Naam Dayv’s Lord and Master has settled my inner conflicts. Drink in the sublime elixir of the Lord, O deceitful one. || 3 || 4 || AASAA: One who recognizes the Supreme Lord God, dislikes other desires. He focuses his consciousness on the Lord’s devotional worship, and keeps his mind free of anxiety. || 1 || O my mind, how will you cross over the world-ocean, if you are filled with the water of corruption? Gazing upon the falseness of Maya, you have gone astray, O my mind. || 1 || Pause || You have given me birth in the house of a calicoprinter, but I have found the Teachings of the Guru. By the Grace of the Saint, Naam Dayv has met the Lord. || 2 || 5 || AASAA, THE WORD OF THE REVEREND RAVI DAAS JEE: ONE UNIVERSAL CREATOR GOD. BY THE GRACE OF THE TRUE GURU: The deer, the fish, the bumble bee, the moth and the elephant are destroyed, each for a single defect. So the one who is filled with the five incurable vices – what hope is there for him? || 1 || O Lord, he is in love with ignorance.
His lamp of clear wisdom has grown dim. || 1 || Pause || The creeping creatures live thoughtless lives, and cannot discriminate between good and evil. It is so difficult to obtain this human incarnation, and yet, they keep company with the low. || 2 || Wherever the beings and creatures are, they are born according to the karma of their past actions. The noose of death is unforgiving, and it shall catch them; it cannot be warded off. || 3 || O servant Ravi Daas, dispel your sorrow and doubt, and know that Guru-given spiritual wisdom is the penance of penances. O Lord, Destroyer of the fears of Your humble devotees, make me supremely blissful in the end. || 4 || 1 || AASAA: Your Saints are Your body, and their company is Your breath of life. By the True Guru-given spiritual wisdom, I know the Saints as the gods of gods. || 1 || O Lord, God of gods, grant me the Society of the Saints, the sublime essence of the Saints’ conversation, and the Love of the Saints.
|| 1 || Pause || The Character of the Saints, the lifestyle of the Saints, and the service of the servant of the Saints. || 2 || I ask for these, and for one thing more – devotional worship, which shall fulfill my desires. Do not show me the wicked sinners. || 3 || Says Ravi Daas, he alone is wise, who knows this: there is no difference between the Saints and the Infinite Lord. || 4 || 2 || AASAA: You are sandalwood, and I am the poor castor oil plant, dwelling close to you. From a lowly tree, I have become exalted; Your fragrance, Your exquisite fragrance now permeates me. || 1 || O Lord, I seek the Sanctuary of the company of Your Saints; I am worthless, and You are so benevolent. || 1 || Pause || You are the white and yellow threads of silk, and I am like a poor worm. O Lord, I seek to live in the Company of the Saints, like the bee with its honey. || 2 || My social status is low, my ancestry is low, and my birth is low as well.
I have not performed the service of the Lord, the Lord, says Ravi Daas the cobbler. || 3 || 3 || AASAA: What would it matter, if my body were cut into pieces? If I were to lose Your Love, Lord, then Your humble servant would be afraid. || 1 || Your lotus feet are the home of my mind. Drinking in Your Nectar, I have obtained the wealth of the Lord. || 1 || Pause || Prosperity, adversity, property and wealth are just Maya. Your humble servant is not engrossed in them. || 2 || Your humble servant is tied by the rope of Your Love. Says Ravi Daas, what benefit would I get by escaping from it? || 3 || 4 || AASAA: The Lord, Har, Har, Har, Har, Har, Har, Haray. Meditating on the Lord, the humble are carried across to salvation. || 1 || Pause || Through the Lord’s Name, Kabeer became famous and respected. The accounts of his past incarnations were torn up.
|| 1 || Because of Naam Dayv’s devotion, the Lord drank the milk he offered. He shall not have to suffer the pains of reincarnation into the world again. || 2 || Servant Ravi Daas is imbued with the Lord’s Love. By Guru’s Grace, he shall not have to go to hell. || 3 || 5 || AASAA: How does the puppet of clay dance? He looks and listens, hears and speaks, and runs around. || 1 || Pause || When he acquires something, he is inflated with ego. But when his wealth is gone, then he cries and bewails. || 1 || In thought, word and deed, he is attached to the sweet and tangy flavors.When he dies, no one knows where he has gone. || 2 || Says Ravi Daas, the world is just a dramatic play, O Siblings of Destiny. I have enshrined love for the Lord, the star of the show. || 3 || 6 || AASAA, THE WORD OF DEVOTEE DHANNA JEE: ONE UNIVERSAL CREATOR GOD. BY THE GRACE OF THE TRUE GURU: I wandered through countless incarnations, but mind, body and wealth never remain stable. Attached to, and stained by the poisons of sexual desire and greed, the mind has forgotten the jewel of the Lord.
|| 1 || Pause || The poisonous fruit seems sweet to the demented mind, which does not know the difference between good and evil. Turning away from virtue, his love for other things increases, and he weaves again the web of birth and death. || 1 || He does not know the way to the Lord, who dwells within his heart; burning in the trap, he is caught by the noose of death. Gathering the poisonous fruits, he fills his mind with them, and he forgets God, the Supreme Being, from his mind. || 2 || The Guru has given the wealth of spiritual wisdom; practicing meditation, the mind becomes one with Him.
