The slave Nānak craveth the happiness of being made the dust of the saints’ feet.

The following hymns, by various Gurus, are not found in any of the special services.

Hymns by Guru Nānak

As a herdsman guardeth and keepeth watch over his cattle,

So God day and night cherisheth and guardeth man and keepeth him in happiness.

O Thou compassionate to the poor, I seek Thy protection; look on me with favour.

Preserve me in this world and the next. Wherever I look there art Thou contained; guard me, O Guardian.

Thou art the Giver, Thou art the Enjoyer, Thou art the support of the soul.

Come, my Friend, that I may behold Thee.

Standing at my door I am watching for Thee; in my heart is excessive longing;

In my heart is excessive longing; hear me, my Lord, I have reliance on Thee.

On beholding Thee I have become free from desire; the pain of birth and death is at an end.

In all things is Thy light; from it art Thou known, but Thou art found by love.

Nānak, I am a sacrifice to the Friend; the True One is found when any mind cometh home.

The priests, the Shaikhs, and the potentates of the world are all beneath the earth.

Emperors pass away, but God ever flourisheth.

There is only Thou, there is only Thou, O God!

Neither demigods, nor demons, nor men,

Nor Sidhs, nor Strivers, nor this earth shall abide.

There is One; is there any other?

There is only Thou, there is only Thou, O God!

Neither the just nor the generous,

Nor the seven regions beneath the earth shall remain.

There is One: is there any other?

There is only Thou, there is only Thou, O God!

Not the regions of the sun and the moon,

Nor the seven continents, nor the seven seas,

Nor corn, nor wind shall abide.

There is only Thou, there is only Thou, O God!

Our maintenance is in nobody's power but God's:

To all of us but one hope abideth—

There is One: is there any other?

There is only Thou, there is only Thou, O God!

Nānak, no one can erase

What is written on the forehead.

God it is who giveth man power and again taketh it away.

There is only Thou, there is only Thou, O God!

God's palace is beautiful; it is adorned with bright gems, rubies,

Pearls, and diamonds; it is surrounded by a golden fortress, and is an abode of pleasure.

How shall I scale the fortress without a ladder? By meditating on God through the Guru I shall behold Him.

The Guru giving me God's name is my ladder, my boat, and my raft;

The Guru is the lake, the sea, and the boat; the Guru is the sacred stream.

By Guru Angad

(Upon the completion of Guru Angad's new alphabet he composed the following hymn:)

O Thou who art perfect, light of the soul, the Supreme God, my beloved, my soul and body,