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1In the imperishable realm of the Formless Lord, I play the flute of the unstruck sound current. ||1||

2Becoming detached, I sing the Lord's Praises.

3Imbued with the unattached, unstruck Word of the Shabad, I shall go to the home of the Lord, who has no ancestors. ||1||Pause||

4Then, I shall no longer control the breath through the energy channels of the Ida, Pingala and Shushmanaa.

5I look upon both the moon and the sun as the same, and I shall merge in the Light of God. ||2||

6I do not go to see sacred shrines of pilgrimage, or bathe in their waters; I do not bother any beings or creatures.

7The Guru has shown me the sixty-eight places of pilgrimage within my own heart, where I now take my cleansing bath. ||3||

8I do not pay attention to anyone praising me, or calling me good and nice.

9Says Naam Dayv, my consciousness is imbued with the Lord; I am absorbed in the profound state of Samaadhi. ||4||2||

10When there was no mother and no father, no karma and no human body,

11when I was not and you were not, then who came from where? ||1||

12O Lord, no one belongs to anyone else.

13We are like birds perched on a tree. ||1||Pause||

14When there was no moon and no sun, then water and air were blended together.

15When there were no Shaastras and no Vedas, then where did karma come from? ||2||

16Control of the breath and positioning of the tongue, focusing at the third eye and wearing malas of tulsi beads, are all obtained through Guru's Grace.

17Naam Dayv prays, this is the supreme essence of reality; the True Guru has inspired this realization. ||3||3||

18Raamkalee, Second House:

19Someone may practice austerities at Benares, or die upside-down at a sacred shrine of pilgrimage, or burn his body in fire, or rejuvenate his body to live almost forever;

20he may perform the horse-sacrifice ceremony, or give donations of gold covered over, but none of these is equal to the worship of the Lord's Name. ||1||

21O hypocrite, renounce and abandon your hypocrisy; do not practice deception.

22Constantly, continually, chant the Name of the Lord. ||1||Pause||

23Someone may go to the Ganges or the Godaavari, or to the Kumbha festival, or bathe at Kaydaar Naat'h, or make donations of thousands of cows at Gomti;

24he may make millions of pilgrimages to sacred shrines, or freeze his body in the Himalayas; still, none of these is equal to the worship of the Lord's Name. ||2||

25Someone may give away horses and elephants, or women on their beds, or land; he may give such gifts over and over again.

26He may purify his soul, and give away in charity his body weight in gold; none of these is equal to the worship of the Lord's Name. ||3||

27Do not harbor anger in your mind, or blame the Messenger of Death; instead, realize the immaculate state of Nirvaanaa.

28My Sovereign Lord King is Raam Chandra, the Son of the King Dasrat'h; prays Naam Dayv, I drink in the Ambrosial Nectar. ||4||4||

29Raamkalee, The Word Of Ravi Daas Jee:

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

31They read and reflect upon all the Names of God; they listen, but they do not see the Lord, the embodiment of love and intuition.

32How can iron be transformed into gold, unless it touches the Philosopher's Stone? ||1||