Shri Guru Granth Sahib
Raag Gauree

I am forever a sacrifice to those humble beings who take the Name of their Lord and Master. ||1||

Those who sing the Glorious Praises of the Pure Lord are pure.

They are my Siblings of Destiny, so dear to my heart. ||1||Pause||

I am the dust of the lotus feet of those whose hearts are filled with the All-pervading Lord. ||2||

I am a weaver by birth, and patient of mind.

Slowly, steadily, Kabeer chants the Glories of God. ||3||26||

Gauree, Kabeer Jee:

From the Sky of the Tenth Gate, the nectar trickles down, distilled from my furnace.

I have gathered in this most sublime essence, making my body into firewood. ||1||

He alone is called intoxicated with intuitive peace and poise,

who drinks in the juice of the Lord's essence, contemplating spiritual wisdom. ||1||Pause||

Intuitive poise is the bar-maid who comes to serve it.

I pass my nights and days in ecstasy. ||2||

Through conscious meditation, I linked my consciousness with the Immaculate Lord.

Says Kabeer, then I obtained the Fearless Lord. ||3||27||

Gauree, Kabeer Jee:

The natural tendency of the mind is to chase the mind.

Section 07 - Raag Gauree - Part 179

Who has established himself as a Siddha, a being of miraculous spiritual powers, by killing his mind? ||1||

Who is that silent sage, who has killed his mind?

By killing the mind, tell me, who is saved? ||1||Pause||

Everyone speaks through the mind.

Without killing the mind, devotional worship is not performed. ||2||

Says Kabeer, one who knows the secret of this mystery,

beholds within his own mind the Lord of the three worlds. ||3||28||

Gauree, Kabeer Jee:

The stars which are seen in the sky

- who is the painter who painted them? ||1||

Tell me, O Pandit, what is the sky attached to?

Very fortunate is the knower who knows this. ||1||Pause||

The sun and the moon give their light;

God's creative extension extends everywhere. ||2||

Says Kabeer, he alone knows this,

whose heart is filled with the Lord, and whose mouth is also filled with the Lord. ||3||29||

Gauree, Kabeer Jee:

The Simritee is the daughter of the Vedas, O Siblings of Destiny.

She has brought a chain and a rope. ||1||

She has imprisoned the people in her own city.

She has tightened the noose of emotional attachment and shot the arrow of death. ||1||Pause||

By cutting, she cannot be cut, and she cannot be broken.

She has become a serpent, and she is eating the world. ||2||

Before my very eyes, she has plundered the entire world.

Says Kabeer, chanting the Lord's Name, I have escaped her. ||3||30||

Gauree, Kabeer Jee:

I have grasped the reins and attached the bridle;

abandoning everything, I now ride through the skies. ||1||