Kabir ke Pad - 3

1     1.  Haman hai ishq mastaana haman ko hoshiyaari kya.

   Rahen aajad ya jag me, haman duniya se yaari kya.

  Jo bichhade hain piyaare se, bhatakate dar-b-dar firate,

  Hamara yaar hai hamame, haman ko intejaari kya.

  Na pal bichhade piya hamase, na ham bichhade piyaare se,

  Inhi se neh laaga hai, haman ko bekaraari kya.

  Kabira ishq ka maata, dui ko door kar dil se,

  Jo chalana raah naajuk hai, haman sar bojh bhaari kya.

I am bursting in love, what is the use of being clever or smart? I am ever free in this world; I need not any friendship in this world. Those who are separated from the Beloved, wander here and there aimlessly. My Beloved is within me, there is no need to keep waiting. Now my Beloved doesn't leave me for a single moment, nor am I separated from my Beloved anytime. My love is forever towards my Beloved (who is always by my side), why should I feel restless? Kabir is forever intoxicated in love. He says - drop the duality from your heart and behold the unity. If you want to walk on the narrow path (the spiritual path is said to be very narrow) you shouldn't keep any heavy burden on your head.

2      2.  Sadho so Satguru mohi bhaawe.

  Sattnaam ka bhar-bhar pyaala, aap piwe mohi pyave.

  Mele jay na mahant kahaawe, pooja bhenT na laawe.

  Parada door kare aankhin ka, nij darasan dikhalaawe.

  Jaake darsan sahib darasen, anahad shabad sunaawe.

  Maaya ke sukh dukh kari jaane, sang na supan chalaawe.

  Nisi din sat-sangati me raache, shabad me surati samaawe.

  Kah Kabir tako bhay naahi, nirabhay pad parasaawe.

O Sadhus, I love the Satguru who himself drinks the cup full of divine nectar (Satnam- the Ultimate Truth) and offers the same to me. He doesn’t go to marketplace calling himself great pious man, he doesn’t accept any offering or gifts. He is far away from any show off that he is a holy man. He pulls veils of illusions from our eyes and shows his true essence. His essence, his glimpse is such that even GOD longs to see it, he makes the divine celestial sound audible to us. He sees all worldly pleasures as the root of pain and doesn’t enjoy it, he doesn’t entertain himself in this dream world. He stays day and night in the company of Truth, the Ultimate Reality, his whole attention is fixed in the celestial sound, the divine melody, and he is totally devoted to it. Kabir says – He is fearless and he makes us realize our true fearless and free essence. I love the Satguru.

3     3. Man tu kyu bhoola re bhaai.

  Sudh-budh teri kahan heraai.

  Jaise panchhi rain-basera, base birichh par aai.

  Bhor bhaye sab aapu-aapu ko, jaha-taha uD jaai.

  Supane me tohi raaj milyo hai, hakim-hukum dohaai.

  Jaagi paro, tab laav na lashkar, palak khule sudhi paai.

  Maat-pita, bandhu, sut, tiriya, na koi sago sagaai.

  Yah to sab swaarath ke sangi, jhooThi lok-baDaai.

  Saagar manhi lahar uThat hai, ganita gani na jaai.

  Kahat Kabir suno bhai saadho, dariya lahar samaai.

O my mind, why do you forget and wander again and again? Where have you lost all your senses? Like birds take shelter on a tree at night and fly away in the morning towards their own destination, so is this world’s nature. Here no one is yours. Whatever you possess now, is like a kingdom, a fortune found in the dream. All those who work under you and admire you are nothing but characters in a dream state. These all will vanish like things in the dream vanish after we wake up. But this can be realized only when you open your eyes. Your parents, friends, son or wife – none is truly yours. They all are related to you by their own selfish interests. The name and fame of this world is false. Like waves rise from the ocean, infinite and uncountable – so is the nature of this world which arises from the GOD. Kabir says - at the end the waves will fall back and merge to the ocean.

4     4. Jiyara javage ham jaani.

  Paanch tatt ko bano peenjara, jaame bastu biraani.

  Aavat-jaavat koi na dekhyo, Doobi gayo bin paani.

  Raja jaihe, raani jaihe au jaihe abhimaani.

  Jog karante jogi jaihe, katha sunante gyaani.

  Paap-punn ki haaT lagi hai, dharam danD darbaani.

  Paanch sakhi mili dekhan aayi, ek se ek sayaani.

  Chanda jaihe, surajo jaihe, jaihe pavano-paani.

  Kahe Kabir ek bhakt na jaihe, jinaki mati Thaharaani.

I know this soul shall leave the body one day. This body is like a cage built by five elements (Earth, Air, Fire, Water and Ether) and the soul is alien thing kept in it. None has seen it coming (at birth) or going (at death), it just gets drawn without water (at the time of death). The king shall leave, the queen shall leave, the proud and arrogant has to leave this body. The yogi who practices yoga, shall perish and the Gyaani Pundit who listens to holy scriptures shall also perish. Here the market consists of good deeds (virtues) and bad deeds (sins) and the DHARMRAJ (a deity who keeps score of souls’ actions and punishes and rewards it accordingly) is the keeper of this market. Five friends (Five lower tendencies- Anger, Lust, Greed, Attachment and Egotism) have come to see the market and trade here (these five foes make the mind and soul entangled in this worldly marketplace), they all are very smart (in deceiving the mind and soul). Kabir says even the moon and the Sun shall perish, only a devotee whose mind has become still and who is unshaken in his devotion, shall never perish.

5     5.    Rahana nahi des biraana hai.

  Yah sansaar kagad ki puDiya, boond pare ghuli jaana hai.

  Yah sansaar kaanT ki baaDi, ulajhi-pulajhi mari jaana hai.

  Yah sansaar jhaar ka jhankhar, aag lage jari jaana hai.

  Kahe Kabir suno bhai saadho, Satguru naam Thikana hai.

I will not live in this alien country, this world. This world is so vulnerable; it is ever changing and perishable. It is like a sheet of paper which will be dissolved by a drop of water. This is a garden of thorns, one will get entangled in it so badly, and he will die. This world is like a pile of dried bushes, anytime any fire will burn it to ashes. Kabir says – listen to me O sadhu, only Nam given by Satguru is your true refuge.

6     6. Jo dekha so dukhiya dekha, tan dhari sukhi na dekha.

  Uday-ast ki baat kahat ho, taakar karahu bibekha.

  Baate-baaTe sab koi dukhiya, kya girahi-bairaagi.

  Shukracharya dukh hi ke kaaran, garabhe maaya tyaagi.

  Jogi dukhiya, jangam dukhiya, taapas ko dukh doona.

