Sorath - Bhagtah Ki Bani (Teachings Of The Saints)
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Saint KabirSorathAng 654Sorath - Bhagtah Ki Bani (Teachings Of The Saints)

ਜਬ ਜਰੀਐ ਤਬ ਹੋਇ ਭਸਮ ਤਨੁ ਰਹੈ ਕਿਰਮ ਦਲ ਖਾਈ ॥

jab jarīai tab hōi bhasam tan rahai kiram dal khāī .

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॥

kāchī gāgar nīr parat hai iā tan kī ihai badāī .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 ॥

kāhē bhaīā phiratau phūliā phūliā .

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 ॥

jab das mās uradh mukh rahatā sō din kaisē bhūliā .1. rahāu .

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 ॥

jiu madh mākhī tiu sathōr ras jōr jōr dhan kīā .

Like the bee which collects honey, the fool eagerly gathers and collects wealth.

ਮਰਤੀ ਬਾਰ ਲੇਹੁ ਲੇਹੁ ਕਰੀਐ ਭੂਤੁ ਰਹਨ ਕਿਉ ਦੀਆ ॥੨॥

maratī bār lēh lēh karīai bhūt rahan kiu dīā .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 ॥

dēhurī lau barī nār sang bhaī āgai sajan suhēlā .

His wife accompanies him to the threshold, and his friends and companions beyond.

ਮਰਘਟ ਲਉ ਸਭੁ ਲੋਗੁ ਕੁਟੰਬੁ ਭਇਓ ਆਗੈ ਹੰਸੁ ਅਕੇਲਾ ॥੩॥

maraghat lau sabh lōg kutanb bhaiō āgai hans akēlā .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 ॥

kahat kabīr sunah rē prānī parē kāl gras kūā .

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॥

jhūthī māiā āp bandhāiā jiu nalanī bhram sūā .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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