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-32511 4 || 7 || GAUREE, KABEER JEE: In the darkness, no one can sleep in peace. The king and the pauper both weep and cry. || 1 || As long as the tongue does not chant the Lord's Name, the person continues coming and going in reincarnation, crying out in pain. || 1 || Pause |It is like the shadow of a tree; when the breath of life passes out of the mortal being, tell me, what becomes of his wealth? 112 11 It is like the music contained in the instrument; how can anyone know the secret of the dead? || 3 || Like the swan on the lake, death hovers over the body. Drink in the Lord's sweet elixir, Kabeer. || 4 || 8 || GAUREE, KABEER JEE: The creation is born of the Light, and the Light is in the creation. It bears two fruits: the false glass and the true pearl. || 1 || Where is that home, which is said to be free of fear? There, fear is dispelled and one lives without fear. || 1 || Pause 1 On the banks of sacred rivers, the mind is not appeased. People remain entangled in good and bad deeds. || 2 || Sin and virtue are both the same. In the home of your own being, is the Philosopher's Stone; renounce your search for any other virtue. || 3 || Kabeer: O worthless mortal, do not lose the Naam, the Name of the Lord. Keep this mind of yours involved in this involvement. || 4 || 9 || GAUREE, KABEER JEE: He claims to know the Lord, who is beyond measure and beyond thought; by mere words, he plans to enter heaven. || 1 || I do not know where heaven is. Everyone claims that he plans to go there. || 1 || Pause || By mere talk, the mind is not appeased. The mind is only appeased, when egotism is conquered. || 2 || As long as the mind is filled with the desire for heaven, he does not dwell at the Lord's Feet. || 3 || Says Kabeer, unto whom should I tell this? The Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, is heaven. || 4 || 10 11 GAUREE, KABEER JEE: We are born, and we grow, and having grown, we pass away. Before our very eyes, this world is passing away. Il 1 || How can you not die of shame, claiming, "This world is mine"? At the very last moment, nothing is yours. || 1 || Pause || Trying various methods, you cherish your body, but at the time of death, it is burned in the fire. || 2 Il You apply sandalwood oil to your limbs, but that body is burned with the firewood. || 3 || Says Kabeer, listen, O virtuous people: your beauty shall vanish, as the whole world watches. Il 4 || 11 || GAUREE, KABEER JEE: Why do you cry and mourn, when another person dies? Do so only if you yourself are to live. || 1 || I shall not die as the rest of the world dies, for now I have met the life-giving Lord. || 1 || Pause 11 People anoint their bodies with fragrant oils, and in that pleasure, they forget the supreme bliss. || 2 || There is one well, and five water-carriers. Even though the rope is broken, the fools continue trying to draw water. || 3 || Says Kabeer, through contemplation, I have obtained this one understanding. There is no well, and no water-carrier. || 4 || 12 || GAUREE, KABEER JEE: The mobile and immobile creatures, insects and moths - in numerous lifetimes, I have passed through those many forms.
