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1You do not know the exalted state of the Lord's Name; how will you ever cross over? ||1||

2You kill living beings, and call it a righteous action. Tell me, brother, what would you call an unrighteous action?

3You call yourself the most excellent sage; then who would you call a butcher? ||2||

4You are blind in your mind, and do not understand your own self; how can you make others understand, O brother?

5For the sake of Maya and money, you sell knowledge; your life is totally worthless. ||3||

6Naarad and Vyaasa say these things; go and ask Suk Dayv as well.

7Says Kabeer, chanting the Lord's Name, you shall be saved; otherwise, you shall drown, brother. ||4||1||

8Living in the forest, how will you find Him? Not until you remove corruption from your mind.

9Those who look alike upon home and forest, are the most perfect people in the world. ||1||

10You shall find real peace in the Lord,

11if you lovingly dwell on the Lord within your being. ||1||Pause||

12What is the use of wearing matted hair, smearing the body with ashes, and living in a cave?

13Conquering the mind, one conquers the world, and then remains detached from corruption. ||2||

14They all apply make-up to their eyes; there is little difference between their objectives.

15But those eyes, to which the ointment of spiritual wisdom is applied, are approved and supreme. ||3||

16Says Kabeer, now I know my Lord; the Guru has blessed me with spiritual wisdom.

17I have met the Lord, and I am emancipated within; now, my mind does not wander at all. ||4||2||

18You have riches and miraculous spiritual powers; so what business do you have with anyone else?

19What should I say about the reality of your talk? I am embarrassed even to speak to you. ||1||

20One who has found the Lord,

21does not wander from door to door. ||1||Pause||

22The false world wanders all around, in hopes of finding wealth to use for a few days.

23That humble being, who drinks in the Lord's water, never becomes thirsty again. ||2||

24Whoever understands, by Guru's Grace, becomes free of hope in the midst of hope.

25One comes to see the Lord everywhere, when the soul becomes detached. ||3||

26I have tasted the sublime essence of the Lord's Name; the Lord's Name carries everyone across.

27Says Kabeer, I have become like gold; doubt is dispelled, and I have crossed over the world-ocean. ||4||3||

28Like drops of water in the water of the ocean, and like waves in the stream, I merge in the Lord.

29Merging my being into the Absolute Being of God, I have become impartial and transparent, like the air. ||1||

30Why should I come into the world again?

31Coming and going is by the Hukam of His Command; realizing His Hukam, I shall merge in Him. ||1||Pause||

32When the body, formed of the five elements, perishes, then any such doubts shall end.

33Giving up the different schools of philosophy, I look upon all equally; I meditate only on the One Name. ||2||

34Whatever I am attached to, to that I am attached; such are the deeds I do.

35When the Dear Lord grants His Grace, then I am merged in the Word of the Guru's Shabad. ||3||

36Die while yet alive, and by so dying, be alive; thus you shall not be reborn again.