1253

1If, at any time, he grabs and binds me, even then, I cannot protest. ||1||

2I am bound by virtue; I am the Life of all. My slaves are my very life.

3Says Naam Dayv, as is the quality of his soul, so is my love which illuminates him. ||2||3||

4Saarang:

5One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

6So what have you accomplished by listening to the Puraanas?

7Faithful devotion has not welled up within you, and you have not been inspired to give to the hungry. ||1||Pause||

8You have not forgotten sexual desire, and you have not forgotten anger; greed has not left you either.

9Your mouth has not stopped slandering and gossiping about others. Your service is useless and fruitless. ||1||

10By breaking into the houses of others and robbing them, you fill your belly, you sinner.

11But when you go to the world beyond, your guilt will be well known, by the acts of ignorance which you committed. ||2||

12Cruelty has not left your mind; you have not cherished kindness for other living beings.

13Parmaanand has joined the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy. Why have you not followed the sacred teachings? ||3||1||6||

14O mind, do not even associate with those who have turned their backs on the Lord.

15Saarang, Fifth Mehla, Sur Daas:

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

17The people of the Lord dwell with the Lord.

18They dedicate their minds and bodies to Him; they dedicate everything to Him. They are intoxicated with the celestial melody of intuitive ecstasy. ||1||Pause||

19Gazing upon the Blessed Vision of the Lord's Darshan, they are cleansed of corruption. They obtain absolutely everything.

20They have nothing to do with anything else; they gaze on the beauteous Face of God. ||1||

21But one who forsakes the elegantly beautiful Lord, and harbors desire for anything else, is like a leech on the body of a leper.

22Says Sur Daas, God has taken my mind in His Hands. He has blessed me with the world beyond. ||2||1||8||

23Saarang, Kabeer Jee:

24One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

25Other than the Lord, who is the Help and Support of the mind?

26Love and attachment to mother, father, sibling, child and spouse, is all just an illusion. ||1||Pause||

27So build a raft to the world hereafter; what faith do you place in wealth?

28What confidence do you place in this fragile vessel; it breaks with the slightest stroke. ||1||

29You shall obtain the rewards of all righteousness and goodness, if you desire to be the dust of all.

30Says Kabeer, listen, O Saints: this mind is like the bird, flying above the forest. ||2||1||9||