Gauree:

gj nv gj ds gj iekIs purIAw eyk qnwe ] (335-3, gaVI, kbIr jI)

Nine yards, ten yards, and twenty-one yards - weave these into the full piece
of cloth;
swT sUq nv KMf bhqir pwtu lgo AiDkwe ]1] (335-3, gaVI, kbIr jI)
take the sixty threads and add nine joints to the seventy-two on the loom. ||
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ge bunwvn mwho ] (335-4, gaVI, kbIr jI)
Life weaves itself into its patterns.
Gr CoifAY jwie julwho ]1] rhwa ] (335-4, gaVI, kbIr jI)
Leaving her home, the soul goes to the world of the weaver. ||1||Pause||
gjI n imnIAY qoil n qulIAY pwcnu syr AFwe ] (335-4, gaVI, kbIr jI)
This cloth cannot be measured in yards or weighed with weights; its food is
two and a half
measures.
jO kir pwcnu byig n pwvY Jg{ krY Grhwe ]2] (335-5, gaVI, kbIr jI)
If it does not obtain food right away, it quarrels with the master of the house.
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idn kI bYT Ksm kI brks ieh bylw kq Awe ] (335-5, gaVI, kbIr jI)
How many days will you sit here, in opposition to your Lord and Master?
When will this
opportunity come again?
CUty kUMfy BIgY purIAw cilE julwho rIswe ]3] (335-6, gaVI, kbIr jI)
Leaving his pots and pans, and the bobbins wet with his tears, the weaver
soul departs in
jealous anger. ||3||
CoCI nlI qMqu nhI inksY nqr rhI arJwe ] (335-6, gaVI, kbIr jI)
The wind-pipe is empty now; the thread of the breath does not come out any
longer. The
thread is tangled; it has run out.
Coif psw{ ehw rhu bpurI khu kbIr smJwe ]4]3]54] (335-7, gaVI,
kbIr jI)
So renounce the world of form and substance while you remain here, O poor
soul; says
Kabeer: you must understand this! ||4||3||54||
gaVI ] (335-8)
Gauree:
eyk joiq eykw imlI ikMbw hoie mhoie ] (335-8, gaVI, kbIr jI)
When one light merges into another, what becomes of it then?
ijqu Git nwmu n pjY PUit mrY jnu soie ]1] (335-8, gaVI, kbIr jI)
That person, within whose heart the Lord's Name does not well up - may that
person burst
and die! ||1||

swvl suMdr rwmeAw ] (335-9, gaVI, kbIr jI)

O my dark and beautiful Lord,

myrw mnu lwgw qoih ]1] rhwa ] (335-9, gaVI, kbIr jI)
my mind is attached to You. ||1||Pause||

swDu imlY isiD pweAY ik eyhu jogu ik Bogu ] (335-9, gaVI, kbIr jI)
Meeting with the Holy, the perfection of the Siddhas is obtained. What good
is Yoga or
indulgence in pleasures?
duhu imil kwrju pjY rwm nwm sMjogu ]2] (335-10, gaVI, kbIr jI)
When the two meet together, the business is conducted, and the link with
the Lord's Name is
established. ||2||
logu jwnY iehu gIqu hY iehu qa bRhm bIcwr ] (335-10, gaVI, kbIr jI)
People believe that this is just a song, but it is a meditation on God.
ija kwsI apdysu hoie mwns mrqI bwr ]3] (335-11, gaVI, kbIr jI)
It is like the instructions given to the dying man at Benares. ||3||
koe gwvY ko suxY hir nwmw icqu lwie ] (335-11, gaVI, kbIr jI)
Whoever sings or listens to the Lord's Name with conscious awareness
khu kbIr sMsw nhI AMiq prm giq pwie ]4]1]4]55] (335-11, gaVI, kbIr
jI)
- says Kabeer, without a doubt, in the end, he obtains the highest status. ||4||
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gaVI ] (335-12)
Gauree:
jyqy jqn krq qy fUby Bv swg{ nhI qwirE ry ] (335-12, gaVI, kbIr jI)
Those who try to do things by their own efforts are drowned in the terrifying
world-ocean;
they cannot cross over.
krm Drm krqy bhu sMjm AhbuiD mnu jwirE ry ]1] (335-13, gaVI, kbIr
jI)
Those who practice religious rituals and strict self-discipline - their egotistical
pride shall
consume their minds. ||1||
sws gRws ko dwqo Twku{ so ika mnhu ibswirE ry ] (335-13, gaVI,
kbIr jI)
Your Lord and Master has given you the breath of life and food to sustain
you; Oh, why have
you forgotten Him