I am a sacrifice to those who conquer their ego and recognize the Lord.

The self-willed manmukhs do not know the True One; they find no shelter, and no place of rest anywhere. ||2||

Those who take the Truth as their food and the Truth as their clothing, have their home in the True One.

They constantly praise the True One, and in the True Word of the Shabad they have their dwelling.

They recognize the Lord, the Supreme Soul in all, and through the Guru's Teachings they dwell in the home of their own inner self. ||3||

They see the Truth, and they speak the Truth; their bodies and minds are True.

True are their teachings, and True are their instructions; True are the reputations of the true ones.

Those who have forgotten the True One are miserable-they depart weeping and wailing. ||4||

Those who have not served the True Guru-why did they even bother to come into the world?

They are bound and gagged and beaten at Death's door, but no one hears their shrieks and cries.

They waste their lives uselessly; they die and are reincarnated over and over again. ||5||

Section 05 - Siree Raag - Part 057

Seeing this world on fire, I rushed to the Sanctuary of the True Guru.

The True Guru has implanted the Truth within me; I dwell steadfastly in Truth and self-restraint.

The True Guru is the Boat of Truth; in the Word of the Shabad, we cross over the terrifying world-ocean. ||6||

People continue wandering through the cycle of 8.4 million incarnations; without the True Guru, liberation is not obtained.

Reading and studying, the Pandits and the silent sages have grown weary, but attached to the love of duality, they have lost their honor.

The True Guru teaches the Word of the Shabad; without the True One, there is no other at all. ||7||

Those who are linked by the True One are linked to Truth. They always act in Truth.

They attain their dwelling in the home of their own inner being, and they abide in the Mansion of Truth.

O Nanak, the devotees are happy and peaceful forever. They are absorbed in the True Name. ||8||17||8||25||

Siree Raag, Fifth Mehl:

When you are confronted with terrible hardships, and no one offers you any support,

when your friends turn into enemies, and even your relatives have deserted you,

and when all support has given way, and all hope has been lost

-if you then come to remember the Supreme Lord God, even the hot wind shall not touch you. ||1||

Our Lord and Master is the Power of the powerless.

He does not come or go; He is Eternal and Permanent. Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, He is known as True. ||1||Pause||

If you are weakened by the pains of hunger and poverty,

with no money in your pockets, and no one will give you any comfort,