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Ang 1104Raag MaarooBhagat Kabir

ਜਉ ਤੁਮੑ ਮੋ ਕਉ ਦੂਰਿ ਕਰਤ ਹਉ ਤਉ ਤੁਮ ਮੁਕਤਿ ਬਤਾਵਹੁ ॥

jau tuma mo kau door karat hau tau tum mukat bataavahu |

If You keep me far away from You, then tell me, what is liberation?

ਏਕ ਅਨੇਕ ਹੋਇ ਰਹਿਓ ਸਗਲ ਮਹਿ ਅਬ ਕੈਸੇ ਭਰਮਾਵਹੁ ॥੧॥

ek anek hoe rahio sagal meh ab kaise bharamaavahu |1|

The One has many forms, and is contained within all; how can I be fooled now? ||1||

ਰਾਮ ਮੋ ਕਉ ਤਾਰਿ ਕਹਾਂ ਲੈ ਜਈ ਹੈ ॥

raam mo kau taar kahaan lai jee hai |

O Lord, where will You take me, to save me?

ਸੋਧਉ ਮੁਕਤਿ ਕਹਾ ਦੇਉ ਕੈਸੀ ਕਰਿ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦੁ ਮੋਹਿ ਪਾਈ ਹੈ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

sodhau mukat kahaa deo kaisee kar prasaad mohi paaee hai |1| rahaau |

Tell me where, and what sort of liberation shall You give me? By Your Grace, I have already obtained it. ||1||Pause||

ਤਾਰਨ ਤਰਨੁ ਤਬੈ ਲਗੁ ਕਹੀਐ ਜਬ ਲਗੁ ਤਤੁ ਨ ਜਾਨਿਆ ॥

taaran taran tabai lag kaheeai jab lag tat na jaaniaa |

People talk of salvation and being saved, as long as they do not understand the essence of reality.

ਅਬ ਤਉ ਬਿਮਲ ਭਏ ਘਟ ਹੀ ਮਹਿ ਕਹਿ ਕਬੀਰ ਮਨੁ ਮਾਨਿਆ ॥੨॥੫॥

ab tau bimal bhe ghatt hee meh keh kabeer man maaniaa |2|5|

I have now become pure within my heart, says Kabeer, and my mind is pleased and appeased. ||2||5||