354 Appendix 5 gu~ avgu~ mero kachu nii bicmio My merits and demerits You did not. reckon Nor looked upon my face, complexion or adornment. r knew no winsome ways nor manner of deponment But You took me by I.he hand and drew me to Your bed. Listen my friends-My Groom has become my Master He puts his hand upon my forehead and calls me His own. What know the foolish men of the world? Now has my union been consummated My Groom knows my sorrows and has dispelled them. The moonlight shines in my courtyard Night and day I live in ecstasy with my Love. My raiments are redder than the rose I glitter with jewels and garlands of flowers. My Love looks at me and I have the wealth of the world. I have no fear of the wicked demons. J am eternally happy and full of joyI have found Truth in my home. Says Nanak: She who has adorned herself for the Lord Hers is the true consummation. (Asa) j ~ kirsan lxroai lcirsani As a farmer sows his field And mows it at his will Be it green or ripe, So does the Lord take at His will All that is born And dies. Only the worshipper of Govind is immortal. The day is followed by the night The night passes and comes the dawn, But the wretched sleep in maya's delusion, Only the rare ones are roused By the Grace of the Guru. 0 Nanak, forever sing pr.use of the Lord h cleanses the heart and illumines the face. (Asa) ja}l tii!! siihib la!! bhau kehii -what fear have I when You are my Master, Who else shall I worship?