Embracing loving devotional worship for the Lord, I have come to know peace; satisfied and satiated, I have been liberated. || 3 || One who is filled with the Divine Light, recognizes the undeceivable Lord God. Dhanna has obtained the Lord, the Sustainer of the World, as his wealth; meeting the humble Saints, he merges in the Lord. || 4 || 1 || FIFTH MEHL: Naam Dayv’s mind was absorbed into God, Gobind, Gobind, Gobind. The calico-printer, worth half a shell, became worth millions. || 1 || Pause || Abandoning weaving and stretching thread, Kabeer enshrined love for the Lord’s lotus feet. A weaver from a lowly family, he became an ocean of excellence. || 1 || Ravi Daas, who used to carry dead cows every day, renounced the world of Maya. He became famous in the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, and obtained the Blessed Vision of the Lord’s Darshan.
|| 2 || Sain, the barber, the village drudge, became famous in each and every house. The Supreme Lord God dwelled in his heart, and he was counted among the devotees. || 3 || Hearing this, Dhanna the Jaat applied himself to devotional worship. The Lord of the Universe met him personally; Dhanna was so very blessed. || 4 || 2 || O my consciousness, why don’t you remain conscious of the Merciful Lord? How can you recognize any other? You may run around the whole universe, but that alone happens which the Creator Lord does. || 1 || Pause || In the water of the mother’s womb, He fashioned the body with ten gates. He gives it sustenance, and preserves it in fire – such is my Lord and Master.
|| 1 || The mother turtle is in the water, and her babies are out of the water. She has no wings to protect them, and no mik to feed them. The Perfect Lord, the embodiment of supreme bliss, the Fascinating Lord takes care of them. See this, and understand it in your mind || 2 || The worm lies hidden under the stone – there is no way for him to escape. Says Dhanna, the Perfect Lord takes care of him. Fear not, O my soul. || 3 || 3 || AASAA, THE WORD OF SHAYKH FAREED JEE: ONE UNIVERSAL CREATOR GOD. BY THE GRACE OF THE TRUE GURU: They alone are true, whose love for God is deep and heart-felt. Those who have one thing in their heart, and something else in their mouth, are judged to be false.
|| 1 || Those who are imbued with love for the Lord, are delighted by His Vision. Those who forget the Naam, the Name of the Lord, are a burden on the earth. || 1 || Pause || Those whom the Lord attaches to the hem of His robe, are the true dervishes at His Door. Blessed are the mothers who gave birth to them, and fruitful is their coming into the world. || 2 || O Lord, Sustainer and Cherisher, You are infinite, unfathomable and endless. Those who recognize the True Lord – I kiss their feet. || 3 || I seek Your Protection – You are the Forgiving Lord. Please, bless Shaykh Fareed with the bounty of Your meditative worship. || 4 || 1 || AASAA: Says Shaykh Fareed, O my dear friend, attach yourself to the Lord. This body shall turn to dust, and its home shall be a neglected graveyard.
|| 1 || You can meet the Lord today, O Shaykh Fareed, if you restrain your bird-like desires which keep your mind in turmoil. || 1 || Pause || If I had known that I was to die, and not return again, I would not have ruined myself by clinging to the world of falsehood. || 2 || So speak the Truth, in righteousness, and do not speak falsehood. The disciple ought to travel the route, pointed out by the Guru. || 3 || Seeing the youths being carried across, the hearts of the beautiful young soul-brides are encouraged. Those who side with the glitter of gold, are cut down with a saw.
|| 4 || O Shaykh, no one’s life is permanent in this world. That seat, upon which we now sit – many others sat on it and have since departed. || 5 || As the swallows appear in the month of Katik, forest fires in the month of Chayt, and lightning in Saawan, and as the bride’s arms adorn her husband’s neck in winter; || 6 || Just so, the transitory human bodies pass away. Reflect upon this in your mind. It takes six months to form the body, but it breaks in an instant. || 7 || O Fareed, the earth asks the sky, “Where have the boatmen gone?” Some have been cremated, and some lie in their graves; their souls are suffering rebukes. || 8 || 2 || ONE UNIVERSAL CREATOR GOD. TRUTH IS THE NAME. CREATIVE BEING PERSONIFIED. NO FEAR. NO HATRED. IMAGE OF THE UNDYING.
BEYOND BIRTH. SELF-EXISTENT. BY GURU’S GRACE: RAAG GUJRI, FIRST MEHL, CHAUPADAS, FIRST HOUSE: I would make Your Name the sandalwood, and my mind the stone to rub it on; for saffron, I would offer good deeds; thus, I perform worship and adoration within my heart. || 1 || Perform worship and adoration by meditating on the Naam, the Name of the Lord; without the Name, there is no worship and adoration. || 1 || Pause || If one were to wash his heart inwardly, like the stone idol which is washed on the outside, his filth would be removed, his soul would be cleansed, and he would be liberated when he departs. || 2 || Even beasts have value, as they eat grass and give milk. Without the Naam, the mortal’s life is cursed, as are the actions he performs.
|| 3 || The Lord is hear at hand – do not think that He is far away. He always cherishes us, and remembers us. Whatever He gives us, we eat; says Nanak, He is the True Lord. || 4 || 1 || GUJRI, FIRST MEHL: From the lotus of Vishnu’s navel, Brahma was born; He chanted the Vedas with a melodious voice. He could not find the Lord’s limits, and he remained in the darkness of coming and going.