Shri Guru Granth Sahib
Raag Gauree

I made self-reflection my mount,

and in the stirrups of intuitive poise, I placed my feet. ||1||Pause||

Come, and let me ride you to heaven.

If you hold back, then I shall strike you with the whip of spiritual love. ||2||

Says Kabeer, those who remain detached from the Vedas, the Koran and the Bible are the best riders. ||3||31||

Gauree, Kabeer Jee:

That mouth, which used to eat the five delicacies

- I have seen the flames being applied to that mouth. ||1||

O Lord, my King, please rid me of this one affliction:

may I not be burned in fire, or cast into the womb again. ||1||Pause||

The body is destroyed by so many ways and means.

Some burn it, and some bury it in the earth. ||2||

Says Kabeer, O Lord, please reveal to me Your Lotus Feet;

after that, go ahead and send me to my death. ||3||32||

Gauree, Kabeer Jee:

He Himself is the fire, and He Himself is the wind.

When our Lord and Master wishes to burn someone, then who can save him? ||1||

When I chant the Lord's Name, what does it matter if my body burns?

My consciousness remains absorbed in the Lord's Name. ||1||Pause||

Who is burned, and who suffers loss?

The Lord plays, like the juggler with his ball. ||2||

Says Kabeer, chant the two letters of the Lord's Name - Raa Maa.

If He is your Lord and Master, He will protect you. ||3||33||

Gauree, Kabeer Jee, Du-Padas:

I have not practiced Yoga, or focused my consciousness on meditation.

Without renunciation, I cannot escape Maya. ||1||

How have I passed my life?

Section 07 - Raag Gauree - Part 180

I have not taken the Lord's Name as my Support. ||1||Pause||

Says Kabeer, I have searched the skies,

and have not seen another, equal to the Lord. ||2||34||

Gauree, Kabeer Jee:

That head which was once embellished with the finest turban

- upon that head, the crow now cleans his beak. ||1||

What pride should we take in this body and wealth?

Why not hold tight to the Lord's Name instead? ||1||Pause||

Says Kabeer, listen, O my mind:

this may be your fate as well! ||2||35||

Thirty-Five Steps Of Gauree Gwaarayree. ||

Raag Gauree Gwaarayree, Ashtapadees Of Kabeer Jee:

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

People beg for pleasure, but pain comes instead.

I would rather not beg for that pleasure. ||1||

People are involved in corruption, but still, they hope for pleasure.

How will they find their home in the Sovereign Lord King? ||1||Pause||

Even Shiva and Brahma are afraid of this pleasure,

but I have judged that pleasure to be true. ||2||

Even sages like Sanak and Naarad, and the thousand-headed serpent,

did not see the mind within the body. ||3||