Bhai Gurdas JiAng 155Bhai Gurdas Ji's Kabit SwaiyeKabit Savaiye4 linesBhai Gurdas Ji

jYsy sUAw aufq iPrq bn bn pRiq jYsy eI ibrK bYTy qYso Plu cwKeI ]

jaisay sooaa udat dhirat ban ban prati , jaisay ee birakh baitthay taiso dhalu chaakhaee |

As a parrot flies from one tree to the other and eats fruit that is available on them;

pr bis hoie jYsI jYsI AY sMgiq imlY suin aupdys qYsI BwKw lY su BwKeI ]

par basi hoi jaisee jaisee ai sangati milai , souni oupadays taisee bhaakhaa lai su bhaakhaee |

In captivity, the parrot speaks language that he learns from the company that he keeps;

qYsy icq cMcl cpl jl ko suBwau jYsy rMg sMg imlY qYsy rMg rwKeI ]

taisay chit chanchal chapal jal ko soubhaau , jaisay rang sang milai taisay rang raakhaee |

So is the nature of this frolicsome mind that like water is very unstable and instable since it acquires colour that it mixes with.

ADm AswD jYsy bwrunI ibnws kwl swDsMg gMg imil sujn iBlwKeI ]155]

adham asaadh jaisay baarounee binaas kaala , saadhasang gang mili sujan bhilaakhaee |155|

A lowly person and a sinner desires for liquor on his death bed, while a noble person desires company of noble and saintly persons when time for this departure from the world approaches. (155)