The weal or woe which Thou givest to each individual is just.

O God, the Creation is Thine; What is my condition?

I cannot live for a moment without Thee.

I am miserable without my Beloved; I have no friend yet from the Guru's instruction I drink nectar.

The Formless One continueth His creation;[4] to obey God

is the best of human acts.

[1. Durga is the energy or consort of Shiv.

2. Ganesh is an elephant-headed god of the Hindus, who in one of his attributes presides over literature, and is specially invoked in the prefaces to literary works.

3 The Indian seasons and months are--1, Spring, which includes the months Chet and Baisâkh; 2, the hot weather, Jeth and Hâr; 3, the rainy weather, Sâwan and Bhâdon; 4, the temperate weather, Assu and Kartik; 5, the cold weather, Maghar and Poh; 6, Autumn, Mâgh and Phâgan. These seasons are in Sanskrit and Hindi called respectively--Basant, Grîkham, Pâwas, Sard, Him, and Sisar. The latter season, when the leaves fall, is contemporaneous with the European early spring. The Indian lunar year begins with Chet, which is movable, and the Indian solar year with Baisâkh about the 12th of April.

4. In Indian sacred writings several creations and destructions of the world are alluded to.]

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Nanak, the woman is waiting for Thee; hear Thou, O Omnipresent Spirit.

The chatrik[1] crieth 'Prio!' and the kokil[2] also singeth its lays.

The woman who is embraced by key Spouse enjoyeth every happiness.

She whom God in His pleasure hath embraced is a happy woman.

God established the nine mansions of the body; the tenth which is superior to them all, is His home.

Everything is Thine; Thou art my Beloved; I delight in Thee night and day.

Nanak, the chatrik crieth 'Prio, prio!' and sweet is the kokil's song.

O God, filled with delight, my Beloved, hear Thou me.

Thou art contained in my soul and body; I forget Thee not for an instant.

Why should I forget Thee for an instant? I am a sacrifice unto Thee; I live by singing Thy praises.

I have no one; whose am I? I cannot abide without God.

I have sought the shelter of His feet, and dwell there; and my body hath become pure.

Nanak, he on whom God looketh with favour obtaineth peace in his home, and his mind is consoled with the Guru's teaching.

It raineth a torrent of nectar, whose drops are delightful,

When the friend, the kindly Guru meeteth one, and love is established with God.

God entereth the temple of the body when it pleaseth Him, and the woman rise and repeateth His praises.

[1. Its cry is 'prio', a word which also means beloved. Hence it is

said the bird calls to God and lives in His worship.