When the body is burnt, it turns to ashes; if it is not cremated, then it is eaten by armies of worms. The unbaked clay pitcher dissolves, when water is poured into it; this is also the nature of the body. || 1 || Why, O Siblings of Destiny, do you strut around, all puffed up with pride? Have you forgotten those days, when you were hanging, face down, for ten months? || 1 || Pause || Like the bee which collects honey, the fool eagerly gathers and collects wealth. At the time of death, they shout, “Take him away, take him away! Why leave a ghost lying around?” || 2 || His wife accompanies his to the threshold, and his friends and companions beyond. All the people and relatives go as far as the cremation grounds, and then, the soul-swan goes on alone. || 3 || Says Kabeer, listen, O mortal being: you have been seized by Death, and you have fallen into the deep, dark pit. You have entangled yourself in the false wealth of Maya, like the parrot caught in the trap. || 4 || 2 ||
ਜਬ ਜਰੀਐ ਤਬ ਹੋਇ ਭਸਮ ਤਨੁ ਰਹੈ ਕਿਰਮ ਦਲ ਖਾਈ ॥
जब जरीऐ तब होइ भसम तनु रहै किरम दल खाई ॥
Jab jarī▫ai ṯab ho▫e bẖasam ṯan rahai kiram ḏal kẖā▫ī.
When the body is burnt, it turns to ashes; if it is not cremated, then it is eaten by armies of worms.
ਕਾਚੀ ਗਾਗਰਿ ਨੀਰੁ ਪਰਤੁ ਹੈ ਇਆ ਤਨ ਕੀ ਇਹੈ ਬਡਾਈ ॥੧॥
काची गागरि नीरु परतु है इआ तन की इहै बडाई ॥१॥
Kācẖī gāgar nīr paraṯ hai i▫ā ṯan kī ihai badā▫ī. ||1||
The unbaked clay pitcher dissolves, when water is poured into it; this is also the nature of the body. ||1||
ਕਾਹੇ ਭਈਆ ਫਿਰਤੌ ਫੂਲਿਆ ਫੂਲਿਆ ॥
काहे भईआ फिरतौ फूलिआ फूलिआ ॥
Kāhe bẖa▫ī▫ā firṯou fūli▫ā fūli▫ā.
Why, O Siblings of Destiny, do you strut around, all puffed up with pride?
ਜਬ ਦਸ ਮਾਸ ਉਰਧ ਮੁਖ ਰਹਤਾ ਸੋ ਦਿਨੁ ਕੈਸੇ ਭੂਲਿਆ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
जब दस मास उरध मुख रहता सो दिनु कैसे भूलिआ ॥१॥ रहाउ ॥
Jab ḏas mās uraḏẖ mukẖ rahṯā so ḏin kaise bẖūli▫ā. ||1|| rahā▫o.
Have you forgotten those days, when you were hanging, face down, for ten months? ||1||Pause||
ਜਿਉ ਮਧੁ ਮਾਖੀ ਤਿਉ ਸਠੋਰਿ ਰਸੁ ਜੋਰਿ ਜੋਰਿ ਧਨੁ ਕੀਆ ॥
जिउ मधु माखी तिउ सठोरि रसु जोरि जोरि धनु कीआ ॥
Ji▫o maḏẖ mākẖī ṯi▫o saṯẖor ras jor jor ḏẖan kī▫ā.
Like the bee which collects honey, the fool eagerly gathers and collects wealth.
ਮਰਤੀ ਬਾਰ ਲੇਹੁ ਲੇਹੁ ਕਰੀਐ ਭੂਤੁ ਰਹਨ ਕਿਉ ਦੀਆ ॥੨॥
मरती बार लेहु लेहु करीऐ भूतु रहन किउ दीआ ॥२॥
Marṯī bār leho leho karī▫ai bẖūṯ rahan ki▫o ḏī▫ā. ||2||
At the time of death, they shout, "Take him away, take him away! Why leave a ghost lying around?" ||2||
ਦੇਹੁਰੀ ਲਉ ਬਰੀ ਨਾਰਿ ਸੰਗਿ ਭਈ ਆਗੈ ਸਜਨ ਸੁਹੇਲਾ ॥
देहुरी लउ बरी नारि संगि भई आगै सजन सुहेला ॥
Ḏehurī la▫o barī nār sang bẖa▫ī āgai sajan suhelā.
