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1I might as well just die crying, if You will not come into my mind. ||1||

2Second Mehla:

3When there is peace and pleasure, that is the time to remember your Husband Lord. In times of suffering and pain, remember Him then as well.

4Says Nanak, O wise bride, this is the way to meet your Husband Lord. ||2||

5Pauree:

6I am a worm - how can I praise You, O Lord; Your glorious greatness is so great!

7You are inaccessible, merciful and unapproachable; You Yourself unite us with Yourself.

8I have no other friend except You; in the end, You alone will be my Companion and Support.

9You save those who enter Your Sanctuary.

10O Nanak, He is care-free; He has no greed at all. ||20||1||

11Raag Soohee, The Word Of Kabeer Jee, And Other Devotees.

12Of Kabeer

13One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

14Since your birth, what have you done?

15You have never even chanted the Name of the Lord. ||1||

16You have not meditated on the Lord; what thoughts are you attached to?

17What preparations are you making for your death, O unfortunate one? ||1||Pause||

18Through pain and pleasure, you have taken care of your family.

19But at the time of death, you shall have to endure the agony all alone. ||2||

20When you are seized by the neck, then you shall cry out.

21Says Kabeer, why didn't you remember the Lord before this? ||3||1||

22Soohee, Kabeer Jee:

23My innocent soul trembles and shakes.

24I do not know how my Husband Lord will deal with me. ||1||

25The night of my youth has passed away; will the day of old age also pass away?

26My dark hairs, like bumble bees, have gone away, and grey hairs, like cranes, have settled upon my head. ||1||Pause||

27Water does not remain in the unbaked clay pot;

28when the soul-swan departs, the body withers away. ||2||

29I decorate myself like a young virgin;

30but how can I enjoy pleasures, without my Husband Lord? ||3||

31My arm is tired, driving away the crows.

32Says Kabeer, this is the way the story of my life ends. ||4||2||

33Soohee, Kabeer Jee:

34Your time of service is at its end, and you will have to give your account.

35The hard-hearted Messenger of Death has come to take you away.

36What have you earned, and what have you lost?

37Come immediately! You are summoned to His Court! ||1||

38Get going! Come just as you are! You have been summoned to His Court.

39The Order has come from the Court of the Lord. ||1||Pause||

40I pray to the Messenger of Death: please, I still have some outstanding debts to collect in the village.

41I will collect them tonight;

42I will also pay you something for your expenses,

43and I will recite my morning prayers on the way. ||2||

44Blessed, blessed is the most fortunate servant of the Lord, who is imbued with the Lord's Love, in the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy.

45Here and there, the humble servants of the Lord are always happy.

46They win the priceless treasure of this human life. ||3||

47When he is awake, he is sleeping, and so he loses this life.

48The property and wealth he has accumulated passes on to someone else.

49Says Kabeer, those people are deluded,

50who forget their Lord and Master, and roll in the dust. ||4||3||