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1God is present, right here at hand; why do you say that He is far away?

2Tie up your disturbing passions, and find the Beauteous Lord. ||1||Pause||

3He alone is a Qazi, who contemplates the human body,

4and through the fire of the body, is illumined by God.

5He does not lose his semen, even in his dreams;

6for such a Qazi, there is no old age or death. ||2||

7He alone is a sultan and a king, who shoots the two arrows,

8gathers in his outgoing mind,

9and assembles his army in the realm of the mind's sky, the Tenth Gate.

10The canopy of royalty waves over such a sultan. ||3||

11The Yogi cries out, ""Gorakh, Gorakh"".

12The Hindu utters the Name of Raam.

13The Muslim has only One God.

14The Lord and Master of Kabeer is all-pervading. ||4||3||11||

15Fifth Mehla:

16Those who call a stone their god

17their service is useless.

18Those who fall at the feet of a stone god

19- their work is wasted in vain. ||1||

20My Lord and Master speaks forever.

21God gives His gifts to all living beings. ||1||Pause||

22The Divine Lord is within the self, but the spiritually blind one does not know this.

23Deluded by doubt, he is caught in the noose.

24The stone does not speak; it does not give anything to anyone.

25Such religious rituals are useless; such service is fruitless. ||2||

26If a corpse is anointed with sandalwood oil,

27what good does it do?

28If a corpse is rolled in manure,

29what does it lose from this? ||3||

30Says Kabeer, I proclaim this out loud

31behold, and understand, you ignorant, faithless cynic.

32The love of duality has ruined countless homes.

33The Lord's devotees are forever in bliss. ||4||4||12||

34The fish in the water is attached to Maya.

35The moth fluttering around the lamp is pierced through by Maya.

36The sexual desire of Maya afflicts the elephant.

37The snakes and bumble bees are destroyed through Maya. ||1||

38Such are the enticements of Maya, O Siblings of Destiny.

39As many living beings are there are, have been deceived. ||1||Pause||

40The birds and the deer are imbued with Maya.

41Sugar is a deadly trap for the flies.

42Horses and camels are absorbed in Maya.

43The eighty-four Siddhas, the beings of miraculous spiritual powers, play in Maya. ||2||

44The six celibates are slaves of Maya.

45So are the nine masters of Yoga, and the sun and the moon.

46The austere disciplinarians and the Rishis are asleep in Maya.

47Death and the five demons are in Maya. ||3||

48Dogs and jackals are imbued with Maya.

49Monkeys, leopards and lions,

50cats, sheep, foxes,

51trees and roots are planted in Maya. ||4||

52Even the gods are drenched with Maya,

53as are the oceans, the sky and the earth.

54Says Kabeer, whoever has a belly to fill, is under the spell of Maya.

55The mortal is emancipated only when he meets the Holy Saint. ||5||5||13||

56As long as he cries out, Mine! Mine!,

57none of his tasks is accomplished.

58When such possessiveness is erased and removed,