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My Lord and Master is forever new; He is the Giver, forever and ever. ||1||Pause||
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Night and day, I serve my Lord and Master; He shall save me in the end. Hearing and listening, O my dear sister, I have crossed over. ||2||
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O Merciful Lord, Your Name carries me across. I am forever a sacrifice to You. ||1||Pause||
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In all the world, there is only the One True Lord; there is no other at all. He alone serves the Lord, upon whom the Lord casts His Glance of Grace. ||3||
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Without You, O Beloved, how could I even live? Bless me with such greatness, that I may remain attached to Your Name. There is no other, O Beloved, to whom I can go and speak. ||1||Pause||
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I serve my Lord and Master; I ask for no other. Nanak is His slave; moment by moment, bit by bit, he is a sacrifice to Him. ||4||
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O Lord Master, I am a sacrifice to Your Name, moment by moment, bit by bit. ||1||Pause||4||1||
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Dhanaasaree, First Mehl: We are human beings of the briefest moment; we do not know the appointed time of our departure. Prays Nanak, serve the One, to whom our soul and breath of life belong. ||1||
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You are blind - see and consider, how many days your life shall last. ||1||Pause||
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My breath, my flesh and my soul are all Yours, Lord; You are so very dear to me. Nanak, the poet, says this, O True Lord Cherisher. ||2||
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If you gave nothing, O my Lord and Master, what could anyone pledge to You? Nanak prays, we receive that which we are pre-destined to receive. ||3||
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The deceitful person does not remember the Lord's Name; he practices only deceit. When he is marched in chains to Death's door, then, he regrets his actions. ||4||
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