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1When I came to understand this mind, from the tips of my toes to the crown of my head,

2then I took my cleansing bath, deep within my self. ||1||

3The mind, the master of the breath, abides in the state of supreme bliss.

4There is no death, no re-birth, and no aging for me now. ||1||Pause||

5Turning away from materialism, I have found intuitive support.

6I have entered into the sky of the mind, and opened the Tenth Gate.

7The chakras of the coiled Kundalini energy have been opened,

8and I have met my Sovereign Lord King without fear. ||2||

9My attachment to Maya has been eradicated;

10the moon energy has devoured the sun energy.

11When I was focused and merged into the all-pervading Lord,

12then the unstruck sound current began to vibrate. ||3||

13The Speaker has spoken, and proclaimed the Word of the Shabad.

14The hearer has heard, and enshrined it in the mind.

15Chanting to the Creator, one crosses over.

16Says Kabeer, this is the essence. ||4||1||10||

17The moon and the sun are both the embodiment of light.

18Within their light, is God, the incomparable. ||1||

19O spiritual teacher, contemplate God.

20In this light is contained the expanse of the created universe. ||1||Pause||

21Gazing upon the diamond, I humbly salute this diamond.

22Says Kabeer, the Immaculate Lord is indescribable. ||2||2||11||

23People of the world, remain awake and aware. Even though you are awake, you are being robbed, O Brother.

24While the Vedas stand guard watching, the Messenger of Death carries you away. ||1||Pause||

25He thinks that the bitter nimm fruit is a mango, and the mango is a bitter nimm. He imagines the ripe banana on the thorny bush.

26He thinks that the ripe coconut hangs on the barren simmal tree; what a stupid, idiotic fool he is! ||1||

27The Lord is like sugar, spilled onto the sand; the elephant cannot pick it up.

28Says Kabeer, give up your ancestry, social status and honor; be like the tiny ant - pick up and eat the sugar. ||2||3||12||

29The Word Of Naam Dayv Jee, Raamkalee, First House:

30One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

31The boy takes paper, cuts it and makes a kite, and flies it in the sky.

32Talking with his friends, he still keeps his attention on the kite string. ||1||

33My mind has been pierced by the Name of the Lord,

34like the goldsmith, whose attention is held by his work. ||1||Pause||

35The young girl in the city takes a pitcher, and fills it with water.

36She laughs, and plays, and talks with her friends, but she keeps her attention focused on the pitcher of water. ||2||

37The cow is let loose, out of the mansion of the ten gates, to graze in the field.

38It grazes up to five miles away, but keeps its attention focused on its calf. ||3||

39Says Naam Dayv, listen, O Trilochan: the child is laid down in the cradle.

40Its mother is at work, inside and outside, but she holds her child in her thoughts. ||4||1||

41There are countless Vedas, Puraanas and Shaastras; I do not sing their songs and hymns.