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1You Yourself created the world, and You Yourself shall destroy it in the end.

2The Word of Your Shabad alone is pervading everywhere; whatever You do, comes to pass.

3God blesses the Gurmukh with glorious greatness, and then, he finds the Lord.

4As Gurmukh, Nanak worships and adores the Lord; let everyone proclaim, ""Blessed, blessed, blessed is He, the Guru!""||29||1||Sudh||

5Raag Sorat'h, The Word Of Devotee Kabeer Jee, First House:

6One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

7Worshipping their idols, the Hindus die; the Muslims die bowing their heads.

8The Hindus cremate their dead, while the Muslims bury theirs; neither finds Your true state, Lord. ||1||

9O mind, the world is a deep, dark pit.

10On all four sides, Death has spread his net. ||1||Pause||

11Reciting their poems, the poets die; the mystical ascetics die while journeying to Kaydaar Naat'h.

12The Yogis die, with their matted hair, but even they do not find Your state, Lord. ||2||

13The kings die, gathering and hoarding their money, burying great quantities of gold.

14The Pandits die, reading and reciting the Vedas; women die, gazing at their own beauty. ||3||

15Without the Lord's Name, all come to ruin; behold, and know this, O body.

16Without the Name of the Lord, who can find salvation? Kabeer speaks the Teachings. ||4||1||

17When the body is burnt, it turns to ashes; if it is not cremated, then it is eaten by armies of worms.

18The unbaked clay pitcher dissolves, when water is poured into it; this is also the nature of the body. ||1||

19Why, O Siblings of Destiny, do you strut around, all puffed up with pride?

20Have you forgotten those days, when you were hanging, face down, for ten months? ||1||Pause||

21Like the bee which collects honey, the fool eagerly gathers and collects wealth.

22At the time of death, they shout, ""Take him away, take him away! Why leave a ghost lying around?""||2||

23His wife accompanies him to the threshold, and his friends and companions beyond.

24All the people and relatives go as far as the cremation grounds, and then, the soul-swan goes on alone. ||3||

25Says Kabeer, listen, O mortal being: you have been seized by Death, and you have fallen into the deep, dark pit.

26You have entangled yourself in the false wealth of Maya, like the parrot caught in the trap. ||4||2||

27Listening to all the teachings of the Vedas and the Puraanas, I wanted to perform the religious rituals.

28But seeing all the wise men caught by Death, I arose and left the Pandits; now I am free of this desire. ||1||

29O mind, you have not completed the only task you were given;

30you have not meditated on the Lord, your King. ||1||Pause||

31Going to the forests, they practice Yoga and deep, austere meditation; they live on roots and the fruits they gather.

32The musicians, the Vedic scholars, the chanters of one word and the men of silence, all are listed on the Register of Death. ||2||

33Loving devotional worship does not enter into your heart; pampering and adorning your body, you must still give it up.

34You sit and play music, but you are still a hypocrite; what do you expect to receive from the Lord? ||3||

35Death has fallen on the whole world; the doubting religious scholars are also listed on the Register of Death.