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Ang 1194Raag BasantBhagat Kabir

ਇਸੁ ਤਨ ਮਨ ਮਧੇ ਮਦਨ ਚੋਰ ॥

eis tan man madhe madan chor |

Within the body and mind are thieves like sexual desire,

ਜਿਨਿ ਗਿਆਨ ਰਤਨੁ ਹਿਰਿ ਲੀਨ ਮੋਰ ॥

jin giaan ratan hir leen mor |

which has stolen my jewel of spiritual wisdom.

ਮੈ ਅਨਾਥੁ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਕਹਉ ਕਾਹਿ ॥

mai anaath prabh khau kaeh |

I am a poor orphan, O God; unto whom should I complain?

ਕੋ ਕੋ ਨ ਬਿਗੂਤੋ ਮੈ ਕੋ ਆਹਿ ॥੧॥

ko ko na bigooto mai ko aaeh |1|

Who has not been ruined by sexual desire? What am I? ||1||

ਮਾਧਉ ਦਾਰੁਨ ਦੁਖੁ ਸਹਿਓ ਨ ਜਾਇ ॥

maadhau daarun dukh sahio na jaae |

O Lord, I cannot endure this agonizing pain.

ਮੇਰੋ ਚਪਲ ਬੁਧਿ ਸਿਉ ਕਹਾ ਬਸਾਇ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

mero chapal budh siau kahaa basaae |1| rahaau |

What power does my fickle mind have against it? ||1||Pause||

ਸਨਕ ਸਨੰਦਨ ਸਿਵ ਸੁਕਾਦਿ ॥

sanak sanandan siv sukaad |

Sanak, Sanandan, Shiva and Suk Dayv

ਨਾਭਿ ਕਮਲ ਜਾਨੇ ਬ੍ਰਹਮਾਦਿ ॥

naabh kamal jaane brahamaad |

were born out of Brahma's naval chakra.

ਕਬਿ ਜਨ ਜੋਗੀ ਜਟਾਧਾਰਿ ॥

kab jan jogee jattaadhaar |

The poets and the Yogis with their matted hair

ਸਭ ਆਪਨ ਅਉਸਰ ਚਲੇ ਸਾਰਿ ॥੨॥

sabh aapan aausar chale saar |2|

all lived their lives with good behavior. ||2||

ਤੂ ਅਥਾਹੁ ਮੋਹਿ ਥਾਹ ਨਾਹਿ ॥

too athaahu mohi thaah naeh |

You are Unfathomable; I cannot know Your depth.

ਪ੍ਰਭ ਦੀਨਾ ਨਾਥ ਦੁਖੁ ਕਹਉ ਕਾਹਿ ॥

prabh deenaa naath dukh khau kaeh |

O God, Master of the meek, unto whom should I tell my pains?

ਮੋਰੋ ਜਨਮ ਮਰਨ ਦੁਖੁ ਆਥਿ ਧੀਰ ॥

moro janam maran dukh aath dheer |

Please rid me of the pains of birth and death, and bless me with peace.

ਸੁਖ ਸਾਗਰ ਗੁਨ ਰਉ ਕਬੀਰ ॥੩॥੫॥

sukh saagar gun rau kabeer |3|5|

Kabeer utters the Glorious Praises of God, the Ocean of peace. ||3||5||