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1The Lord's Saints are steady and stable forever; they worship and adore Him, and chant the Lord's Name.

2Those who are mercifully blessed by the Lord of the Universe, join the Sat Sangat, the True Congregation. ||3||

3Mother, father, spouse, children and wealth will not go along with you in the end.

4Says Kabeer, meditate and vibrate on the Lord, O madman. Your life is uselessly wasting away. ||4||1||

5I do not know the limits of Your Royal Ashram.

6I am the humble slave of Your Saints. ||1||Pause||

7The one who goes laughing returns crying, and the one who goes crying returns laughing.

8What is inhabited becomes deserted, and what is deserted becomes inhabited. ||1||

9The water turns into a desert, the desert turns into a well, and the well turns into a mountain.

10From the earth, the mortal is exalted to the Akaashic ethers; and from the ethers on high, he is thrown down again. ||2||

11The beggar is transformed into a king, and the king into a beggar.

12The idiotic fool is transformed into a Pandit, a religious scholar, and the Pandit into a fool. ||3||

13The woman is transformed into a man, and the men into women.

14Says Kabeer, God is the Beloved of the Holy Saints. I am a sacrifice to His image. ||4||2||

15Saarang, The Word Of Naam Dayv Jee:

16One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

17O mortal, why are you going into the forest of corruption?

18You have been misled into eating the toxic drug. ||1||Pause||

19You are like a fish living in the water;

20you do not see the net of death.

21Trying to taste the flavor, you swallow the hook.

22You are bound by attachment to wealth and woman. ||1||

23The bee stores up loads of honey;

24then someone comes and takes the honey, and throws dust in its mouth.

25The cow stores up loads of milk;

26then the milkman comes and ties it by its neck and milks it. ||2||

27For the sake of Maya, the mortal works very hard.

28He takes the wealth of Maya, and buries it in the ground.

29He acquires so much, but the fool does not appreciate it.

30His wealth remains buried in the ground, while his body turns to dust. ||3||

31He burns in tremendous sexual desire, unresolved anger and desire.

32He never joins the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy.

33Says Naam Dayv, seek God's Shelter;

34be fearless, and vibrate on the Lord God. ||4||1||

35Why not make a bet with me, O Lord of Wealth?

36From the master comes the servant, and from the servant, comes the master. This is the game I play with You. ||1||Pause||

37You Yourself are the deity, and You are the temple of worship. You are the devoted worshipper.

38From the water, the waves rise up, and from the waves, the water. They are only different by figures of speech. ||1||

39You Yourself sing, and You Yourself dance. You Yourself blow the bugle.

40Says Naam Dayv, You are my Lord and Master. Your humble servant is imperfect; You are perfect. ||2||2||

41Says God: my slave is devoted only to me; he is in my very image.

42The sight of him, even for an instant, cures the three fevers; his touch brings liberation from the deep dark pit of household affairs. ||1||Pause||

43The devotee can release anyone from my bondage, but I cannot release anyone from his.