SGGSAng 970Raag RamkaliKabir Jio8 linesBhagat Kabir Ji

ijh muK bydu gwieqRI inksY so ikau bRhmnu ibsru krY ]

aucwrx bRhmnu: 'bR' dulwvw rihq bolo

jih mukh baedh gaaeithree nikasai so kio brehaman bisar karai ||

O Brahmin, how can you forget the One, from whose mouth the Vedas and the Gayitri prayer issured forth?

jw kY pwie jgqu sBu lwgY so ikau pMifqu hir n khY ]1]

jaa kai paae jagath sabh laagai so kio panddith har n kehai ||1||

The whole world falls at His feet; why don't you chant the Name of that Lord, O Pandit? ||1||

kwhy myry bwm@n hir n khih ]

kaahae maerae baamhan har n kehehi ||

Why, O my Brahmin, do you not chant the Lord's Name?

rwmu n bolih pwfy dojku Brih ]1] rhwau ]

raam n bolehi paaddae dhojak bharehi ||1|| rehaao ||

If you don't chant the Lord's Name, O Pandit, you will only suffer in hell. ||1||Pause||

Awpn aUc nIc Gir Bojnu hTy krm kir audru Brih ]

aucwrx hTy: polw bolo

aapan ooch neech ghar bhojan hathae karam kar oudhar bharehi ||

You think that you are high, but you take food from the houses of the lowly; you fill up your belly by forcibly practicing your rituals.

cauds Amwvs ric ric mWgih kr dIpku lY kUip prih ]2]

aucwrx Am`wvs

choudhas amaavas rach rach maangehi kar dheepak lai koop parehi ||2||

On the fourteenth day, and the night of the new moon, you go out begging; even though you hold the lamp in your hands, still, you fall into the pit. ||2||

qUµ bRhmnu mY kwsIk julhw muih qoih brwbNrI kYsy kY bnih ]

aucwrx bRhmnu: 'bR' dulwvw rihq bolo; b-rwbNrI

thoon brehaman mai kaaseek julehaa muhi thohi baraabaree kaisae kai banehi ||

You are a Brahmin, and I am only a weaver from Benares. How can I compare to you?

hmry rwm nwm kih aubry byd Brosy pWfy fUib mrih ]3]5]

hamarae raam naam kehi oubarae baedh bharosae paanddae ddoob marehi ||3||5||

Chanting the Lord's Name, I have been saved; relying on the Vedas, O Brahmin, you shall drown and die. ||3||5||