It is like the instructions given to the dying man at Benares. ||3||

Whoever sings or listens to the Lord's Name with conscious awareness

- says Kabeer, without a doubt, in the end, he obtains the highest status. ||4||1||4||55||

Gauree:

Those who try to do things by their own efforts are drowned in the terrifying world-ocean; they cannot cross over.

Those who practice religious rituals and strict self-discipline - their egotistical pride shall consume their minds. ||1||

Your Lord and Master has given you the breath of life and food to sustain you; Oh, why have you forgotten Him?

Human birth is a priceless jewel, which has been squandered in exchange for a worthless shell. ||1||Pause||

The thirst of desire and the hunger of doubt afflict you; you do not contemplate the Lord in your heart.

Intoxicated with pride, you cheat yourself; you have not enshrined the Word of the Guru's Shabad within your mind. ||2||

Those who are deluded by sensual pleasures, who are tempted by sexual delights and enjoy wine are corrupt.

But those who, through destiny and good karma, join the Society of the Saints, float over the ocean, like iron attached to wood. ||3||

I have wandered in doubt and confusion, through birth and reincarnation; now, I am so tired. I am suffering in pain and wasting away.

Says Kabeer, meeting with the Guru, I have obtained supreme joy; my love and devotion have saved me. ||4||1||5||56||

Gauree:

Like the straw figure of a female elephant, fashioned to trap the bull elephant, O crazy mind, the Lord of the Universe has staged the drama of this world.

Attracted by the lure of sexual desire, the elephant is captured, O crazy mind, and now the halter is placed around its neck. ||1||

Section 07 - Raag Gauree - Part 186

So escape from corruption and immerse yourself in the Lord; take this advice, O crazy mind.

You have not meditated fearlessly on the Lord, O crazy mind; you have not embarked upon the Lord's Boat. ||1||Pause||

The monkey stretches out its hand, O crazy mind, and takes a handful of corn;

now unable to escape, O crazy mind, it is made to dance door to door. ||2||

Like the parrot caught in the trap, O crazy mind, you trapped by the affairs of Maya.

Like the weak dye of the safflower, O crazy mind, so is the expanse of this world of form and substance. ||3||

There are so many holy shrines in which to bathe, O crazy mind, and so many gods to worship.

Says Kabeer, you shall not be saved like this, O crazy mind; only by serving the Lord will you find release. ||4||1||6||57||

Gauree:

Fire does not burn it, and the wind does not blow it away; thieves cannot get near it.

Accumulate the wealth of the Lord's Name; that wealth does not go anywhere. ||1||