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Raamkalee, Fifth Mehl:

He created you out of this water.

From clay, He fashioned your body.

He blessed you with the light of reason and clear consciousness.

In your mother's womb, He preserved you. ||1||

Contemplate your Savior Lord.

Give up all others thoughts, O mind. ||1||Pause||

He gave you your mother and father;

he gave you your charming children and siblings;

he gave you your spouse and friends;

enshrine that Lord and Master in your consciousness. ||2||

He gave you the invaluable air;

He gave you the priceless water;

He gave you burning fire;

let your mind remain in the Sanctuary of that Lord and Master. ||3||

He gave you the thirty-six varieties of tasty foods;

He gave you a place within to hold them;

He gave you the earth, and things to use;

enshrine in your consciousness the feet of that Lord and Master. ||4||

He gave you eyes to see, and ears to hear;

He gave you hands to work with, and a nose and a tongue;

He gave you feet to walk upon, and the crowning glory of your head;

O mind, worship the Feet of that Lord and Master. ||5||

He transformed you from impure to pure;

He installed you above the heads of all creatures;

now, you may fulfill your destiny or not;

Your affairs shall be resolved, O mind, meditating on God. ||6||

Here and there, only the One God exists.

Wherever I look, there You are.

My mind is reluctant to serve Him;

forgetting Him, I cannot survive, even for an instant. ||7||

I am a sinner, without any virtue at all.

I do not serve You, or do any good deeds.

By great good fortune, I have found the boat - the Guru.

Slave Nanak has crossed over, with Him. ||8||2||