My Prayer

Salok, First Mehla:

O True Guru,

bless me with Your charity;

You are the All-powerful Giver.

egotism,

pride,

sexual desire,

anger and

self-conceit.

and give me the Support of the Naam,

the Name of the Lord.

keep me ever-fresh

and new, spotless and pure;

let me never be soiled by sin.

by Your Grace, I have found peace. ||1||

This Shabad is by Guru Nanak Dev Ji in Raag Soohee on Pannaa 790 

O Nanak, in this way I am saved;

Day and night,

Burn away all my greed,

May I subdue and quiet my

As it pleases the True Lord, He gives us sustenance.

Shalok, First Mehl:

Tigers, hawks, falcons and eagles-the Lord could make them eat grass.

And those animals which eat grass-He could make them eat meat. He could make them follow this way of life.

He could raise dry land from the rivers, and turn the deserts into bottomless oceans.

He could appoint a worm as king, and reduce an army to ashes.

All beings and creatures live by breathing, but He could keep us alive, even without the breath.

O Nanak, as it pleases the True Lord, He gives us sustenance. ||1||