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1Aasaa:

2My daughter-in-law was first called Dhannia, the woman of wealth,

3but now she is called Raam-jannia, the servant of the Lord. ||1||

4These shaven-headed saints have ruined my house.

5They have caused my son to start chanting the Lord's Name. ||1||Pause||

6Says Kabeer, listen, O mother:

7these shaven-headed saints have done away with my low social status. ||2||3||33||

8Aasaa:

9Stay, stay, O daughter-in-law - do not cover your face with a veil.

10In the end, this shall not bring you even half a shell. ||1||Pause||

11The one before you used to veil her face;

12do not follow in her footsteps. ||1||

13The only merit in veiling your face is

14that for a few days, people will say, ""What a noble bride has come"". ||2||

15Your veil shall be true only if

16you skip, dance and sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord. ||3||

17Says Kabeer, the soul-bride shall win,

18only if she passes her life singing the Lord's Praises. ||4||1||34||

19Aasaa:

20I would rather be cut apart by a saw, than have You turn Your back on me.

21Hug me close, and listen to my prayer. ||1||

22I am a sacrifice to You - please, turn Your face to me, O Beloved Lord.

23Why do You kill me by turning Your back to me? ||1||Pause||

24Even if You cut my body apart, I shall not pull my limbs away from You.

25Even if my body falls, I shall not break my bonds of love with You. ||2||

26Between You and I, there is no other.

27You are the Husband Lord, and I am the soul-bride. ||3||

28Says Kabeer, listen, O people:

29now, I place no reliance in you. ||4||2||35||

30Aasaa:

31No one knows the secret of God, the Cosmic Weaver.

32He has stretched out the fabric of the whole world. ||1||Pause||

33When you listen to the Vedas and the Puraanas,

34you shall know that the whole world is only a small piece of His woven fabric. ||1||

35He has made the earth and sky His loom.

36Upon it, He moves the two bobbins of the sun and the moon. ||2||

37Placing my feet together, I have accomplished one thing - my mind is pleased with that Weaver.

38I have come to understand my own home, and recognize the Lord within my heart. ||3||

39Says Kabeer, when my body workshop breaks,

40the Weaver shall blend my thread with His thread. ||4||3||36||

41Aasaa:

42With filth within the heart, even if one bathes at sacred places of pilgrimage, still, he shall not go to heaven.

43Nothing is gained by trying to please others - the Lord cannot be fooled. ||1||

44Worship the One Divine Lord.

45The true cleansing bath is service to the Guru. ||1||Pause||

46If salvation can be obtained by bathing in water, then what about the frog, which is always bathing in water?

47As is the frog, so is that mortal; he is reincarnated, over and over again. ||2||

48If the hard-hearted sinner dies in Benaares, he cannot escape hell.

49And even if the Lord's Saint dies in the cursed land of Haramba, still, he saves all his family. ||3||

50Where there is neither day nor night, and neither Vedas nor Shaastras, there, the Formless Lord abides.

51Says Kabeer, meditate on Him, O mad-men of the world. ||4||4||37||