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Rh They who are imbued with the love of God and a longing to behold Him are also true. They who forget God s name are a burden to the earth. God hath attached to His skirt those who were darweshes at His gate. Blest the mothers who bore them; profitable was their advent into the world. O Cherisher, Thou art illimitable, unapproachable, and endless. I kiss the feet of those who recognize the True One. I seek Thy shelter, O God; it is Thou who pardonest. Grant Thy worship as charity to Shaikh Farid.

On this the Guru uttered the hymn called Suchajji, the fortunate, in the Suhi measure:—

When I have Thee I have everything; Thou, O Lord, art my treasure. In Thee I dwell in peace, in Thee to dwell is my pride; If it please Thee, Thou bestowest a throne and greatness; if it please Thee, Thou makest man a forlorn mendicant; If it please Thee, rivers flow over dry land, and the lotus bloometh in the heavens; If it please Thee, man crosseth the terrible ocean; if it please Thee, he is drowned therein; If it please Thee, Thou art my merry Spouse— I am absorbed in Thy praises, O Lord of excellences. If it please Thee, O Lord, Thou terrifiest me, and then I am undone with transmigration. Lord, Thou art inaccessible and unequalled; I am exhausted uttering Thy praises. What can I ask of Thee? What can I say to Thee? I hunger and thirst for a sight of Thee. Under the instruction of the Guru I have obtained the Lord; Nanak's prayer hath been granted.