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1He obtains the treasure of liberation, and the difficult road to the Lord is not blocked. ||231||

2Kabeer, whether is is for an hour, half an hour, or half of that,

3whatever it is, it is worthwhile to speak with the Holy. ||232||

4Kabeer, those mortals who consume marijuana, fish and wine

5- no matter what pilgrimages, fasts and rituals they follow, they will all go to hell. ||233||

6Kabeer, I keep my eyes lowered, and enshrine my Friend within my heart.

7I enjoy all pleasures with my Beloved, but I do not let anyone else know. ||234||

8Twenty-four hours a day, every hour, my soul continues to look to You, O Lord.

9Why should I keep my eyes lowered? I see my Beloved in every heart. ||235||

10Listen, O my companions: my soul dwells in my Beloved, and my Beloved dwells in my soul.

11I realize that there is no difference between my soul and my Beloved; I cannot tell whether my soul or my Beloved dwells in my heart. ||236||

12Kabeer, the Brahmin may be the guru of the world, but he is not the Guru of the devotees.

13He rots and dies in the perplexities of the four Vedas. ||237||

14The Lord is like sugar, scattered in the sand; the elephant cannot pick it up.

15Says Kabeer, the Guru has given me this sublime understanding: become an ant, and feed on it. ||238||

16Kabeer, if you desire to play the game of love with the Lord, then cut off your head, and make it into a ball.

17Lose yourself in the play of it, and then whatever will be, will be. ||239||

18Kabeer, if you desire to play the game of love with the Lord, play it with someone with committment.

19Pressing the unripe mustard seeds produces neither oil nor flour. ||240||

20Searching, the mortal stumbles like a blind person, and does not recognize the Saint.

21Says Naam Dayv, how can one obtain the Lord God, without His devotee? ||241||

22Forsaking the Diamond of the Lord, the mortals put their hopes in another.

23Those people shall go to hell; Ravi Daas speaks the Truth. ||242||

24Kabeer, if you live the householder's life, then practice righteousness; otherwise, you might as well retire from the world.

25If someone renounces the world, and then gets involved in worldly entanglements, he shall suffer terrible misfortune. ||243||

26Shaloks Of Shaykh Fareed Jee:

27One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

28The day of the bride's wedding is pre-ordained.

29On that day, the Messenger of Death, of whom she had only heard, comes and shows its face.

30It breaks the bones of the body and pulls the helpless soul out.

31That pre-ordained time of marriage cannot be avoided. Explain this to your soul.

32The soul is the bride, and death is the groom. He will marry her and take her away.

33After the body sends her away with its own hands, whose neck will it embrace?

34The bridge to hell is narrower than a hair; haven't you heard of it with your ears?

35Fareed, the call has come; be careful now - don't let yourself be robbed. ||1||

36Fareed, it is so difficult to become a humble Saint at the Lord's Door.