His wife accompanies him to the threshold, and his friends and companions beyond.
ਮਰਘਟ ਲਉ ਸਭੁ ਲੋਗੁ ਕੁਟੰਬੁ ਭਇਓ ਆਗੈ ਹੰਸੁ ਅਕੇਲਾ ॥੩॥
मरघट लउ सभु लोगु कुट्मबु भइओ आगै हंसु अकेला ॥३॥
Margẖat la▫o sabẖ log kutamb bẖa▫i▫o āgai hans akelā. ||3||
All the people and relatives go as far as the cremation grounds, and then, the soul-swan goes on alone. ||3||
ਕਹਤੁ ਕਬੀਰ ਸੁਨਹੁ ਰੇ ਪ੍ਰਾਨੀ ਪਰੇ ਕਾਲ ਗ੍ਰਸ ਕੂਆ ॥
कहतु कबीर सुनहु रे प्रानी परे काल ग्रस कूआ ॥
Kahaṯ Kabīr sunhu re parānī pare kāl garas kū▫ā.
Says Kabeer, listen, O mortal being: you have been seized by Death, and you have fallen into the deep, dark pit.
ਝੂਠੀ ਮਾਇਆ ਆਪੁ ਬੰਧਾਇਆ ਜਿਉ ਨਲਨੀ ਭ੍ਰਮਿ ਸੂਆ ॥੪॥੨॥
झूठी माइआ आपु बंधाइआ जिउ नलनी भ्रमि सूआ ॥४॥२॥
Jẖūṯẖī mā▫i▫ā āp banḏẖā▫i▫ā ji▫o nalnī bẖaram sū▫ā. ||4||2||
You have entangled yourself in the false wealth of Maya, like the parrot caught in the trap. ||4||2||
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When the body is burnt, it turns to ashes; if it is not cremated, then it is eaten by armies of worms. The unbaked clay pitcher dissolves, when water is poured into it; this is also the nature of the body. || 1 || Why, O Siblings of Destiny, do you strut around, all puffed up with pride? Have you forgotten those days, when you were hanging, face down, for ten months? || 1 || Pause || Like the bee which collects honey, the fool eagerly gathers and collects wealth. At the time of death, they shout, “Take him away, take him away! Why leave a ghost lying around?” || 2 || His wife accompanies his to the threshold, and his friends and companions beyond. All the people and relatives go as far as the cremation grounds, and then, the soul-swan goes on alone. || 3 || Says Kabeer, listen, O mortal being: you have been seized by Death, and you have fallen into the deep, dark pit. You have entangled yourself in the false wealth of Maya, like the parrot caught in the trap. || 4 || 2 ||
ਜਬ ਜਰੀਐ ਤਬ ਹੋਇ ਭਸਮ ਤਨੁ ਰਹੈ ਕਿਰਮ ਦਲ ਖਾਈ ॥
जब जरीऐ तब होइ भसम तनु रहै किरम दल खाई ॥
Jab jarī▫ai ṯab ho▫e bẖasam ṯan rahai kiram ḏal kẖā▫ī.
When the body is burnt, it turns to ashes; if it is not cremated, then it is eaten by armies of worms.
ਕਾਚੀ ਗਾਗਰਿ ਨੀਰੁ ਪਰਤੁ ਹੈ ਇਆ ਤਨ ਕੀ ਇਹੈ ਬਡਾਈ ॥੧॥
काची गागरि नीरु परतु है इआ तन की इहै बडाई ॥१॥
Kācẖī gāgar nīr paraṯ hai i▫ā ṯan kī ihai badā▫ī. ||1||
The unbaked clay pitcher dissolves, when water is poured into it; this is also the nature of the body. ||1||
ਕਾਹੇ ਭਈਆ ਫਿਰਤੌ ਫੂਲਿਆ ਫੂਲਿਆ ॥
काहे भईआ फिरतौ फूलिआ फूलिआ ॥
Kāhe bẖa▫ī▫ā firṯou fūli▫ā fūli▫ā.
