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389 AASAA, FIFTH MEHL: You are my waves, and I am Your fish. You are my Lord and Master; I wait at Your Door. ॥1॥ You are my Creator, and I am Your servant. I have taken to Your Sanctuary, O God, most profound and excellent. ॥1॥ Pause॥ You are my life, You are my Support. Beholding You, my heart-lotus blossoms forth. ॥2॥ You are my salvation and honor; You make me acceptable. You are All-powerful, You are my strength. ॥3॥ Night and day, I chant the Naam, the Name of the Lord, the treasure of excellence. This is Nanak’s prayer to God. ॥4॥23॥74॥ AASAA, FIFTH MEHL: The mourner practices falsehood; he laughs with glee, while mourning for others. ॥1॥ Someone has died, while there is singing in someone else’s house. One mourns and bewails, while another laughs with glee. ॥1॥ Pause॥ From childhood to old age, the mortal does not attain his goals, and he comes to regret in the end. ॥2॥ The world is under the influence of the three qualities. The mortal is reincarnated, again and again, into heaven and hell. ॥3॥ Says Nanak, one who is attached to the Naam, the Name of the Lord, becomes acceptable, and his life becomes fruitful. ॥4॥24॥75॥ AASAA, FIFTH MEHL: She remains asleep, and does not know the news of God. The day dawns, and then, she regrets. ॥1॥ Loving the Beloved, the mind is filled with celestial bliss. You yearn to meet with God, so why do you delay? ॥1॥ Pause॥ He came and poured His Ambrosial Nectar into your hands, but it slipped through your fingers, and fell onto the ground. ॥2॥ You are burdened with desire, emotional attachment and egotism; it is not the fault of God the Creator. ॥3॥ In the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, the darkness of doubt is dispelled. O Nanak, the Creator Lord blends us with Himself. ॥4॥25॥76॥ AASAA, FIFTH MEHL: I long for the Lotus Feet of my Beloved Lord. The wretched Messenger of Death has run away from me. ॥1॥ You enter into my mind, by Your Kind Mercy. Meditating on the Naam, the Name of the Lord, all diseases are destroyed. ॥1॥ Pause॥ Death gives so much pain to others, but it cannot even come near Your slave. ॥2॥ My mind thirst for Your Vision; in peaceful ease and bliss, I dwell in detachment. ॥3॥ Hear this prayer of Nanak: please, infuse Your Name into his heart. ॥4॥26॥77॥ AASAA, FIFTH MEHL: My mind is satisfied, and my entanglements have been dissolved. God has become merciful to me. ॥1॥ By the Grace of the Saints, everything has turned out well. His House is overflowing with all things; I have met Him, the Fearless Master. ॥1॥ Pause॥ By the Kind Mercy of the Holy Saints, the Naam has been implanted within me. The most dreadful desires have been eliminated. ॥2॥ My Master has given me a gift; the fire has been extinguished, and my mind is now at peace. ॥3॥