  Aasha-trishna sab ghaT vyaape, koi mahal nahi soona.

  Saanch kaho to sab jag kheejhe, jhooTh kahyo nahi jaai.

  Kah Kabir tei bhaye dukhiya, jin yah raah chalaai.

I have seen only miserable people here, I couldn’t see anyone who has come into a body and is happy and joyous. You speak about the rise and fall, so please explain it to me (joy and sorrow, birth and death- in one’s life). Where ever I have gone, I have seen people sorrowful and miserable whether they are householder or a person of renunciation. Shukracharya*(a holy character in hindu scripture) felt this miserable nature of the world and he abandoned this MAYA (worldly attachments and pleasures) when he was in the womb of his mother. Here even yogis are unhappy(they are still separated from the Lord), the worldly people are unhappy(they don’t have all what they want) and people doing austerities are even more unhappy(they are facing lots of trouble in austerities, away from the worldly pleasures,  still not able to get the divine knowledge). The hope and desires are prevalent in all people, no one is excluded. When I speak the truth, everybody is irritated and angry at me and I can’t lie. Kabir says – they all are unhappy who started these paths (of those spiritual practices which don’t lead to realization).

7     7. Ab kanh chale akele meeta/  UThi kin karahu gharahu ki chinta.

  Kheer, khaanD,  ghrit pinD savaara/  So tan lai baahar kari Daara.

  Jehi sir rachi-rachi bandhyo paaga/  So fir ratan bidaarahi kaaga.

  HaaD jare jas lakaDi jhoori/  Kes jare jas trin ke koori.

  Aavat sang na jaat ki saathi/ Kaah bhayo dal saaje haathi.

  Maaya ko ras lei na paaya/ Antar jam bilaar hwe dhaaya.

  Kah Kabir nar ajahu na jaaga/ Jam ko mogara* dham sir laaga.

(After the death of someone)

Where are you going alone my friend? Wake up and take care of your household now (of which you took so much care that you never got to think of the Lord). The same body which was so much taken care of by providing sweet rice, jaggary and Ghee, they have taken it out of the house (after death).

You used to tie the turban on your head with so much effort. The same head is being torn apart by crows. Your bones are being burnt like dry wood and your hair are burnt like the pile of dried grass. The great wealth and possessions, the elephants (people used to keep as a symbol of pride possession) for which you put so much effort, were neither with you when you came here nor did they accompany you when you have left. These things are not worth putting that much effort. You couldn’t even taste the enjoyments of this material world and the Messenger of Death ran to you like a cat (running after its prey). Kabir says- these ignorant people don’t wake up to this bitter reality even when they see the Messenger of Death striking one of them (*with big log).

8     8. Man na rangaaye, rangaaye jogi kapaDa.

  Aasan maari mandir me baiThe, naam chhaDi, poojan lage pathara.

  Kanava faDaay jogi jaTawa badaule, daDhi badhaay jogi hoi gele bakara.

  Jangal jaay jogi dhuniya ramaule, kaam jaraay jogi bani gele hijara.

  Mathawa muDaay jogi kapada rangaule, geeta baanchi ke hoi gele labara.

  Kahe Kabir suno bhai saadho, jam daravajawa baandhal jaibe pakara.

When Kabir comes to scold people doing wrong spiritual practices, he spares none. Kabir is merciful and understanding towards ignorant people, but he is very harsh to those claiming to be spiritual and misguiding other people. The worst hit are jogis, pundits and maulavi.

Kabir says – these yogis don’t color their mind with love and devotion, rather they color their cloths to show the world that they are divine. These pundits- they sit in the temple and worship the stone (idol) rather than worshipping true Nam. These yogis – they get their ears pierced and grow big hairs(as was common among yogis those days). They grow big beards and look like a goat. They think that by doing these things, they will get to know the Lord. They go to forests and keep the holy fire burning. They suppress their sexuality and become impotent (these things are not going to help). Other yogis shave their head and color their cloths; they recite the verses from Gita and become too loud and talkative. Kabir says –these things are not going to help in GOD-realization. At the time of departure, the messenger of death will come and tie you to his court.

9     9. Avadhu bhajan-bhed hai nyaara.

  Kya gaaye, kya likhi batalaaye, kya bharame sansaara.

  Kya sandhya-tarapan ke keenhe, jo nahi tatt vichaara.

  MoonD muDaaye, jaTa rakhaaye, kya tan laaye chhaara.

  Kya pooja paahan ki kenhe, phal keeye aahaara.

  Bin parache Sahib hoi baiThe, kare vishay-vyopaara.

  Gyaan-dhyaan ka maram na jaane, baad kahe hankaara.

  Agam athaah maha ati gahiro, beejan-khet nivaara.

  Maha so dhyaan magan hoi baiThe, kaaT karam ki chaara.

  Jinake sada ahaar antar me, kewal tatt vichaara.

  Kahe Kabir suno ho Gorakh, tare sahit parivaara.

Kabir says to Avadhu (practicing yogic exercises)-  O avadhu, the secret of true worship is beyond any description. How can one sing or write about it? The whole world is misguided and led astray. What good it is to do rituals of offering water and evening prayers if you didn’t realize the real essence of the Lord? By shaving head or growing long hairs, by applying ashes all over the body, by worshipping idols made of stone or eating fruits only will not help you in GOD-realization. Without knowing the GOD, you became big priest and spiritual leader and are still indulged in all sense pleasures. You don’t know the essence of true knowledge and contemplation and you have started your own school of spirituality out of your inflated ego. The reality is inaccessible, unknowable and so deep (that it is beyond words) and we have to weed out all potential actions which could bear fruit in future. In that deep inaccessible region, we have to contemplate and remain absorbed, ever blissful and cut all the threads of action. Those whose whole sole life source is absorption in the true essence of reality, they will cross this ocean of illusionary world with their family and acquaintances.

1    10. Sunata nahi dhun ki khabar, anahadd baaja baajata,

  Rasmand Mandir gaajata, baahar sune to kya hua.

  Gaanja*, afim* au posta*, bhang* au sharaab peevata,

  Ek premras chaakha nahi, amali hua to kya hua.

  Kasi gaya aur dwarika, teerath sakal bharamat phire,

  GanThi na kholi kapaT ki, teerath gaya to kya hua.

  Pothi kitaabe baanchata, auro ko nit samajhaavata,

  TrikuTi mahal khoje nahi, bak-bak mara to kya hua.

  Kaaji kitaabe khojata, karata nasihat aur ko,

  Maraham nahi us haal se, kaaji hua to kya hua.

