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1Raag Kaydaaraa, The Word Of Kabeer Jee:

2One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

3Those who ignore both praise and slander, who reject egotistical pride and conceit,

4who look alike upon iron and gold - they are the very image of the Lord God. ||1||

5Hardly anyone is a humble servant of Yours, O Lord.

6Ignoring sexual desire, anger, greed and attachment, such a person becomes aware of the Lord's Feet. ||1||Pause||

7Raajas, the quality of energy and activity; Taamas, the quality of darkness and inertia; and Satvas, the quality of purity and light, are all called the creations of Maya, Your illusion.

8That man who realizes the fourth state - he alone obtains the supreme state. ||2||

9Amidst pilgrimages, fasting, rituals, purification and self-discipline, he remains always without thought of reward.

10Thirst and desire for Maya and doubt depart, remembering the Lord, the Supreme Soul. ||3||

11When the temple is illuminated by the lamp, its darkness is dispelled.

12The Fearless Lord is All-pervading. Doubt has run away, says Kabeer, the Lord's humble slave. ||4||1||

13Some deal in bronze and copper, some in cloves and betel nuts.

14The Saints deal in the Naam, the Name of the Lord of the Universe. Such is my merchandise as well. ||1||

15I am a trader in the Name of the Lord.

16The priceless diamond has come into my hands. I have left the world behind. ||1||Pause||

17When the True Lord attached me, then I was attached to Truth. I am a trader of the True Lord.

18I have loaded the commodity of Truth; It has reached the Lord, the Treasurer. ||2||

19He Himself is the pearl, the jewel, the ruby; He Himself is the jeweller.

20He Himself spreads out in the ten directions. The Merchant is Eternal and Unchanging. ||3||

21My mind is the bull, and meditation is the road; I have filled my packs with spiritual wisdom, and loaded them on the bull.

22Says Kabeer, listen, O Saints: my merchandise has reached its destination! ||4||2||

23You barbaric brute, with your primitive intellect - reverse your breath and turn it inward.

24Let your mind be intoxicated with the stream of Ambrosial Nectar which trickles down from the furnace of the Tenth Gate. ||1||

25O Siblings of Destiny, call on the Lord.

26O Saints, drink in this wine forever; it is so difficult to obtain, and it quenches your thirst so easily. ||1||Pause||

27In the Fear of God, is the Love of God. Only those few who understand His Love obtain the sublime essence of the Lord, O Siblings of Destiny.

28As many hearts as there are - in all of them, is His Ambrosial Nectar; as He pleases, He causes them to drink it in. ||2||

29There are nine gates to the one city of the body; restrain your mind from escaping through them.

30When the knot of the three qualities is untied, then the Tenth Gate opens up, and the mind is intoxicated, O Siblings of Destiny. ||3||

31When the mortal fully realizes the state of fearless dignity, then his sufferings vanish; so says Kabeer after careful deliberation.

32Turning away from the world, I have obtained this wine, and I am intoxicated with it. ||4||3||

33You are engrossed with unsatisfied sexual desire and unresolved anger; you do not know the State of the One Lord.

34Your eyes are blinded, and you see nothing at all. You drown and die without water. ||1||