gauVI kbIr jI ]

gourree kabeer jee ||

Gauree, Kabeer Jee:

ibnu sq sqI hoie kYsy nwir ]

aucwrx sqI: polw bolo

bin sath sathee hoe kaisae naar ||

Without Truth, how can the woman be a true satee - a widow who burns herself on her husband's funeral pyre?

pMifq dyKhu irdY bIcwir ]1]

panddith dhaekhahu ridhai beechaar ||1||

O Pandit, O religious scholar, see this and contemplate it within your heart. ||1||

pRIiq ibnw kYsy bDY snyhu ]

aucwrx b`DY

preeth binaa kaisae badhhai sanaehu ||

Without love, how can one's affection increase?

jb lgu rsu qb lgu nhI nyhu ]1] rhwau ]

jab lag ras thab lag nehee naehu ||1|| rehaao ||

As long as there is attachment to pleasure, there can be no spiritual love. ||1||Pause||

swhin squ krY jIA ApnY ]

saahan sath karai jeea apanai ||

One who, in his own soul, believes the Queen Maya to be true,

so rmXy kau imlY n supnY ]2]

aucwrx rmXy: r-meIey

so ramayae ko milai n supanai ||2||

Does not meet the Lord, even in dreams. ||2||

qnu mnu Dnu igRhu sauip srIru ]

than man dhhan grihu soup sareer ||

One who surrenders her body, mind, wealth, home and self

soeI suhwgin khY kbIru ]3]23]

soee suhaagan kehai kabeer ||3||23||

- she is the true soul-bride, says Kabeer. ||3||23||