  Sataranj, chaupaD, ganjifa, ek nard hai badrang ki,

  Baaji na kheli prem ki, khela jua to kya hua.

  Jogi digambar se baDa, kapaDa range rang laal se,

  Wakif nahi us rang se, kapada range se kya hua.

  Mandir jharokhe, raavaTi, gul-chaman me rahte sada,

  Kahate Kabira hain sahi, ghaT-ghaT me Sahib ram raha.

You are not aware; you don't listen to that celestial sound which keeps resounding all the time. It resonates in the delightful temple of the body. You keep listening to outward sound and music, what is the use? You keep taking all kinds of drugs* and drink wine to get intoxicated and feel high. If you didn't taste the nectar of love, what is the use of being a drug addict? You went to Kaasi and Dwarika(holy places) and all other holy places(in search of the divinity) but if you didn't untie the knot of your cunning and mean nature, what was the use of visiting those holy places? You keep reciting holy books and scriptures and explain them to others but what is the use of all your talks if you didn't search within and looked for TrikuTi*(a stage in santmat). Kazi recites from his holy books and gives suggestions to others but he himself doesn't know the state of divine intoxication. What is the use of being a Kazi(holy man)? You play all games of gambling, these all are lifeless. If you didn't play the game of love, what is the fun in gambling? These jogis think themselves higher than Digambers(Jain followers) and they color their cloths red. But they are not aware of that color (of his Nam). Coloring cloths are not going to be any help. Kabir says the Truth. You look anywhere- at the temple, at the windows, at the roads, flowers or gardens - everywhere the same GOD is residing (search for him).

1    11.   Naiher me daag lagaay aayi chunari.

  U rangrejava ke maram na jaane, nahi mile dhobiya kaun kare ujari.

  Tan ke kundi, gyan ke saudan, saabun mahang bikaay ya nagari.

  Pahiri-odhi ke chali sasuriya, gauwa ke logan kahe badi fuhari*.

  Kahe Kabir suno bhai sadho, bin Satguru kabahu na sudhari.

What a pity, you got your cloth soiled in your parents village(cloth-covers upon the soul-body, senses and mind / Parents' village - this world where we come into the body).Nobody knows the mystery of the dyer(The Beloved who dyes the cloths in Love/Nam and what type of cloths he will accept) and I can't find a washer man who can clean it white(to make it presentable to the dyer).This body being a pond and knowledge as a soap - this trade is very costly in this city. The lady wears the dirty cloths and walks in the streets of his Beloved's city. The people of that village make a fun of her and say that she is dumb and stupid (*fuhari- someone who doesn't know to do anything in right manner), she doesn't know how to behave properly. Kabir says these efforts are all futile (with your own effort). Listen to me, without Satguru you will never get it right.

1    12.   Piya unchi re aTaraiya tori dekhan chali.

  Unchi aTariya, jarad kinariya, lagi naam ki doriya.

  Chand Suraj sam diyana baratu hai, ta bich bhooli dagariya.

  Panch, pachchees, teen ghar baniya, manua hai chaudhariya.

  Munshi hai kotawal gyan ko, chahu dishi laagi bajariya.

  AaTh maraatib, das daravaja, nau me lagi kivariya.

  Khiraki baiThi gori chitavan laagi, upara jhaanp –jhanpariya.

  Kahe Kabir suno bhai sadho, Guru charanan balihariya.

  Sadh-Saint mili sauda karihe, jheenkhe murukh anariya.

O my dear Beloved, I went to see your high mansion. The mansion is very high, the sides are all made of silver (light) and the strings are made of Nam (word, shabd). The lamps of Suns and moons are lit there; I got lost on my way among them. Five( five elements), twenty-five(ten doors of the body, five senses, five lower tendencies -lust, greed, anger, attachment and egotism, three gunas, mind and intellect) and three (Three deities, beginning, middle and end)are traders there. Among them, mind is the leader. The keeper of all trades is knowledge (of good and bad), this marketplace is spread all over. There are eight floors and ten doors, nine doors are closed (refers to the body).The beautiful maiden is sitting at the tenth outlet (window) trying to watch this show, but the window is curtained from upper side. Kabir says- I am sacrificed at the feet of my Satguru(who made me see this entire show). In this marketplace, Sadhus and Saints are able to trade wisely (who are guided by Satguru), other dumb and ignorant people are just crying and moaning (suffering in this world due to ignorance).

1    13.   Ratan jatan karu, prem ke tat dharu, Satguru imarit naam, jugat ke rakhab re.

  Baba ghar rahalau, babui kahaulo, Saiya chatur sayaan, chetab gharava aapan re.

  Khelat rahalau ham supali-mauniya*, auchak aaye lenihaar, chalab kesia jhaar re.

  Yah to andheri raat, musal choraba thala, saiya ke baan kuban, sutaile godaba taan re.

  Chun-chun kaliya me sejiya bichhaulo, bina re purukhaba ke naari jhakhele din-raati re.

  Taal jhuraay gele, phool kumhilaay gele, Hansa udat akel koi nahi dekhal re.

  Ab ka jhakhelu naari, hiye baiThalu man maari, ehi baaTe motiya heraail re.

  Das Kabir ehe gaave nirgunava, ab ki uhawa jaav to fir nahi aaub re.

Keep this jewel with utmost care; focus your mind on the true love. Your Satguru has given you the nectar of true Nam; keep it with great love and concern. Till now you were living at your father's place, carefree (parents had taken care of everything), being treated like a princess. Now you are married and your Beloved is wise and smart (you have to be compatible with him).Now be aware and take great care of your own house. Till now you were childish, playing with toys (*things made by bamboo which is used in household chores) and suddenly he has sent a messenger to take you to him. Make your hair beautifully (be presentable) and go with him.
(The girl says-) This is such a dark night and the thief has entered in my house (senses which take the attention away from the practice).My husband's words are piercing (to my heart – call to go higher, shabd) and he himself is sleeping peacefully stretching his legs (how can I overcome the thief myself).(Trying to please her husband)The girl says - I picked up buds and made the bed but my husband is not there. Without the husband, how can the wife be happy? She is moaning day and night. (Slowly and gradually) the pond is dried up, all flowers are faded (of the body) and the swan flew away, nobody could see it flying. Now what is the use of crying and moaning (when the time has gone)? Now you can only grieve upon what is lost. You lost your precious pearl in this way (by not following the advices given to you to do the practice).Kabir sings Nirgun pad and says - I shall go there this time (to my Beloved) and shall never come back.


