Dhanaasaree, First Mehl, Aartee:

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

In the bowl of the sky, the sun and moon are the lamps; the stars in the constellations are the pearls.

The fragrance of sandalwood is the incense, the wind is the fan, and all the vegetation are flowers in offering to You, O Luminous Lord. ||1||

What a beautiful lamp-lit worship service this is! O Destroyer of fear, this is Your Aartee, Your worship service.

The sound current of the Shabad is the sounding of the temple drums. ||1||Pause||

Thousands are Your eyes, and yet You have no eyes. Thousands are Your forms, and yet You have not even one form.

Thousands are Your lotus feet, and yet You have no feet. Without a nose, thousands are Your noses. I am enchanted with Your play! ||2||

The Divine Light is within everyone; You are that Light.

Yours is that Light which shines within everyone.

By the Guru's Teachings, this Divine Light is revealed.

That which pleases the Lord is the true worship service. ||3||

My soul is enticed by the honey-sweet lotus feet of the Lord; night and day, I thirst for them.

Bless Nanak, the thirsty song-bird, with the water of Your Mercy, that he may come to dwell in Your Name. ||4||1||7||9||

Your Name, Lord, is my adoration and cleansing bath.

Without the Name of the Lord, all ostentatious displays are useless. ||1||Pause||

Your Name is my prayer mat, and Your Name is the stone to grind the sandalwood. Your Name is the saffron which I take and sprinkle in offering to You.

Your Name is the water, and Your Name is the sandalwood. The chanting of Your Name is the grinding of the sandalwood. I take it and offer all this to You. ||1||

Your Name is the lamp, and Your Name is the wick. Your Name is the oil I pour into it.

Your Name is the light applied to this lamp, which enlightens and illuminates the entire world. ||2||

Your Name is the thread, and Your Name is the garland of flowers. The eighteen loads of vegetation are all too impure to offer to You.

Why should I offer to You, that which You Yourself created? Your Name is the fan, which I wave over You. ||3||

The whole world is engrossed in the eighteen Puraanas, the sixty-eight sacred shrines of pilgrimage, and the four sources of creation.

Says Ravi Daas, Your Name is my Aartee, my lamp-lit worship-service. The True Name, Sat Naam, is the food which I offer to You. ||4||3||

Sri Sain:

With incense, lamps and ghee, I offer this lamp-lit worship service.

I am a sacrifice to the Lord of Lakshmi. ||1||

Hail to You, Lord, hail to You!

Again and again, hail to You, Lord King, Ruler of all! ||1||Pause||

Sublime is the lamp, and pure is the wick.

You are immaculate and pure, O Brilliant Lord of Wealth! ||2||

Raamaanand knows the devotional worship of the Lord.

He says that the Lord is all-pervading, the embodiment of supreme joy. ||3||

The Lord of the world, of wondrous form, has carried me across the terrifying world-ocean.

Says Sain, remember the Lord, the embodiment of supreme joy! ||4||2||

Prabhaatee:

Hear my prayer, Lord; You are the Divine Light of the Divine, the Primal, All-pervading Master.

The Siddhas in Samaadhi have not found Your limits. They hold tight to the Protection of Your Sanctuary. ||1||

Worship and adoration of the Pure, Primal Lord comes by worshipping the True Guru, O Siblings of Destiny.

Standing at His Door, Brahma studies the Vedas, but he cannot see the Unseen Lord. ||1||Pause||

With the oil of knowledge about the essence of reality, and the wick of the Naam, the Name of the Lord, this lamp illluminates my body.

I have applied the Light of the Lord of the Universe, and lit this lamp. God the Knower knows. ||2||

The Unstruck Melody of the Panch Shabad, the Five Primal Sounds, vibrates and resounds. I dwell with the Lord of the World.

Kabeer, Your slave, performs this Aartee, this lamp-lit worship service for You, O Formless Lord of Nirvaanaa. ||3||5||

Dhannaa:

O Lord of the world, this is Your lamp-lit worship service.

You are the Arranger of the affairs of those humble beings who perform Your devotional worship service. ||1||Pause||

Lentils, flour and ghee - these things, I beg of You.

My mind shall ever be pleased.

Shoes, fine clothes,

And grain of seven kinds - I beg of You. ||1||

A milk cow, and a water buffalo, I beg of You,

and a fine Turkestani horse.

