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1Says Kabeer, meeting the Guru, I have found absolute peace. My mind has ceased its wanderings; I am happy. ||4||23||74||

2Raag Gauree Poorbee, Baawan Akhree Of Kabeer Jee:

3One Universal Creator God. Truth Is The Name. Creative Being Personified. By Guru's Grace:

4Through these fifty-two letters, the three worlds and all things are described.

5These letters shall perish; they cannot describe the Imperishable Lord. ||1||

6Wherever description is possible, only there the letters get used.

7Where the state is beyond description, there, the mind itself ceases to be a descriptor.

8He is in both speech and silence.

9No one can know or describe Him as He is. ||2||

10If I come to know the Lord, what can I say; what good does it do to speak?

11His expanse spreads across the three worlds and He is contained within it just like the banyan tree is contained within its seed (and the seed is contained within the banyan tree). ||3||

12One who tries to know the Unknowable Lord, his dilemma gets resolved, and bit by bit, the mystery disappears.

13Turning away from the world, one's mind is pierced through with this mystery, and one obtains the Indestructible, Impenetrable Lord. ||4||

14The devout Muslim seeks guidance from the Tariqat ( Sufi scripture) ; the devout Hindu from the Vedas and Puraanas.

15To instruct their minds, people ought to study some sort of spiritual wisdom. ||5||

16I know only the One, the Universal Creator, the Primal Being.

17I do not believe in anyone whom the Lord writes (into being) and erases.

18If someone knows the One, the Universal Creator,

19Knowing Him, (his elevated state) shall not perish. ||6||

20KAKKA: When the rays of Divine Light come into the heart-lotus,

21the moon-light of Maya cannot close the blossomed heart lotus again.

22And if one obtains the subtle fragrance of that spiritual flower,

23I cannot describe the indescribable; I could speak, but what can I explain/describe? ||7||

24KHAKHA: When this mind (-bird that has received a ray of the divine light) has entered the tree hollow ( refuge of the Lord)

25It does not leave this tree hollow to wander in the ten directions.

26Then it (the mind bird) comes to know the source of compassion, the Lord and stays.

27then, it becomes (one with) the immortal Lord, and attains the state of eternal dignity. ||8||

28GAGGA: One who understands the Guru's Word

29does not listen to anything else.

30He remains unattached like a bird and does not go anywhere,

31when he grasps the Ungraspable Lord and dwells in the sky of the Tenth Gate. ||9||

32GHAGHA: He dwells in each and every body.

33Even when a body-pitcher bursts, the existence of the Lord does not diminish.

34When someone finds the landing/port ( to cross the world-sea) within his own heart,

35why should he abandon that landing/port to wander around? ||10||

36NGANGA: Restrain yourself, love the Lord, and dismiss your doubts.

37(This task is hard, but) do not run away because the task seems hard and not attainable; this is the highest wisdom. ||11||

38CHACHA: He created this world as if its a great painting.

39Let go of this painting, and remember the Painter.

40The hassle is that this painting is so wondrous.

41( To save yourself from this attachment) leave (contemplation of) the painting and focus your consciousness on the Painter. ||12||

42CHHACHHA: The Sovereign Lord of the Universe is here with you.

43Why are you so unhappy? Why don't you abandon your desires?

44O my mind, each and every moment I try to instruct you,

45but you forsake Him, and entangle yourself with others. ||13||

46JAJJA: If someone burns his body while he is still alive,

47and burns away the desires of his youth, then he finds the right way.

48When he burns his desire for his own wealth, and that of others,

49then he finds the Divine Light. ||14||