Gauri Dipaki Measure, Guru Nanak:
There is only One, obtained by the Grace of the True Guru.
Wherever meditation on this is practiced, and praises are sung,
Sing praises and meditate there.
Please, sing the praises of the Fearless.
I am a sacrifice to the Song which gives perpetual peace.
Every day, all beings are beheld and taken care of.
None can assess the price of these Gifts, so how can the Giver be assessed?
The day and hour of the marriage [death] is fixed, and it should be embraced.
Bless the bride, so that union with the Master, may be obtained.
Such calls and summons to go beyond are sent to every house, every day.
Nanak reminds: meditate on the One, Who sends calls; that day will come soon.
Asa Measure, Guru Nanak
There are six shastras (books of Hindu thought), their six authors and six methods of teaching;
But One alone is the Teacher of teachers, though He manifests in many ways.
That religious books way by which His praises are sung is the best,
Follow that way, which glorifies One.
Just as seconds, minutes, hours, quarters of a day, lunar days, week days, months,
Are created by one sun and so are created many seasons by it,
Similarly the infinite, Who is One has many manifestations, so says Nanak.
Dhanasri Measure, Guru Nanak
The sky is the salver; the sun and the moon the lamps; the stars, with their orbs, are the studded pearls.
The fragrance of sandalwood is the incense, the wind the fan and all vegetation are flowers.
Thus Your Wonderful Worship is performed! O, the Destroyer of Fears, this is Your true worship.
The Unstruck Melody rings and the Divine Music of the Shabad [Word] is the tender flute.
Your eyes are thousands, yet You have no eye; Your forms are thousands, yet You have no form.
Your pure feet are thousands, yet You have no feet; You are without nose, yet You have a thousand noses; Your plays have, in this way, bewitched me.
The same Light pervades all.
This Light causes the light to shine within all.
Through the Gurus guidance the divine Light becomes visible.
That, which pleases Him, constitutes His real worship.
My soul bewitched by the Lotus Feet [Divine Hymns] of the Infinite, as sweet as honey, for which I am thirsty day and night.
Nanak says: Give the water of Your Mercy to me, so that I may merge in Your Name.
Gauri Purbi Measure, Guru Ram Das
Lust and anger completely fill this town; but these have been smashed to pieces by meeting the Guru.
I have met the Guru, because of my predestined luck and I have entered the sphere of Love.
Salute the True saint with folded hands, this is a great virtuous act.
Lie prostrate before Him, this is a great virtuous act.
Lovers of maya do not enjoy the taste of the Divine Elixir, as within them there is the thorn of ego.
When they walk forward, that thorn pricks them more and more severely; they suffer greater pain and finally receive on their heads, the blows from deaths staff.
True devotees are absorbed in the Name, and the fear of births and deaths leaves them.
They are united with the Everlasting and gain great honor in the many dimensions and universes.
The Greatest of the great, may we be blessed, we are poor and humble.
Nanak says: the Name is the Sustainer and support of the mortal, and gives Supreme Joy and peace.
Gauri Purbi Measure, Guru Arjan Dev
My friend, I request you that this is the opportune time to serve the saints.
Earn divine profits in this world and live in peace and comfort, liberated.
Life is shortening day and night.
O mind, meet the Guru and set right your affairs.
This world is engrossed in misguided deeds; but the Holy will swim across it.
He, who is Awakened, drinks the Nectar of Name and comes to realize the Ineffable.
Do what you have come to this world to accomplish, and then the Infinite will come to reside in your heart with the Gurus Grace.
You will easily obtain Liberation and will not suffer transmigration.
O Searcher of hearts and Fulfiller of desires! kindly fulfil my hearts desires.
Nanak says: I, your servant, pray that I may become the dust of the Saints feet.