Kabir refers to Nirgun in some of his pads. As per my understanding, his nirgun refers to a state in spiritual ascend where the difference of seer and scene is lost. There are states below it which are also considered as enlightened state and practitioner experiences oneness there too. However, in those states; the oneness and manyness both are experienced simultaneously and the experiences a soul gained during his sojourn, remains with it. It can reincarnate at will anytime with same characteristics it had in previous life. When Kabir says nirgun pad-it refers to a state where manyness is totally lost and a soul's separate identity doesn't exist anymore. That is why Kabir says again and again-I shall not come back. (This is just my understanding and may not be correct).

This beautiful pad is in Maithili-a language spoken in Bihar's few districts. This pad is told for those who are newly initiated and trying to practice the spiritual methods. They don't know about the Lord, they often falter in their practice and most of the time, it takes more than one life to complete the journey to ultimate destination. To make it simple and understandable, Kabir takes analogy of a girl who is innocent and ignorant of practical life, the taste of love and doesn't know how to please her husband. She is adored by her parents and is taken care of by them. She need not think anything or bother about anything. After she is married and is taken to her husband's home, it is totally new surroundings. She has to be very careful in her deeds; she has to take care of all practical things she never thought about. On top of it, she has to sacrifice all of her previous interests and do each and everything to please her husband else she will lose his love.

The same process applies for initiates. Till they are not initiated and don't know about the path, they do whatever they like and bother about nothing. Once GOD has chosen them to come back and a messenger in the form of Guru comes to claim them and teaches them the methods, gives the precious gift of Nam and puts some restrictions, they are in a new environment, facing new expectations and off course new love, but they have to make it through the life. Sometimes they falter and they feel bad losing the opportunity and they have to come again to complete the journey.

1    14.   Saai mor basat agam purava, janh gaman hamaar.

  AaTh kuwa, nav bavaDi, sorah panihaar.

  Bharal ghayalava Dharaki gaye re, dhani ThaDi man maar.

  ChhoT moT DanDiya* chandan ke ho, chhoT chaar kahaar.

  Jaay utarihe wahi desva ho, jaha koi na hamaar.

  Unchi mahaliye Sahib ke ho, lagi bikhami bajaar.

  Paap-punn dou baniya ho, heera laal apaar.

  Kah Kabir sun saaiya mor yaahiya des.

  Jo gaye so bahure na, ko kahat sandes.

My Beloved lives in the city which is inaccessible, I have to travel to that place. There are eight wells (chakras) and nine ponds (outer outlets of the body). There are sixteen women drawing the water(Water refers to energy, which runs through chakras and the things which consume the energy are five senses, five lower tendencies- lust, anger, greed, attachment and egotism, three gunas, mind, intellect and ego) from it. The filled pot turned down and water is gone waste(the energy is drained in these things), the lady(soul) is repenting it now. This is small cot(*something made of wood on which one can sit and which is carried by men) made of sandalwood and four men are carrying it(refers to the funeral procession-being carried upon four shoulders). They carried me and dropped me at a place where I have no one with me (pyre).My Lord's mansion is a big one and the market is full of sensual pleasures. Here sin and virtue are two traders and there are lots of jewels and gems lying here. Kabir says-O my Lord, this is my own place. Whoever has gone there ever turned back. Who will tell me the glory (of that place) and the message of my Lord?

1    15.   Aayo din gaune* ke ho, man hot hulaas.

  Paanch bheeT ke pokhara ho, jaame das dwaar.

  Paanch sakhi bairin bhayi ho, kas utarab paar.

  ChhoT-moT doliya chandan ke ho, laage chaar kahaar.

  Doliya utaare beech banama ho, jaha koi na hamaar.

  Paiya tori laagu kaharava ho, doli ghar chhin baar.

  Mil lev sakhiya saheli ho, milo kul-parivar.

  Sahib Kabir gaawe nirgun ho, sadho kari lo vichaar.

  Naram-garam sauda kari li ho, aage haaT na bazaar.

My day to depart from here and go to meet my Beloved has come (*Gauna - when a bride leaves his parents' home and visits to her husband's home first time) and my heart is bursting with joy.This is a lake made of five sides (five elements, BheeT*-the sloppy side of a pond or lake) and ten doors. Five friends (girls-Five foes-lust, anger, greed, attachment and egotism) have become my enemy-how will I be able to cross this lake? This is a small cot made by sandalwoods and four men are carrying it. They have put the cot down in mid jungle where I have no one with me.  I bow to your feet o people, don't leave me here, and take me to my home.Meet your friends, meet all your family members and relatives. Kabir sings nirgun pad and says-O sadhus, think it properly. Whatever you want to trade, do it here. Further down the road, there is no market.

Kabir refers to this world as the market where we can trade anything - good or bad, worldly pleasures or we can seek the Lord. Once we cross the portal of death, there is no option to do anything as free will, we can't trade anything there. Hence Kabir warns that do here whatever you want to do. After leaving this place, no one will go with you neither you will be given a chance to do anything.

  

1    16.   DanDiya phanDaay dhani chaalu re, mili lehu saheli.

  Dina chaari ko sang hai, firi ant akeli.

  Din das naihar kheliye, saasur nij bharana.

  Bahiya pakari piya le chale, tab ujur na karana.

  Ek andhiyari koThari, dooje diya na baati.

  De utaari tehi ghara, Jaha sang na saathi.

  Ek andhiyaara kuiya, dooje lejur TooTi.

  Nain hamaare as Dhur, jaise gaagar phooTi.

  Das Kabir yo kahe, jag naahin rahana.

  Sangi hamare chali gaye, hamahu ko chalana.

Walk quickly O dear friend and meet all your friends. This friendship and being together is for only few days, after that you have to be all alone (when a girl comes to her parents' home, she has few days to meet all loved ones before she goes back to her husband. In the similar way, we are here in the world for few days only where we make friends and acquaintances-we shouldn't get too involved with them, rather always remembering that we have to leave them to meet our Beloved).Play in your parents' village freely for ten days, and then you have to fill your in-laws house. When your Beloved will come and will take you by arms, then don't object (that you will stay some time more).

(The girl says-) This room is so dark and there is no lamp or wick. They have dropped me at such a place where I have no one with me. This is so dark well and the rope is broken (refers to the spot of meditation and the rope refers to the Sushumna Nadi which is supposed to pull the attention from the body and bring it to eye center). Tears are falling down from my eyes as if a broken pot filled with water. Kabir says- I will not stay in this world. My friends are gone; I also have to leave (this world).

The above refers to the condition of new initiate who is trying to practice meditation. In meditation one has to be all alone, leaving all worldly attachments, fun and pleasure behind and try to gather all attention behind the eye center where it is all darkness and there is nothing to hold the attention there. Kabir encourages them by referring those people who have previously gone on the path.

