gauVI kbIr jI ]

gourree kabeer jee ||

Gauree, Kabeer Jee:

ijh kuil pUqu n igAwn bIcwrI ]

jih kul pooth n giaan beechaaree ||

That family, whose son has no spiritual wisdom or contemplation

ibDvw ks n BeI mhqwrI ]1]

bidhhavaa kas n bhee mehathaaree ||1||

- why didn't his mother just become a widow? ||1||

ijh nr rwm Bgiq nih swDI ]

jih nar raam bhagath nehi saadhhee ||

That man who has not practiced devotional worship of the Lord

jnmq ks n muE AprwDI ]1] rhwau ]

janamath kas n muou aparaadhhee ||1|| rehaao ||

- why didn't such a sinful man die at birth? ||1||Pause||

mucu mucu grB gey kIn bicAw ]

aucwrx bicAw: polw bolo

much much garabh geae keen bachiaa ||

So many pregnancies end in miscarriage - why was this one spared?

bufBuj rUp jIvy jg miJAw ]2]

aucwrx m`iJAw

buddabhuj roop jeevae jag majhiaa ||2||

He lives his life in this world like a deformed amputee. ||2||

khu kbIr jYsy suµdr srUp ]

kahu kabeer jaisae sundhar saroop ||

Says Kabeer, without the Naam, the Name of the Lord,

nwm ibnw jYsy kubj kurUp ]3]25]

aucwrx kubj: polw bolo

naam binaa jaisae kubaj kuroop ||3||25||

Beautiful and handsome people are just ugly hunch-backs. ||3||25||