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Soohee, First Mehl, Sixth House:

One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

Bronze is bright and shiny, but when it is rubbed, its blackness appears.

Washing it, its impurity is not removed, even if it is washed a hundred times. ||1||

They alone are my friends, who travel along with me;

and in that place, where the accounts are called for, they appear standing with me. ||1||Pause||

There are houses, mansions and tall buildings, painted on all sides;

but they are empty within, and they crumble like useless ruins. ||2||

The herons in their white feathers dwell in the sacred shrines of pilgrimage.

They tear apart and eat the living beings, and so they are not called white. ||3||

My body is like the simmal tree; seeing me, other people are fooled.

Its fruits are useless - just like the qualities of my body. ||4||

The blind man is carrying such a heavy load, and his journey through the mountains is so long.

My eyes can see, but I cannot find the Way. How can I climb up and cross over the mountain? ||5||

What good does it do to serve, and be good, and be clever?

O Nanak, contemplate the Naam, the Name of the Lord, and you shall be released from bondage. ||6||1||3||