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Rh Nanak, the woman is waiting for Thee; hear Thou, O Omnipresent Spirit.

The chatrik crieth ‘Prio!’ and the kokil also singeth its lays. The woman who is embraced by her Spouse enjoyeth every happiness. She whom God in His pleasure hath embraced is a happy woman. God established the nine mansions of the body; the tenth which is superior to them all, is His home. Everything is Thine; Thou art my Beloved; I delight in Thee night and day. Nanak, the chatrik crieth ‘Prio, prio!’ and sweet is the kokil’s song.

O God, filled with delight, my Beloved, hear Thou me. Thou art contained in my soul and body; I forget Thee not for an instant. Why should I forget Thee for an instant? I am a sacrifice unto Thee; I live by singing Thy praises. I have no one; whose am I? I cannot abide without God. I have sought the shelter of His feet, and dwell there; and my body hath become pure. Nanak, he on whom God looketh with favour obtaineth peace in his home, and his mind is consoled with the Guru’s teaching.

It raineth a torrent of nectar, whose drops are delightful, When the friend, the kindly Guru meeteth one, and love is established with God. God entereth the temple of the body when it pleaseth Him, and the woman riseth up and repeateth His praises.