When I go to the world hereafter, I shall not lose the game. ||1||

Maya is dead, O mother, and I am very happy.

I do not wear the patched coat, nor do I feel the chill. ||1||Pause||

I am a sacrifice to my Father, who gave me life.

He put an end to my association with the five deadly sins.

I have conquered those five demons, and trampled them underfoot.

Remembering the Lord in meditation, my mind and body are drenched with His Love. ||2||

My Father is the Great Lord of the Universe.

How shall I go to that Father?

When I met the True Guru, He showed me the Way.

The Father of the Universe is pleasing to my mind. ||3||

I am Your son, and You are my Father.

We both dwell in the same place.

Says Kabeer, the Lord's humble servant knows only the One.

By Guru's Grace, I have come to know everything. ||4||3||

Aasaa:

In one pot, they put a boiled chicken, and in the other pot, they put wine.

The five Yogis of the Tantric ritual sit there, and in their midst sits the noseless one, the shameless queen. ||1||

The bell of the shameless queen, Maya, rings in both worlds.

Some rare person of discriminating wisdom has cut off your nose. ||1||Pause||

Within all dwells the noseless Maya, who kills all, and destroys them.

She says, "I am the sister, and the daughter of the sister of everyone; I am the hand-maiden of one who marries me."||2||

My Husband is the Great One of discriminating wisdom; He alone is called a Saint.

He stands by me, and no one else comes near me. ||3||

I have cut off her nose, and cut off her ears, and cutting her into bits, I have expelled her.

Says Kabeer, she is the darling of the three worlds, but the enemy of the Saints. ||4||4||

Aasaa:

The Yogis, celibates, penitents and Sannyaasees make pilgrimages to all the sacred places.

The Jains with shaven heads, the silent ones, the beggars with matted hair - in the end, they all shall die. ||1||

Meditate, therefore, on the Lord.

What can the Messenger of Death do to one whose tongue loves the Name of the Lord? ||1||Pause||

Those who know the Shaastras and the Vedas, astrology and the rules of grammar of many languages;

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those who know Tantras and mantras and all medicines - even they shall die in the end. ||2||

Those who enjoy regal power and rule, royal canopies and thrones, many beautiful women,

betel nuts, camphor and fragrant sandalwood oil - in the end, they too shall die. ||3||

I have searched all the Vedas, Puraanas and Simritees, but none of these can save anyone.

Says Kabeer, meditate on the Lord, and eliminate birth and death. ||4||5||

Aasaa:

The elephant is the guitar player, the ox is the drummer, and the crow plays the cymbals.