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If I say now that my trust is in You alone, Lord, then what obligation do I have to anyone else? ||1||Pause||
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Says Kabeer, through contemplation, I have obtained this one understanding. If the mother poisons her own child, what can anyone do? ||3||22||
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Gauree, Kabeer Jee: Without Truth, how can the woman be a true satee - a widow who burns herself on her husband's funeral pyre? O Pandit, O religious scholar, see this and contemplate it within your heart. ||1||
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Without love, how can one's affection increase? As long as there is attachment to pleasure, there can be no spiritual love. ||1||Pause||
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One who, in his own soul, believes the Queen Maya to be true, does not meet the Lord, even in dreams. ||2||
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One who surrenders her body, mind, wealth, home and self - she is the true soul-bride, says Kabeer. ||3||23||
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O man, why have you wrecked your boat and sunk it? You have broken with the Lord, and joined hands with corruption. ||1||Pause||
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By constant contemplation and awareness, the water is brought forth. That water is immaculate and pure, says Kabeer. ||3||24||
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That man who has not practiced devotional worship of the Lord - why didn't such a sinful man die at birth? ||1||Pause||
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Says Kabeer, without the Naam, the Name of the Lord, beautiful and handsome people are just ugly hunch-backs. ||3||25||
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Those who sing the Glorious Praises of the Pure Lord are pure. They are my Siblings of Destiny, so dear to my heart. ||1||Pause||
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I am a weaver by birth, and patient of mind. Slowly, steadily, Kabeer chants the Glories of God. ||3||26||
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Gauree, Kabeer Jee: From the Sky of the Tenth Gate, the nectar trickles down, distilled from my furnace. I have gathered in this most sublime essence, making my body into firewood. ||1||
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He alone is called intoxicated with intuitive peace and poise, who drinks in the juice of the Lord's essence, contemplating spiritual wisdom. ||1||Pause||
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Through conscious meditation, I linked my consciousness with the Immaculate Lord. Says Kabeer, then I obtained the Fearless Lord. ||3||27||
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