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1Naarada the sage, and Shaarada the goddess of knowledge, serve the Lord.

2The goddess Lakhshmi sits by Him as His slave. ||2||

3The mala is around my neck, and the Lord's Name is upon my tongue.

4I repeat the Naam, the Name of the Lord, a thousand times, and bow in reverence to Him. ||3||

5Says Kabeer, I sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord;

6I teach both Hindus and Muslims. ||4||4||13||

7Aasaa, Kabeer Jee, 9 Panch-Padhay, 5 Dho-Thukay:

8One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

9You tear off the leaves, O gardener, but in each and every leaf, there is life.

10That stone idol, for which you tear off those leaves - that stone idol is lifeless. ||1||

11In this, you are mistaken, O gardener.

12The True Guru is the Living Lord. ||1||Pause||

13Brahma is in the leaves, Vishnu is in the branches, and Shiva is in the flowers.

14When you break these three gods, whose service are you performing? ||2||

15The sculptor carves the stone and fashions it into an idol, placing his feet upon its chest.

16If this stone god was true, it would devour the sculptor for this! ||3||

17Rice and beans, candies, cakes and cookies

18- the priest enjoys these, while he puts ashes into the mouth of the idol. ||4||

19The gardener is mistaken, and the world is mistaken, but I am not mistaken.

20Says Kabeer, the Lord preserves me; the Lord, my King, has showered His Blessings upon me. ||5||1||14||

21Aasaa:

22Twelve years pass in childhood, and for another twenty years, he does not practice self-discipline and austerity.

23For another thirty years, he does not worship God in any way, and then, when he is old, he repents and regrets. ||1||

24His life wastes away as he cries out, ""Mine, mine!""

25The pool of his power has dried up. ||1||Pause||

26He makes a dam around the dried-up pool, and with his hands, he makes a fence around the harvested field.

27When the thief of Death comes, he quickly carries away what the fool had tried to preserve as his own. ||2||

28His feet and head and hands begin to tremble, and the tears flow copiously from his eyes.

29His tongue has not spoken the correct words, but now, he hopes to practice religion! ||3||

30If the Dear Lord shows His Mercy, one enshrines love for Him, and obtains the Profit of the Lord's Name.

31By Guru's Grace, he receives the wealth of the Lord's Name, which alone shall go with him, when he departs in the end. ||4||

32Says Kabeer, listen, O Saints - he shall not take any other wealth with him.

33When the summons comes from the King, the Lord of the Universe, the mortal departs, leaving behind his wealth and mansions. ||5||2||15||

34Aasaa:

35To some, the Lord has given silks and satins, and to some, beds decorated with cotton ribbons.

36Some do not even have a poor patched coat, and some live in thatched huts. ||1||

37Do not indulge in envy and bickering, O my mind.

38By continually doing good deeds, these are obtained, O my mind. ||1||Pause||

39The potter works the same clay, and colors the pots in different ways.

40Into some, he sets pearls, while to others, he attaches filth. ||2||

41God gave wealth to the miser for him to preserve, but the fool calls it his own.