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1When I saw that my boat was rotten, then I immediately got out. ||67||

2Kabeer, the sinner does not like devotion to the Lord; he does not appreciate worship.

3The fly abandons the sandalwood tree, and goes after the rotten smell. ||68||

4Kabeer, the physician is dead, and the patient is dead; the whole world is dead.

5Only Kabeer is not dead; there is no one to mourn for him. ||69||

6Kabeer, I have not meditated on the Lord; such is the bad habit I have developed.

7The body is a wooden pot; it cannot be put back on the fire. ||70||

8Kabeer, it came to pass, that I did whatever I pleased.

9Why should I be afraid of death? I have invited death for myself. ||71||

10Kabeer, the mortals suck at the sugar cane, for the sake of the sweet juice. They should work just as hard for virtue.

11The person who lacks virtue - no one calls him good. ||72||

12Kabeer, the pitcher is full of water; it will break, today or tomorrow.

13Those who do not remember their Guru, shall be plundered on the way. ||73||

14Kabeer, I am the Lord's dog; Moti is my name.

15There is a chain around my neck; wherever I am pulled, I go. ||74||

16Kabeer, why do you show other people your rosary beads?

17You do not remember the Lord in your heart, so what use is this rosary to you? ||75||

18Kabeer, the snake of separation from the Lord abides within my mind; it does not respond to any mantra.

19One who is separated from the Lord does not live; if he does live, he goes insane. ||76||

20Kabeer, the philosopher's stone and sandalwood oil have the same good quality.

21Whatever comes into contact with them is uplifted. Iron is transformed into gold, and ordinary wood becomes fragrant. ||77||

22Kabeer, Death's club is terrible; it cannot be endured.

23I have met with the holy man; he has attached me to the hem of his robe. ||78||

24Kabeer, the physician says that he alone is good, and all the medicine is under his control.

25But these things belong to the Lord; He takes them away whenever He wishes. ||79||

26Kabeer, take your drum and beat it for ten days.

27Life is like people meeting on a boat on a river; they shall not meet again. ||80||

28Kabeer, if I could change the seven seas into ink and make all the vegetation my pen,

29and the earth my paper, even then, I could not write the Praises of the Lord. ||81||

30Kabeer, what can my lowly status as a weaver do to me? The Lord dwells in my heart.

31Kabeer, the Lord hugs me close in His Embrace; I have forsaken all my entanglements. ||82||

32Kabeer, will anyone set fire to his home

33and kill his five sons (the five thieves) to remain lovingly attached to the Lord? ||83||

34Kabeer, will anyone burn his own body?

35The people are blind - they do not know, although Kabeer continues to shout at them. ||84||

36Kabeer, the widow mounts the funeral pyre and cries out, ""Listen, O brother funeral pyre.

37All people must depart in the end; it is only you and I.""||85||