A good wife to care for my home

- Your humble servant Dhanna begs for these things, Lord. ||2||4||

DOHRA,

In this way Chandika disappeared after bestowing the kingship on Indra.,

She killed the demons and destroyed them for the well-being of the saints.53.,

SWAYYA,

The great sages became pleased and received comfort in meditating on the gods.,

The sacrifices are being performed, the Vedas are being recited and for the removal of suffering, contemplation is being done together.,

The tunes of various musical instruments like cymbals big and small, trumpet, kettledrum and Rabab are being made harmonies.,

Somewhere the Kinnars and Gandharvas are singing and somewhere the Ganas, Yakshas and Apsaras are dancing.54.,

With the sound of conches and gongs, they are causing the rain of flowers.,

Millions of gods fully decorated, are performing aarti (circumambulation) and seeing Indra, they show intense devotion.,

Giving gifts and performing circumambulation around Indra, they are applying the frontal –mark of saffron and rice on their foreheads.,

In all the city of gods, there is much excitement and the families of gods are singing songs of feliciations.55.,

SWAYYA

O Surya! O Chandra! O merciful Lord! listen to a request of mine, I am not asking for anything else from you

Whatever I wish in my mind, by that with Thy Grace

If I fall a martyr while fighting with my enemies then I shall think that I have realised Truth

O Sustainer of the Universe! I may always help the saints in this world and destroy the tyrants, bestow this boon on me.1900.

SWAYYA

O God! the day when I caught hold of your feet, I do not bring anyone else under my sight

None other is liked by me now the Puranas and the Quran try to know Thee by the names of Ram and Rahim and talk about you through several stories,

The Simritis, Shastras and Vedas describe several mysteries of yours, but I do not agree with any of them.

O sword-wielder God! This all has been described by Thy Grace, what power can I have to write all this?.863.

DOHRA

O Lord! I have forsaken all other doors and have caught hold of only Thy door. O Lord! Thou has caught hold of my arm

I, Govind, am Thy serf, kindly take (care of me and) protect my honour.864.

Salok:

After wandering and wandering, O God, I have come, and entered Your Sanctuary.

This is Nanak's prayer, O God: please, attach me to Your devotional service. ||1||

I have searched in all four directions; I have come to find His Sanctuary.

O Nanak, the True King has pulled me out and saved me from drowning! ||4||3||73||

DOHRA

Nanak Rai took birth in the Bedi clan.

He brought comfort to all his disciples and helped them at all times.4.

I have seen all places, but none can compare to You.

The Primal Lord, the Architect of Destiny, has established You; thus You are adorned and embellished.

Ramdaspur is prosperous and thickly populated, and incomparably beautiful.

O Lord! Bathing in the Sacred Pool of Raam Daas, the sins are washed away, O Nanak. ||10||

The eyes which do not see the Holy - those eyes are miserable.

The ears which do not hear the Sound-current of the Naad - those ears might just as well be plugged.

The tongue which does not chant the Naam ought to be cut out, bit by bit.

O Lord! When the mortal forgets the Lord of the Universe, the Sovereign Lord King, he grows weaker day by day. ||14||

Salok, Fifth Mehl:

The beggar begs for charity: give to me, O my Beloved!

O Great Giver, O Giving Lord, my consciousness is continually centered on You.

The immeasurable warehouses of the Lord can never be emptied out.

O Nanak, the Word of the Shabad is infinite; it has arranged everything perfectly. ||1||

Pauree:

Whatever work you wish to accomplish-tell it to the Lord.

He will resolve your affairs; the True Guru gives His Guarantee of Truth.

In the Society of the Saints, you shall taste the treasure of the Ambrosial Nectar.

The Lord is the Merciful Destroyer of fear; He preserves and protects His slaves.

O Nanak, sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord, and see the Unseen Lord God. ||20||

Pauree:

When the True Guru is merciful, then your desires will be fulfilled.

When the True Guru is merciful, you will never grieve.

When the True Guru is merciful, you will know no pain.

When the True Guru is merciful, you will enjoy the Lord's Love.

When the True Guru is merciful, then why should you fear death?

When the True Guru is merciful, the body is always at peace.

When the True Guru is merciful, the nine treasures are obtained.

When the True Guru is merciful, you shall be absorbed in the True Lord. ||25||