Why, O Siblings of Destiny, do you strut around, all puffed up with pride?
ਜਬ ਦਸ ਮਾਸ ਉਰਧ ਮੁਖ ਰਹਤਾ ਸੋ ਦਿਨੁ ਕੈਸੇ ਭੂਲਿਆ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
जब दस मास उरध मुख रहता सो दिनु कैसे भूलिआ ॥१॥ रहाउ ॥
Jab ḏas mās uraḏẖ mukẖ rahṯā so ḏin kaise bẖūli▫ā. ||1|| rahā▫o.
Have you forgotten those days, when you were hanging, face down, for ten months? ||1||Pause||
ਜਿਉ ਮਧੁ ਮਾਖੀ ਤਿਉ ਸਠੋਰਿ ਰਸੁ ਜੋਰਿ ਜੋਰਿ ਧਨੁ ਕੀਆ ॥
जिउ मधु माखी तिउ सठोरि रसु जोरि जोरि धनु कीआ ॥
Ji▫o maḏẖ mākẖī ṯi▫o saṯẖor ras jor jor ḏẖan kī▫ā.
Like the bee which collects honey, the fool eagerly gathers and collects wealth.
ਮਰਤੀ ਬਾਰ ਲੇਹੁ ਲੇਹੁ ਕਰੀਐ ਭੂਤੁ ਰਹਨ ਕਿਉ ਦੀਆ ॥੨॥
मरती बार लेहु लेहु करीऐ भूतु रहन किउ दीआ ॥२॥
Marṯī bār leho leho karī▫ai bẖūṯ rahan ki▫o ḏī▫ā. ||2||
At the time of death, they shout, "Take him away, take him away! Why leave a ghost lying around?" ||2||
ਦੇਹੁਰੀ ਲਉ ਬਰੀ ਨਾਰਿ ਸੰਗਿ ਭਈ ਆਗੈ ਸਜਨ ਸੁਹੇਲਾ ॥
देहुरी लउ बरी नारि संगि भई आगै सजन सुहेला ॥
Ḏehurī la▫o barī nār sang bẖa▫ī āgai sajan suhelā.
His wife accompanies him to the threshold, and his friends and companions beyond.
ਮਰਘਟ ਲਉ ਸਭੁ ਲੋਗੁ ਕੁਟੰਬੁ ਭਇਓ ਆਗੈ ਹੰਸੁ ਅਕੇਲਾ ॥੩॥
मरघट लउ सभु लोगु कुट्मबु भइओ आगै हंसु अकेला ॥३॥
Margẖat la▫o sabẖ log kutamb bẖa▫i▫o āgai hans akelā. ||3||
All the people and relatives go as far as the cremation grounds, and then, the soul-swan goes on alone. ||3||
ਕਹਤੁ ਕਬੀਰ ਸੁਨਹੁ ਰੇ ਪ੍ਰਾਨੀ ਪਰੇ ਕਾਲ ਗ੍ਰਸ ਕੂਆ ॥
कहतु कबीर सुनहु रे प्रानी परे काल ग्रस कूआ ॥
Kahaṯ Kabīr sunhu re parānī pare kāl garas kū▫ā.
Says Kabeer, listen, O mortal being: you have been seized by Death, and you have fallen into the deep, dark pit.
ਝੂਠੀ ਮਾਇਆ ਆਪੁ ਬੰਧਾਇਆ ਜਿਉ ਨਲਨੀ ਭ੍ਰਮਿ ਸੂਆ ॥੪॥੨॥
झूठी माइआ आपु बंधाइआ जिउ नलनी भ्रमि सूआ ॥४॥२॥
Jẖūṯẖī mā▫i▫ā āp banḏẖā▫i▫ā ji▫o nalnī bẖaram sū▫ā. ||4||2||
You have entangled yourself in the false wealth of Maya, like the parrot caught in the trap. ||4||2||
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