Kabir ke Pad-2

1.Ab ham jana ho, Hari baaji ko khel.

Dank bajaay, dekhaay tamaasha, bahuri so let sakel.

Hari baaji, sur nar muni jahanDe, maaya cheTak laaya.

Ghar me Daari sabani bharamaaya, hridaye gyaan na laaya.

Baaji jhooTh, baajigar saancha, sadhun ki mati aisee.

Kah Kabir jin jaisi samajhi, taaki gati bhayi taisee.

Now I have come to know the whole game of GOD. Beating drum, he shows his magic play and then he ends the show – again and again. Such is his magic show that even deities, humans and grate sages fall into this illusion. He does it with the help of his power called MAYA. He puts all of them into the body, a house of clay and deludes them; no one can realize the truth behind all this game show. This whole magic show is false, fake one. Only truth is the magician who shows his magic, such is the understanding of Sadhus and Saints. Kabir says – a person achieves a state according to his understanding of this magic show and not more than that he can comprehend.

2.Jahiyaa hot pawan nahi paanee, tahiyaa shrishTi kaun utpaani.

Tahiyaa hot kali nahi phoola, tahiyaa hot garbh nahi moolaa.

Tahiyaa hot pinD nahi baasu, Na dhar dharani, na gagan akaasu.

Tahiyaa hot Guru nahi chelaa, gamya agamya na panth duhelaa.

Avigat ki gati kya kahaun, jaake gaaun na Thaun.

Guno viheena pekhanaa, ka kahi leeje naaun.

Kabir asks a simple question – Tell me, when there was no air or water, who caused this whole creation to come into place? At that time there were no buds or flowers, neither conception nor the root of anything. At that time there was no owning of the body, neither there was earth nor ground, neither space nor sky. At that time there was neither any Master nor any disciple, neither knowable or unknowable. That was the state of the One about whom I want to talk to but what can I say on this? He is unknowable, indescribable; he has no name or place. He is beyond virtues and attributes, what can I say to praise him?

3.Moko kahan DhunDhe re bande, main to tere paas me.

Na main bakari, na main bheDi, na main chhuri gaDas me.

Nahi khal me, nahi ponchh me, na haDDi na maans me.

Na mein deval, na mein masajid, na kaabe kailaash me.

Na mein kiriya karam me rahata, nahi jog sanyaas me.

Khoji hoy turat mili jaaun, ek pal ki talaash me.

Main to raho shahar ke baahar, meri puri mawaas me.

Kahe Kabir suno bhai saadho, sab sanso ki saans me.

Where do you search me, O seeker? I am with you all the time. I am neither in goat nor in sheep (the animals whom People sacrifice on the name of religion) neither I am in the knife or sword with which you perform these sacrifices. I am not in the skin, in the tail, in bones or meat (of the sacrificed animals). I am neither in the temple nor in the masque. I am not in the KAILASH (holy mountain hill) or Kaba(holy place). I am not in the actions of this world or in the yoga and renunciation. If a seeker is true in his heart, I am found in one moment’s search. I am outside of the city (the marketplace, the lower body in the spiritual sense), I live in the fort (the head above the eyes in the spiritual sense). Kabir says – GOD is within the breath of all breathes.

4.Maaya maha Thaginee ham jaani.

Tirgun phans liye kar Dole, bole madhuree baani.

Keshav ke kamalaa hwe baiThi, shiv ke bhavan bhavaani.

PanDa ke moorat hwe baiThi, teerath me bhai paanee.

Yogi ke yogini hwe baiThi, raja ke ghar raanee.

Kaahu ke heera hwe baiThi, kaahu ke kauDi kaani.

Bhaktan ke bhaktini hwe biaThi, brahmaa ke brahmaani.

Kahe Kabir suno ho santo, yah sab akath kahaanee.

MAYA or illusionary vision is the greatest deceiver I have come to know. She speaks so sweet (that everyone is deceived) and she has trap in her hand made of three gunas (SAT,RAJ,TAM – It is said that even SAT is the bondage and a seeker has to go beyond three gunas to know the truth). To know the real nature of the MAYA look at different places, she has not spared anyone. She becomes Goddess Luxmi with Lord Vishnu and she comes in form of Goddess Parvati with Shiva. With priests she becomes the idols in the temple, with which they are bound. In holy places she becomes the holy water and cheats the devotees (to show off as real holy thing). With a yogi, she takes the form of woman hermit and thus keeps him entangled. She entangles rich people by being diamonds and gems and with poor she becomes the coin which they treat like great treasure. With Kings she is a queen. To deceive the devotees, she becomes woman devotee and to the creator of the universe, the Brahma, she becomes his wife Brahmaani. Kabir says- what to say about this deceiving MAYA, this all is unspeakable.

5.Ya maaya raghunaath ki cheree, khelan chali aheraa ho.

Chatur chikaniya chuni chuni mare, kahu na raakhe neraa ho.

Mauni peer digambar mare, dhyaan dharante jogi ho.

Jangle me ke jangam mare, maya kinahu na bhogi ho.

Ved paDhanta paande mare, pooja karate swaami ho.

Arth vichaarat pundit mare, bandhyo sakal lagaami ho.

Shringi rishi ban bheetar mare, sir brahmaa ke phori ho.

Naath machhandar chale peeTh de, sinhalhu me bori ho.

Saakat ke ghar karta-dharta , Hari-bhaktan ki cheri ho.

Kahe Kabir suno ho santo, jyo aawe tyo pheri ho.

This MAYA is the maid of GOD; it goes on hunting like plaything. Those who think and act smart and clever, it beats them at an instant, it never spares anyone. It beats those who take a vow to keep silence, and those who are advanced on spiritual path. It beats Sadhus who live naked; it beats yogis, who practice Yoga. It beats them who practice in Jungle. No one can really enjoy MAYA, but is defeated by it. It beats them who are scholars and recite Vedas, it beats priests who worship GOD. It beats pundits who think they are knowledgeable and who predict other’s future. It binds all of them. Sage Shringi* was beaten in jungle, Brhama* was defeated by it and yogi Matsyendranath* who was trying to hide from it, was beaten in the Lanka (Sinhaldweep). It is all in all in the houses of SHAKTAs, but it becomes slave in the house of GOD’s devotees. Kabir says – “O Sadhu, don’t entertain it. Return it as and when it tries to come to you.”

(Stories of their defeat are written in scriptures)

6.Santo yah man hai baD Jaalim.

Jaaso man ko kaam paro hai, tisahi hwe hai maloom.

Man kaaran ki inki chhaya, tehi chhaya me aTake.

