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1He does not fall into misfortune, and He does not take birth; His Name is the Immaculate Lord.

2Kabeer's Lord is such a Lord and Master, who has no mother or father. ||2||19||70||

3Gauree:

4Slander me, slander me - go ahead, people, and slander me.

5Slander is pleasing to the Lord's humble servant.

6Slander is my father, slander is my mother. ||1||Pause||

7If I am slandered, I go to heaven;

8the wealth of the Naam, the Name of the Lord, abides within my mind.

9If my heart is pure, and I am slandered,

10then the slanderer washes my clothes. ||1||

11One who slanders me is my friend;

12the slanderer is in my thoughts.

13The slanderer is the one who prevents me from being slandered.

14The slanderer wishes me long life. ||2||

15I have love and affection for the slanderer.

16Slander is my salvation.

17Slander is the best thing for servant Kabeer.

18The slanderer is drowned, while I am carried across. ||3||20||71||

19O my Sovereign Lord King, You are Fearless; You are the Carrier to carry us across, O my Lord King. ||1||Pause||

20When I was, then You were not; now that You are, I am not.

21Now, You and I have become one; seeing this, my mind is content. ||1||

22When there was wisdom, how could there be strength? Now that there is wisdom, strength cannot prevail.

23Says Kabeer, the Lord has taken away my wisdom, and I have attained spiritual perfection. ||2||21||72||

24Gauree:

25He fashioned the body chamber with six rings, and placed within it the incomparable thing.

26He made the breath of life the watchman, with lock and key to protect it; the Creator did this in no time at all. ||1||

27Keep your mind awake and aware now, O Sibling of Destiny.

28You were careless, and you have wasted your life; your home is being plundered by thieves. ||1||Pause||

29The five senses stand as guards at the gate, but now can they be trusted?

30When you are conscious in your consciousness, you shall be enlightened and illuminated. ||2||

31Seeing the nine openings of the body, the soul-bride is led astray; she does not obtain that incomparable thing.

32Says Kabeer, the nine openings of the body are being plundered; rise up to the Tenth Gate, and discover the true essence. ||3||22||73||

33Gauree:

34O mother, I do not know any other, except Him.

35My breath of life resides in Him, whose praises are sung by Shiva and Sanak and so many others. ||Pause||

36My heart is illuminated by spiritual wisdom; meeting the Guru, I meditate in the Sky of the Tenth Gate.

37The diseases of corruption, fear and bondage have run away; my mind has come to know peace in its own true home. ||1||

38Imbued with a balanced single-mindedness, I know and obey God; nothing else enters my mind.

39My mind has become fragrant with the scent of sandalwood; I have renounced egotistical selfishness and conceit. ||2||

40That humble being, who sings and meditates on the Praises of his Lord and Master, is the dwelling-place of God.

41He is blessed with great good fortune; the Lord abides in his mind. Good karma radiates from his forehead. ||3||

42I have broken the bonds of Maya; the intuitive peace and poise of Shiva has dawned within me, and I am merged in oneness with the One.