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-484|| 2 || 2 || 32 || AASAA: My daughter-in-law was first called Dhannia, the woman of wealth, but now she is called Raamjannia, the servant of the Lord. ||1|| These shaven-headed saints have ruined my house. They have caused my son to start chanting the Lord's Name. || 1 || Pause II Says Kabeer, listen, O mother: these shaven-headed saints have done away with my low social status. || 2 || 3 || 33 || AASAA: Stay, stay, O daughter-in-law - do not cover your face with a veil. In the end, this shall not bring you even half a shell. || 1 || Pause || The one before you used to veil her face; do not follow in her footsteps. ||1|| The only merit in veiling your face is that for a few days, people will say, "What a noble bride has come". 11 211 Your veil shall be true only if you skip, dance and sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord. || 3 || Says Kabeer, the soul-bride shall win, only if she passes her life singing the Lord's Praises. || 4 || 1 || 34 || AASAA: I would rather be cut apart by a saw, than have you turn your back on me. Hug me close, and listen to my prayer. || 1 || I am a sacrifice to You
- please, turn Your face to me, O Beloved Lord. Why have You turned Your back to me? Why have You killed me? || 1 || Pause || Even if you cut my body apart, I shall not pull my limbs away from You. Even if my body falls, I shall not break my bonds of love with You. || 2 || Between You and I, there is no other. You are the Husband Lord, and I am the soul-bride. Il 3 || Says Kabeer, listen, O people: now, I place no reliance in you. || 4 || 2 || 35 || AASAA: No one knows the secret of God, the Cosmic Weaver. He has stretched out the fabric of the whole world. || 1 || Pause || When you listen to the Vedas and the Puraanas, you shall know that the whole world is only a small piece of His woven fabric. || 1 || He has made the earth and sky His loom. Upon it, He moves the two bobbins of the sun and the moon. || 2 || Placing my feet together, I have accomplished one thing - my mind is pleased with that Weaver. I have come to understand my own home, and recognize the Lord within my heart. || 3 || Says Kabeer, when my body workshop breaks, the Weaver shall blend my thread with His thread. || 4 || 3 || 36 || AASAA: With filth within the heart, even if one bathes at sacred places of pilgrimage, still, he shall not go to heaven. Nothing is gained by trying to please others – the Lord cannot be fooled. || 1 || Worship the One Divine Lord. The true cleansing bath is service to the Guru. || 1 || Pause II If salvation can be obtained by bathing in water, then what about the frog, which is always bathing in water? As is the frog, so is that mortal; he is reincarnated, over and over again. || 2 || If the hard-hearted sinner dies in Benaares, he cannot escape hell. And even if the Lord's Saint dies in the cursed land of Haramba, still, he saves all his family. || 3 || Where there is neither day nor night, and neither Vedas nor Shaastras, there, the Formless Lord abides. Says Kabeer, meditate on Him, O mad-men of the world. || 4 || 4 || 37 ||