Nirgun sargun man ki baaji, khare sayaane bhaTake.

Manhi chaudah lok banaaya, Paanch tatva gun keenhe.

Teen lok jeevan bas keenhe, pare na kaahu cheenhe.

Jo kou kah ham man ko maara, jaake roop na rekha.

Chhin-chhin me kitne rang laawe, je sapanehu nahi dekha.

Rasaatal bakais brahmanDaa, sabpar adal chalaawe.

ShaTras me bhoga man raja, so kaise ek paawe.

Sabke upar naam nirachchhar, tanh le man ko raakhe.

Tab man ki gati jaani pare, yah Sant Kabir mukh bhakhe.

Kabir says - O Saints, this mind is very harsh, it becomes of those who serve any good to it. This mind has its own interests, in which humans get trapped. Even in the matter of religion, mind has its own understanding and it gets us trapped in the description of GOD with form and attributes or without form or attributes (Nirgun and Sagun), these all descriptions are of mind and even smart people get deceived by it. This is mind that creates fourteen worlds, five elements and three gunas. It enslaves all living beings in the three universes, no one can know beyond of the three universes. If someone says that he has killed the mind (impossible) which has no form or outlines he must understand that this mind changes from moment to moment and takes infinite colors even one can’t imagine in dreams. It is king of all three universes, everyone is under his order. It enjoys all six kinds of tastes and acts like king, how can someone with such a mind know GOD? Wordless Naam or Shabad is beyond all of them, keep your mind in that then only you will know the true nature of mind, such is Kabir’s saying.

7.PunDit, sodhi kahahu samajhaai, Jaate aavagaman nasaai.

Arth, dharm aru kaam, moksh fal, kaun disha bas bhaai.

Uttar, dakkhin, poorab pachchhim, sarag pataalahi maahe.

Bin gopaal, Thaur nahi katahu, narak jaat dhau kaahe.

Anjaane ko narak sarag hai, Hari jaane ko naahi.

Jehi Dar ko sab log Darat hain, so Dar hamare naahi.

Paap pun ko sankaa naahi, narak sarag nahi jaahee.

Kahe Kabir suno ho santo, Janh pad, tanha samaahee.

Kabir says - O Pundit, consult your scriptures, do all calculations of your future telling and tell me the way by which I can end the cycle of birth and death. You say that by worshipping GOD we can get the wealth, Dharma, sexual fulfillment, and liberation, so tell me in which direction all these can be found? Is it in north, in south, in east or in west? Is it in heavens or in hells? I say to you – without GOD’s name, there is no place of our refuge, why do you run to hells (these means will lead you to nowhere)? These all hells and heaven are talked about to fool the ignorant ones. Whoever knows GOD by experience, these all vanish for him. People fear about these things (they worship out of fear of hell), but I have no fear at all. I have no doubt about any sin or virtue; there are no hells or heavens for me. Kabir says – O Saints, listen to me, I will go and merge in GOD’s lotus feet.

8.Bhaai, koi satguru sant kahaawe, nainan alakh lakhaawe.

Dolat Dige, na bolat bisare, jab updesh driDhawe.

Pran pujya, kiriya te nyara, sahaj samaadhi sikhaawe.

Dwaar na rundhe, pawan na roke, nahi anahad arujhaawe.

Yah man jaay jaha lag, jabahi, parmaatam darasaawe.

Karam kare, nihkaram rahe jo, aisi jugut lakhaawe.

Satt vilaas, traas nahi man me, bhog me jog jagaawe.

Dharati tyaagi, akasahu tyaage, adhar madaiyaa chhawe.

Sunn sikhar ke saar sila par, aasan achal jamaawe.

Bhitar raha so baahar dekhe, dooja drishTi na aawe.

Kahat Kabir basa hai hansaa, aavagaman miTaawe.

Kabir says - O brother, rare is the Saint Satguru who shows me unknowable. He has given me such a firm knowledge that no one can shake it. It can’t be forgotten, neither can it be shaken off, such strong knowledge he has given to me. He had shown me something dearer than my own life, beyond any actions, he has taught me to do effortless meditation. Now I don’t stop my sense organs, I don’t control my breaths, neither I get entangled in anahad sound(unstuck melody). Now wherever and whenever the mind goes, it sees the supreme only. He has taught me such a method that even while I perform the action, I am beyond the actions. Now I abide in Truth, having no pain in the mind. Now even in pleasures of this world I am in constant union with my beloved. I have abandoned the earth and the sky both and have made my hut in between. On the rock of the great void, I sit and do the effortless meditation. Now what is within is also without, what is inside is also outside, now there is no other at all. Kabir says – the pure soul has taken such a place that the cycle of birth and death has come to an end.

9. Saadho so satguru mohi bhaawe.

Satt naam ka bhar-bhar pyaala, aap piwe mohi pyaawe.

Mele jaay na mahant kahaawe, pooja bhenT na laawe.

Parada doori kare aankhin ka, nij darasan dikhalaawe.

Jaake darasan sahib darasen, anahad shabad sunaawe.

Maaya ke sukh dukh kari jaane, sang na supan chalaawe.

Nisi-din sat sangati me raache, shabad me surat samaawe.

Kahe Kabir tako bhay naahi, nirabhay pad darashaawe.

Kabir says – O Sadhu, I love my Satguru who drinks the nectar of True Name or satnaam and offers me the same drink. He doesn’t go to show off in fairs and marketplace, he doesn’t claim to be great Saint (Guru). He doesn’t accept any gift or offering from anyone. He lifts veil of ignorance from our eyes and shows his own true face. He is such a great Saint even GOD wishes to have his darshan. He makes us listen to unstuck celestial melody. He considers worldly pleasure as a matter of pain and sorrow and never wishes for it even in dreams. He is absorbed in the company of Truth or satnaam day and night, his attention is always merged in the celestial melody. He himself has become fearless and takes us to the state of fearlessness. Kabir praises and loves such a Satguru.

10. Paanee bich meen piyaasi, mohi suni-suni aawat haansi.

Aatam gyan binaa sab soona, kya Mathura kya Kaasi.

Ghar me paDi vastu nahi soojhe, baahar khojat jaasee.

Mrig ka naabhi maanhi kasturi, ban-ban khojat jaasee.

Kahe Kabir suno bhai sadho, sahaj mile avinaasi.

