Shri Guru Granth Sahib
Shaloks Of Devotee Kabeer Jee

You do not remember the Lord in your heart, so what use is this rosary to you? ||75||

Kabeer, the snake of separation from the Lord abides within my mind; it does not respond to any mantra.

One who is separated from the Lord does not live; if he does live, he goes insane. ||76||

Kabeer, the philosopher's stone and sandalwood oil have the same good quality.

Whatever comes into contact with them is uplifted. Iron is transformed into gold, and ordinary wood becomes fragrant. ||77||

Kabeer, Death's club is terrible; it cannot be endured.

I have met with the holy man; he has attached me to the hem of his robe. ||78||

Kabeer, the physician says that he alone is good, and all the medicine is under his control.

But these things belong to the Lord; He takes them away whenever He wishes. ||79||

Kabeer, take your drum and beat it for ten days.

Life is like people meeting on a boat on a river; they shall not meet again. ||80||

Kabeer, if I could change the seven seas into ink and make all the vegetation my pen,

and the earth my paper, even then, I could not write the Praises of the Lord. ||81||

Kabeer, what can my lowly status as a weaver do to me? The Lord dwells in my heart.

Kabeer, the Lord hugs me close in His Embrace; I have forsaken all my entanglements. ||82||

Kabeer, will anyone set fire to his home

and kill his five sons (the five thieves) to remain lovingly attached to the Lord? ||83||

Kabeer, will anyone burn his own body?

The people are blind - they do not know, although Kabeer continues to shout at them. ||84||

Kabeer, the widow mounts the funeral pyre and cries out, "Listen, O brother funeral pyre.

All people must depart in the end; it is only you and I."||85||

Section 40 - Shaloks Of Devotee Kabeer Jee - Part 006

Kabeer, the mind has become a bird; it soars and flies in the ten directions.

According to the company it keeps, so are the fruits it eats. ||86||

Kabeer, you have found that place which you were seeking.

You have become that which you thought was separate from yourself. ||87||

Kabeer, I have been ruined and destroyed by bad company, like the banana plant near the thorn bush.

The thorn bush waves in the wind, and pierces the banana plant; see this, and do not associate with the faithless cynics. ||88||

Kabeer, the mortal wants to walk on the path, carrying the load of others' sins on his head.

He is not afraid of his own load of sins; the road ahead shall be difficult and treacherous. ||89||

Kabeer, the forest is burning; the tree standing in it is crying out,

"Do not let me fall into the hands of the blacksmith, who would burn me a second time."||90||

Kabeer, when one died, two were dead. When two died, four were dead.