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Watering the family fields with his mind on God.
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Cleaning the shoes, washing the floor.
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Rising spirits, and good for all.
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Give me blood, I will give you freedom.
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Freedom, and a hard year, told carefully.
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Counting to thirteen and never stopping.
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A voice for seventy years.
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A king who climbed forts.
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Three days in the Bein.
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Strings that went around the world.
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One thing he said when he came back.
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The friend who played while Nanak sang.
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