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1those who know Tantras and mantras and all medicines - even they shall die in the end. ||2||

2Those who enjoy regal power and rule, royal canopies and thrones, many beautiful women,

3betel nuts, camphor and fragrant sandalwood oil - in the end, they too shall die. ||3||

4I have searched all the Vedas, Puraanas and Simritees, but none of these can save anyone.

5Says Kabeer, meditate on the Lord, and eliminate birth and death. ||4||5||

6Aasaa:

7The elephant is the guitar player, the ox is the drummer, and the crow plays the cymbals.

8Putting on the skirt, the donkey dances around, and the water buffalo performs devotional worship. ||1||

9The Lord, the King, has cooked the cakes of ice,

10but only the rare man of understanding eats them. ||1||Pause||

11Sitting in his den, the lion prepares the betel leaves, and the muskrat brings the betel nuts.

12Going from house to house, the mouse sings the songs of joy, and the turtle blows on the conch-shell. ||2||

13The son of the sterile woman goes to get married, and the golden canopy is spread out for him.

14He marries a beautiful and enticing young woman; the rabbit and the lion sing their praises. ||3||

15Says Kabeer, listen, O Saints - the ant has eaten the mountain.

16The turtle says, ""I need a burning coal, also."" Listen to this mystery of the Shabad. ||4||6||

17Aasaa:

18The body is a bag with seventy-two chambers, and one opening, the Tenth Gate.

19He alone is a real Yogi on this earth, who asks for the primal world of the nine regions. ||1||

20Such a Yogi obtains the nine treasures.

21He lifts his soul up from below, to the skies of the Tenth Gate. ||1||Pause||

22He makes spiritual wisdom his patched coat, and meditation his needle. He twists the thread of the Word of the Shabad.

23Making the five elements his deer skin to sit on, he walks on the Guru's Path. ||2||

24He makes compassion his shovel, his body the firewood, and he kindles the fire of divine vision.

25He places love within his heart, and he remains in deep meditation throughout the four ages. ||3||

26All Yoga is in the Name of the Lord; the body and the breath of life belong to Him.

27Says Kabeer, if God grants His Grace, He bestows the insignia of Truth. ||4||7||

28Aasaa:

29Where have the Hindus and Muslims come from? Who put them on their different paths?

30Think of this, and contemplate it within your mind, O men of evil intentions. Who will go to heaven and hell? ||1||

31O Qazi, which book have you read?

32Such scholars and students have all died, and none of them have discovered the inner meaning. ||1||Pause||

33Because of the love of woman, circumcision is done; I don't believe in it, O Siblings of Destiny.

34If God wished me to be a Muslim, it would be cut off by itself. ||2||

35If circumcision makes one a Muslim, then what about a woman?

36She is the other half of a man's body, and she does not leave him, so he remains a Hindu. ||3||

37Give up your holy books, and remember the Lord, you fool, and stop oppressing others so badly.

38Kabeer has grasped hold of the Lord's Support, and the Muslims have utterly failed. ||4||8||

39Aasaa:

40As long as the oil and the wick are in the lamp, everything is illuminated.