People say that the fish is thirsty in the water; Kabir can’t help laughing hearing it (It is said that the world is within GOD and GOD is within the world, still people can’t feel his presence and cry for the Lord, the same is true for Love). Kabir says – If you have not experienced the knowledge of your own true self, nothing can help you even if you go to holy places like Mathura (Place of Krishna) or Kashi (place of Shiva), these all will remain deserted place for the person devoid of the self-knowledge. The true knowledge is within us but we don’t seek it there and go outside, how can it be found? Kabir says the true thing is in your own house but you go on searching outside. It is like a deer has the musk in its own navel but the deer goes on running to search it in grasses. Kabir says – GOD will be found with the effortless meditation, in natural ways.

11.Chanda jhalake yehi ghaT maanhi, andhee aankhin soojhe naahi.

Yehi ghaT chandaa, yehi ghaT soor, yehi ghaT gaaje anahad toor.

Yehi ghaT baaje tabal nisaan, bahira shabad sune nahi kaan.

Jab lag meir meri kare, tab lag kaaj na eko sare.

Jab meri mamataa mari jay, tab prabhu kaaj sawaare aay.

Jab lagi sinh rahe ban maanhi, tab lagi wah ban phoole naahi.

UlaTa syaar sinh ko khaay, ukaTha ban phoole hariyaay.

Gyaan ke karan karam kamaay, hoy gyaan sab karam nasaay.

Phal kaaran phoole banraay, phal laage par phool sukhaay.

Mrig paas kasturi baas, aap na khoje, khoje ghaas.

Paare pinD meen le khaai, kahe Kabir log bauraai.

The moon shines within this body, but (spiritually) blind people can’t see it. The sun, the moon and the unstuck melody – all are within this body. The drum beating sound is also within this body, but (Spiritually) deaf people can’t hear it. Till we are thinking in terms of mine and yours, our work is not done. When the attachment of me and mine dies, then GOD comes ahead and completes all our tasks himself. Till the lion lives in the jungle, the jungle doesn’t flourish. When the jackal eats the lion, then the deserted jungle flourishes.(here Kabir refers lion as mind, the jungle as our self and jackal as our soul). Knowingly or unknowingly we perform all our actions to find the true knowledge, and when we find true knowledge, the action and its consequences are destroyed. It is similar to a flower which comes on a tree to bear a fruit, but when a fruit appears, the flower then withers away. The deer has musk in its own navel; still it searched there not and goes on running through grasses. People offer PIND (a round shaped thing made of rice flour) to their departed ones, but fishes eat them (It is post-death ritual that people offer PIND to the deceased at the side of river or pond and then throw it in the water). Kabir says people are mad in doing such things; (they never look for the real thing at the right place).

12.Sadho sahaje kaaya sodho.

Karata aap, aap me karata, lakh man ko parbodho.

Jaise baT ka beej, taahi me patra, phool, phal chhaaya,

Kaaya madhye boond biraaje, boonde madhye kaaya.

Agni pawan, panee, pirathi nabh, ta bin mela naahi.

Kaaji Pundit karo nibera, kaake maanhi na saai.

Saanche naam agam ki aasa, hai waahi me saachaa.

Karata beej liye hai khete, trigun teen ,tat paancha.

Jal bhari kumbh, jale bich dhariyaa, bahar bhitar soi.

Unko naam kahan ko naahi. Dooja dhokha hoi.

KaThin panth satguru ko milata, khojat-khojat paaya.

Ek lag khoj miTi jab dubidha, na kahu gaya na aaya.

Kahe Kabir suno bhai saadho, satt shabad nij saara.

Aapa madhe aape bole, aape sirajanhaaraa.

Kabir says – O Sadhu, purify your body in natural ways. The creator is within you and you are within the creator, know it as such and convince your mind. It is like in the seed of banyan tree, the whole of the tree is present – the leaves, flowers, fruits and the shade. In Similar way, the drop is present in the body and the body is present in the drop. There would be nothing if there was no fire, no air, no water, no earth or sky. Tell me o Kaji and Pundit, where is GOD not present? There is hope only in the True Name and the unknowable and that True Name exists in everyone. The creator keeps all the seeds in ground, all three gunas and five elements. It is like the water is within the pot and the pot is within the water, the same is within and without. His name is unspoken and he is the only one, the other is illusion. Arduous is the path which goes to Satguru, I found it by searching hard. When I met him, my search came to an end, my doubts got cleared. Now I know that nothing comes or goes. Kabir says – Listen O Sadhu, the True Sound is the essence of our self. It is within us, it speaks as our self, and it is the creator.

13.Man tu maanat kyu na mana re.

Kaun kahan ko, kaun sunan ko, dooja kaun jana re.

Darapan me pratibimb jo bhase, aape chahu disi soi.

Dubidha mite, ek jab howe, tau lakh paawe koi.

Jaise jal se hem banat hai, hem ghoom jal hoi.

Taise yah tat wahu tat so, phir yah aru wah soi.

Jo samajhe so khari kahat hai, na samajhe to khoTi.

Kah Kabir dou pakh tyaage, waaki mati hai moTi.

Kabir says - O my wandering mind, why don’t you understand this? Who is there to speak and who is there to listen, there is no other than ONE at all. He is all around in everything like the image casted in the mirrors. When all your conflicts are gone and you have found the ONE, then only you will be able to really know him. This world is made just like ice is made out of water and after melting it again becomes water. The world is made of him and again becomes him. They both are of the same essence. Those who understand this well, say that this statement is true. Those who don’t know it, say that it is incorrect. Kabir says whoever has dropped the true and the false thinking has the real understanding. 

14.Apanpo aap hi bisaro.

Jaise sonha kaanch mandir me, bharamat bhunki paro.

Jyo kehari bapu nirakhi koop jal, pratima dekhi paro.

Aisehi madgaj phaTik sila par, dasanani aani aro.

MarakaT muThi swad na bisare, ghar-ghar naTat phiro.

Kah Kabir lalani ke suwana, tohi kaune pakaro.

Kabir says – we fall victim of illusion when we come here, we forget our true nature and essence. It is like a dog in a house made of mirrors thinks of so many dogs’ existence and dies barking upon them. A lion looks into deep well and thinks that there is another lion in the well and jumps to attack it and dies. An elephant, proud of his own strength sees his own image in the clear rock and attacks to it by teeth(so we are doing in this world, the all is one, an image of our true supreme self, yet we consider it separate from us and do all nonsense things). A monkey, greedy to get the eatable from the pot closes his fists in the pot and is unable to get his hand out and runs from one house to another, so is our situation here. Kabir says it is unreachable like a parrot of the village girl; no one can get hold of it.

15.Toko peev milenge, ghunghaT ke paT khol re.

ghaT-ghaT me wah saai ramata, kaTuk bachan mat bol re.

Dhan-joban ka garab na kije, jhooTha pachrang chol re.

Sunn mahal me diyana baari le, aasan so mat Dol re.

