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Ang 329Raag GaureeBhagat Kabir

ਗਉੜੀ ਕਬੀਰ ਜੀ ॥

gaurree kabeer jee |

Gauree, Kabeer Jee:

ਬੇਦ ਕੀ ਪੁਤ੍ਰੀ ਸਿੰਮ੍ਰਿਤਿ ਭਾਈ ॥

bed kee putree sinmrit bhaaee |

The Simritee is the daughter of the Vedas, O Siblings of Destiny.

ਸਾਂਕਲ ਜੇਵਰੀ ਲੈ ਹੈ ਆਈ ॥੧॥

saankal jevaree lai hai aaee |1|

She has brought a chain and a rope. ||1||

ਆਪਨ ਨਗਰੁ ਆਪ ਤੇ ਬਾਧਿਆ ॥

aapan nagar aap te baadhiaa |

She has imprisoned the people in her own city.

ਮੋਹ ਕੈ ਫਾਧਿ ਕਾਲ ਸਰੁ ਸਾਂਧਿਆ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

moh kai faadh kaal sar saandhiaa |1| rahaau |

She has tightened the noose of emotional attachment and shot the arrow of death. ||1||Pause||

ਕਟੀ ਨ ਕਟੈ ਤੂਟਿ ਨਹ ਜਾਈ ॥

kattee na kattai toott neh jaaee |

By cutting, she cannot be cut, and she cannot be broken.

ਸਾ ਸਾਪਨਿ ਹੋਇ ਜਗ ਕਉ ਖਾਈ ॥੨॥

saa saapan hoe jag kau khaaee |2|

She has become a serpent, and she is eating the world. ||2||

ਹਮ ਦੇਖਤ ਜਿਨਿ ਸਭੁ ਜਗੁ ਲੂਟਿਆ ॥

ham dekhat jin sabh jag loottiaa |

Before my very eyes, she has plundered the entire world.

ਕਹੁ ਕਬੀਰ ਮੈ ਰਾਮ ਕਹਿ ਛੂਟਿਆ ॥੩॥੩੦॥

kahu kabeer mai raam keh chhoottiaa |3|30|

Says Kabeer, chanting the Lord's Name, I have escaped her. ||3||30||