Fear of God, enjoys her Husband Lord forever on His Bed. ॥4॥27॥ AASAA, FIRST MEHL: No one is anyone else’s son, and no one is anyone else’s mother. Through false attachments, people wander around in doubt. ॥1॥ O My Lord and Master, I am created by You. If You give it to me, I will chant Your Name. ॥1॥ Pause॥ That person who is filled with all sorts of sins may pray at the Lord’s Door, but he is forgiven only when the Lord so wills. ॥2॥ By Guru’s Grace, evil-mindedness is destroyed. Wherever I look, there I find the One Lord. ॥3॥ Says Nanak, if one comes to such an understanding, then he is absorbed into the Truest of the True. ॥4॥28॥ AASAA, FIRST MEHL, DU-PADAS: In that pool of the world, the people have their homes; there, the Lord has created water and fire. In the mud of earthly attachment, their feet have become mired, and I have seen them drowning there. ॥1॥ O foolish people, why don’t you remember the One Lord? Forgetting the Lord, your virtues shall wither away. ॥1॥ Pause॥ I am not a celibate, nor am I truthful, nor a scholar; I was born foolish and ignorant. Prays Nanak, I seek the Sanctuary of those who do not forget You, Lord. ॥2॥29॥ AASAA, FIRST MEHL: There are six systems of philosophy, six teachers, and six doctrines; but the Teacher of teachers is the One Lord, who appears in so many forms. ॥1॥ That system, where the Praises of the Creator are sung — follow that system; in it rests greatness. ॥1॥ Pause॥ As the seconds, minutes, hours, days, weekdays months and seasons all originate from the one sun, O Nanak, so do all forms originate from the One Creator. ॥2॥30॥