It is a pity that we possess so little trustworthy information about the original Sîkh reformers. Their sacred book, the Granth, exists, nay, it has even been translated into English by the late Dr. Trumpp. But it turns out now that Dr. Trumpp was by no means a trustworthy translator. The language of the Granth is generally called old Penjâbi, and it was supposed that a scholar who knew modern Penjâbi might easily learn to understand the language as it was four hundred years ago. But that is not the case. The language of the Granth is said to be full of local dialectic varieties and forgotten idioms, so much so that it has been said to be without any grammar at all. That is, of course, impossible, for there is method even in what we might call grammatical madness, and we may hope that such a method may in time be discovered. Mr. Macauliffe, who has spent many years among the Sîkhs, and has with the help of their priests paid much attention to their Granth, has given us some most interesting and beautiful specimens of their poetry which form part of their sacred book. Though Nânak was the chief founder of the new religion of the Sîkhs, that is of the _S_ishyas or disciples, other well-known poets, such as A_m_gada, Râmdâs, Râmânand, Kabîr, Farîd (a Mussulman), and Mira Bir, a queen, are mentioned as his helpers and as contributors to the Granth. Râmânand, a Brâhman, or rather a Sannyâsin who had renounced many of the old ceremonial restrictions, on being asked one day to attend a Hindu religious worship, wrote the following lines:— “Whither shall I go? I am happy at home, My heart will not go with me; it has become a cripple. One day my heart desired to go; I ground sandal, took attar of roses and many perfumes, And was proceeding to worship in the temple of Brahm; But my spiritual guide showed me God in my heart. Wherever I go I find only water and stones (for bathing and worshipping); But thou, O God, art equally contained in everything. The Vedas and the Purâ_n_as I have all seen and searched. Go thou thither, if God be not here (in the heart). O true Guru, I am a sacrifice unto Thee, Who hast cut away all my perplexities and doubts. Râmânand’s Lord is the all-pervading God, The Guru’s word has cut away millions of acts (sins).”