ਹ੍ਰਿਦੈ ਕਪਟੁ ਮੁਖ ਗਿਆਨੀ ॥

hridai kapatt mukh giaanee |

In his heart there is deception, and yet in his mouth are words of wisdom.

ਝੂਠੇ ਕਹਾ ਬਿਲੋਵਸਿ ਪਾਨੀ ॥੧॥

jhootthe kahaa bilovas paanee |1|

You are false - why are you churning water? ||1||

ਕਾਂਇਆ ਮਾਂਜਸਿ ਕਉਨ ਗੁਨਾਂ ॥

kaaneaa maanjas kaun gunaan |

Why do you bother to wash your body?

ਜਉ ਘਟ ਭੀਤਰਿ ਹੈ ਮਲਨਾਂ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

jau ghatt bheetar hai malanaan |1| rahaau |

Your heart is still full of filth. ||1||Pause||

ਲਉਕੀ ਅਠਸਠਿ ਤੀਰਥ ਨੑਾਈ ॥

laukee atthasatth teerath naaee |

The gourd may be washed at the sixty-eight sacred shrines,

ਕਉਰਾਪਨੁ ਤਊ ਨ ਜਾਈ ॥੨॥

kauraapan taoo na jaaee |2|

but even then, its bitterness is not removed. ||2||

ਕਹਿ ਕਬੀਰ ਬੀਚਾਰੀ ॥

keh kabeer beechaaree |

Says Kabeer after deep contemplation,

ਭਵ ਸਾਗਰੁ ਤਾਰਿ ਮੁਰਾਰੀ ॥੩॥੮॥

bhav saagar taar muraaree |3|8|

please help me cross over the terrifying world-ocean, O Lord, O Destroyer of ego. ||3||8||