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Baarah Maahaa ~ The Twelve Months: Maajh, Fifth Mehl, Fourth House:

One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

By the actions we have committed, we are separated from You. Please show Your Mercy, and unite us with Yourself, Lord.

We have grown weary of wandering to the four corners of the earth and in the ten directions. We have come to Your Sanctuary, God.

Without milk, a cow serves no purpose.

Without water, the crop withers, and it will not bring a good price.

If we do not meet the Lord, our Friend, how can we find our place of rest?

Those homes, those hearts, in which the Husband Lord is not manifest-those towns and villages are like burning furnaces.

All decorations, the chewing of betel to sweeten the breath, and the body itself, are all useless and vain.

Without God, our Husband, our Lord and Master, all friends and companions are like the Messenger of Death.

This is Nanak's prayer: "Please show Your Mercy, and bestow Your Name.

O my Lord and Master, please unite me with Yourself, O God, in the Eternal Mansion of Your Presence". ||1||

In the month of Chayt, by meditating on the Lord of the Universe, a deep and profound joy arises.

Meeting with the humble Saints, the Lord is found, as we chant His Name with our tongues.

Those who have found God-blessed is their coming into this world.

Those who live without Him, for even an instant-their lives are rendered useless.

The Lord is totally pervading the water, the land, and all space. He is contained in the forests as well.

Those who do not remember God-how much pain must they suffer!

Those who dwell upon their God have great good fortune.

My mind yearns for the Blessed Vision of the Lord's Darshan. O Nanak, my mind is so thirsty!

I touch the feet of one who unites me with God in the month of Chayt. ||2||

In the month of Vaisaakh, how can the bride be patient? She is separated from her Beloved.

She has forgotten the Lord, her Life-companion, her Master; she has become attached to Maya, the deceitful one.

Neither son, nor spouse, nor wealth shall go along with you-only the Eternal Lord.

Entangled and enmeshed in the love of false occupations, the whole world is perishing.

Without the Naam, the Name of the One Lord, they lose their lives in the hereafter.

Forgetting the Merciful Lord, they are ruined. Without God, there is no other at all.

Pure is the reputation of those who are attached to the Feet of the Beloved Lord.

Nanak makes this prayer to God: "Please, come and unite me with Yourself."

The month of Vaisaakh is beautiful and pleasant, when the Saint causes me to meet the Lord. ||3||

In the month of Jayt'h, the bride longs to meet with the Lord. All bow in humility before Him.

One who has grasped the hem of the robe of the Lord, the True Friend-no one can keep him in bondage.

God's Name is the Jewel, the Pearl. It cannot be stolen or taken away.

In the Lord are all pleasures which please the mind.

As the Lord wishes, so He acts, and so His creatures act.

They alone are called blessed, whom God has made His Own.

If people could meet the Lord by their own efforts, why would they be crying out in the pain of separation?

Meeting Him in the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, O Nanak, celestial bliss is enjoyed.

In the month of Jayt'h, the playful Husband Lord meets her, upon whose forehead such good destiny is recorded. ||4||

The month of Aasaarh seems burning hot, to those who are not close to their Husband Lord.

They have forsaken God the Primal Being, the Life of the World, and they have come to rely upon mere mortals.

In the love of duality, the soul-bride is ruined; around her neck she wears the noose of Death.

As you plant, so shall you harvest; your destiny is recorded on your forehead.

The life-night passes away, and in the end, one comes to regret and repent, and then depart with no hope at all.

Those who meet with the Holy Saints are liberated in the Court of the Lord.

Show Your Mercy to me, O God; I am thirsty for the Blessed Vision of Your Darshan.

Without You, God, there is no other at all. This is Nanak's humble prayer.

The month of Aasaarh is pleasant, when the Feet of the Lord abide in the mind. ||5||

In the month of Saawan, the soul-bride is happy, if she falls in love with the Lotus Feet of the Lord.

Her mind and body are imbued with the Love of the True One; His Name is her only Support.