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-1368Kabeer, I was drowning, but the waves of virtue saved me in an instant. When I saw that my boat was rotten, then I immediately got out. || 67 || Kabeer, the sinner does not like devotion to the Lord; he does not appreciate worship. The fly abandons the sandalwood tree, and goes after the rotten smell. || 68 || Kabeer, the physician is dead, and the patient is dead; the whole world is dead. Only Kabeer is not dead; there is no one to mourn for him. || 69 || Kabeer, I have not meditated on the Lord; such is the bad habit I have developed. The body is a wooden pot; it cannot be put back on the fire. || 70 II Kabeer, it came to pass, that I did whatever I pleased. Why should I be afraid of death? I have invited death for myself. || 71 || Kabeer, the mortals suck at the sugar cane, for the sake of the sweet juice. They should work just as hard for virtue. The person who lacks virtue - no one calls him good. || 72 || Kabeer, the pitcher is full of water; it will break, today or tomorrow. Those who do not remember their Guru, shall be plundered on the way. || 73 || Kabeer, I am the Lord's dog; Moti is my name. There is a chain around my neck; wherever I am pulled, I go. || 74 || Kabeer, why do you show other people your rosary beads? 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."