Jag-jugut so rangmahal me, piya paayo anmol re.

Kahe Kabir aanand bhayo hai, baajat anahad Dhol re.

Oh my dear, don’t put it on, open the veil and you will find the beloved. The Lord prevails in everything; never speak a bitter word to anyone. Never be proud of the wealth, youth or power. This body –colored in five colors (made of five elements) is a fake. Light your lamp in the void palace, and don’t wave from your position. Kabir says I have found my priceless beloved in this palace by waking and making great effort. Now I am in infinite bliss and the unstuck melody is resounding everywhere.

16.Payo satnaam gare ke harawa.

Saankar KhaTolana rahani hamaari, dubare paanch kaharawa.

Tala-kunji hame guru deenhi, jab chaho tab kholo kibarawa.

Prem-preeti ki chunri hamari, jab chaho tab nacho saharawa.

Kahe Kabir suno bhai saadho, bahuri na aibe ehi nagarawa.

I got this priceless necklace of Sat Naam. My DOLI(the carriage in which a bride is taken to her husband’s place- here refers to the body) was shorter and narrow and the five Kahars( persons carrying the DOLI-here five elements) were too slim(weak), (still I made the journey to the palace of my beloved). My Guru gave me the key to open the door of the palace. I open the door when even I want and go to meet him. I am wearing the clothes made of love and affection and I dance with great bliss and happiness. Kabir says that now he will not come back to this city (Naihar, parents’ place); he has found the palace of his beloved one.

17.Milana kaThin hai, kaise milaungi piy jay.

Samujhi soch pag dharo jatan se, baar-baar Dig jay.

Unchi gail raah rapaTili, paanv nahi Thaharaay.

Lok-laaj kul ki marajaada, dekhat man sakuchaay.

Nihar baas basa peehar me, laaj taji nahi jay.

Adhar bhoomi janh mahal piyaa ka, ham pe chaDhyo na jay.

Dhani bhai bari, purukh bhaye bhola, surati jhakora khaaye.

Dooti satguru mile beech me, deenho bhed bataay.

Sahib Kabir piya so bhenTyo, sheetal kanTh lagaay.

This meeting is too difficult, how I will go and meet to my beloved? Oh dear, think carefully and put your feet carefully ahead, it trembles again and again. What I will do, this path is going so high and so slippery, and my feet are unable to stand on it. The pressure and fear of society (Kabir says it again and again, because even worldly love is a shame in society and people don’t have good thoughts about lovers, though later they sing thousands of songs about their love, and so is true for the love and devotion to the Lord, people laugh at the mystics in their lifetime and later they praise them). When I see all these obstacles, I feel ashamed. I spent my life in my parents’ home(Naihar – Kabir speaks a lot about it- represents this world where this soul has come to be born, to grow up and then to meet her beloved- the Lord) so I have difficulty dropping this feeling of shame. My beloved’s palace is high in the sky; I can’t climb up to it. Kabir says – the bride is too young and the groom is innocent, the surat (consciousness) trembles (like a tree in the wind) while it tries to go upside. Kabir says - my Guru, the messenger of love met me in mid way and he told me the secret. Now Kabir has met to his beloved. He says - It was so cool and blissful when he met and hugged me!!

18.Satguru ho mahaaraj, mope saai rang Daara.

Shabad ki choT lagi mere man me, bedh gaya tan saara.

Aushadh mool, kachhu nahi laage, kya kare baid bichaara.

Sur nar munijan, peer auliyaa, koi na paawe paara.

Sahib Kabir sarb rang rangiya, san rang se rang nyaara.

Kabir found his Guru and followed his way of meditation upon Sound. He heard that amazing sound and now is unable to focus on anything else. So sweet is the melody!! He says – O dear Satguru, HE is playing with me with the colors of Sound. He throws colors upon me, when he plays the music!! The wound of the Shabd hurts my mind, and it is slowly spreading all over my body. Now no medicine seems to cure me, no Doctor has the remedy of this wound. All holy people are trying to know the secret of it, but even they couldn’t get the resolution. Kabir says his Sahib is the greatest, he has colored me with all colors yet he is beyond of all colors.
This way Kabir got the wound of Love with the grace of the Guru and kept searching for the medicine, which couldn’t be anything less than absolute Love of GOD !!

19.Kaise din kaTihe, jatan bataay jaiyo rama.

Ehi paar ganga, wohi par jamuna,

Bichawa maDaiya hamka chhaway jaiyo rama.

Anchara phari ke kaagad banaai lai,

Apani suratiya hiyare likhaaye jaiyo rama.

Kahat Kabir suno bhai saadho,

Bahiya pakaDi ke rahiya bataaye jaiyo rama.

Kabir asks -how I will spend my days (without you) .Tell me the ways I could survive without you. The Ganga is this side and the Yamuna on the other side. Please make a hut for me in between, where I could live in these days (while I have not found you). (Here Ganga and Jamuna indicate Ida and Pingla Nadi and hut in between indicates Sushumna through which we go inside in meditation.)
Kabir says - I will tear my saree and will make paper of it. I request you to imprint your face on it; I will keep it with my heart. Kabir says, O saints, please get me by arms and show me the path to my beloved.

20.Avinasi dulaha kab miliho, sab bhaktan ke rachhpaal.

Jal upaji, jal hi so neha, raTat piyaas-piyaas.

Mein ThaDhi birahin mag joun, priyatam tumari aas.

Chhode geh, neh lagi tumso, bhai charanan lavleen.

Talabeli hot ghaT bheetar, jaise jal binu meen.

Diwas rainu, bhookh nahi nidra, ghar angana na suhaay.

Sejariya bairin bhai hamko, jagat rain bihaay.

Ham to tumari daasi sajana, tum hamare bhartaar.

Deendayal daya kari aao, samarath sirajan haar.

Kai ham pran tajat hain pyaare, kai apana kar lev.

Daas Kabir, birah ati baaDheu, hamke darasan dev.

Kabir says – when I will find my immortal groom, who is the savior of all devotees? I was born in the water, I am in love with it, still I cry out of thirst for it. I stand on the pathway and wait for you; I have hope on you only. I left my home and got attached to you; I am absorbed in your lotus feet. I am so much disturbed and restless inside (without you) as if a fish wriggles out of water. I have no appetite or sleep in day or night, my home and courtyard don’t make me feel comfortable. The bed has become enemy to me (can’t sleep), I keep awake all the night. I am your maid and you are my lord, my groom. You make your name true (merciful) and have mercy on me, you are capable of doing anything you want; you are the creator of all. Now either I shall die or you make me your own. Kabir says – now this separation is being unbearable, please show yourself up.