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1This she-serpent is created by Him.

2What power or weakness does she have by herself? ||4||

3If she abides with the mortal, then his soul abides in his body.

4By Guru's Grace, Kabeer has easily crossed over. ||5||6||19||

5Aasaa:

6Why bother to read the Simritees to a dog?

7Why bother to sing the Lord's Praises to the faithless cynic? ||1||

8Remain absorbed in the Lord's Name, Raam, Raam, Raam.

9Do not bother to speak of it to the faithless cynic, even by mistake. ||1||Pause||

10Why offer camphor to a crow?

11Why give the snake milk to drink? ||2||

12Joining the Sat Sangat, the True Congregation, discriminating understanding is attained.

13That iron which touches the Philosopher's Stone becomes gold. ||3||

14The dog, the faithless cynic, does everything as the Lord causes him to do.

15He does the deeds pre-ordained from the very beginning. ||4||

16If you take Ambrosial Nectar and irrigate the neem tree with it,

17still, says Kabeer, its natural qualities are not changed. ||5||7||20||

18Aasaa:

19A fortress like that of Sri Lanka, with the ocean as a moat around it

20- there is no news about that house of Raavan. ||1||

21What shall I ask for? Nothing is permanent.

22I see with my eyes that the world is passing away. ||1||Pause||

23Thousands of sons and thousands of grandsons

24- but in that house of Raavan, the lamps and wicks have gone out. ||2||

25The moon and the sun cooked his food.

26The fire washed his clothes. ||3||

27Under Guru's Instructions, one whose mind is filled with the Lord's Name,

28becomes permanent, and does not go anywhere. ||4||

29Says Kabeer, listen, people:

30without the Lord's Name, no one is liberated. ||5||8||21||

31Aasaa:

32First, the son was born, and then, his mother.

33The guru falls at the feet of the disciple. ||1||

34Listen to this wonderful thing, O Siblings of Destiny!

35I saw the lion herding the cows. ||1||Pause||

36The fish of the water gives birth upon a tree.

37I saw a cat carrying away a dog. ||2||

38The branches are below, and the roots are above.

39The trunk of that tree bears fruits and flowers. ||3||

40Riding a horse, the buffalo takes him out to graze.

41The bull is away, while his load has come home. ||4||

42Says Kabeer, one who understands this hymn,

43and chants the Lord's Name, comes to understand everything. ||5||9||22||

4422 Chau-Padhay And Panch-Padhay, Aasaa Of Kabeer Jee, 8 Thri-Padhay, 7 Dho-Thukay, 1 Ik-Tuka:

45One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

46The Lord created the body from sperm, and protected it in the fire pit.

47For ten months He preserved you in your mother's womb, and then, after you were born, you became attached to Maya. ||1||

48O mortal, why have you attached yourself to greed, and lost the jewel of life?

49You did not plant the seeds of good actions in the earth of your past lives. ||1||Pause||

50From an infant, you have grown old. That which was to happen, has happened.

51When the Messenger of Death comes and grabs you by your hair, why do you cry out then? ||2||