ਜਲਿ ਹੈ ਸੂਤਕੁ ਥਲਿ ਹੈ ਸੂਤਕੁ ਸੂਤਕ ਓਪਤਿ ਹੋਈ ॥

jal hai sootak thal hai sootak sootak opat hoee |

There is pollution in the water, and pollution on the land; whatever is born is polluted.

ਜਨਮੇ ਸੂਤਕੁ ਮੂਏ ਫੁਨਿ ਸੂਤਕੁ ਸੂਤਕ ਪਰਜ ਬਿਗੋਈ ॥੧॥

janame sootak mooe fun sootak sootak paraj bigoee |1|

There is pollution in birth, and more pollution in death; all beings are ruined by pollution. ||1||

ਕਹੁ ਰੇ ਪੰਡੀਆ ਕਉਨ ਪਵੀਤਾ ॥

kahu re panddeea kaun paveetaa |

Tell me, O Pandit, O religious scholar: who is clean and pure?

ਐਸਾ ਗਿਆਨੁ ਜਪਹੁ ਮੇਰੇ ਮੀਤਾ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

aisaa giaan japahu mere meetaa |1| rahaau |

Meditate on such spiritual wisdom, O my friend. ||1||Pause||

ਨੈਨਹੁ ਸੂਤਕੁ ਬੈਨਹੁ ਸੂਤਕੁ ਸੂਤਕੁ ਸ੍ਰਵਨੀ ਹੋਈ ॥

nainahu sootak bainahu sootak sootak sravanee hoee |

There is pollution in the eyes, and pollution in speech; there is pollution in the ears as well.

ਊਠਤ ਬੈਠਤ ਸੂਤਕੁ ਲਾਗੈ ਸੂਤਕੁ ਪਰੈ ਰਸੋਈ ॥੨॥

aootthat baitthat sootak laagai sootak parai rasoee |2|

Standing up and sitting down, one is polluted; one's kitchen is polluted as well. ||2||

ਫਾਸਨ ਕੀ ਬਿਧਿ ਸਭੁ ਕੋਊ ਜਾਨੈ ਛੂਟਨ ਕੀ ਇਕੁ ਕੋਈ ॥

faasan kee bidh sabh koaoo jaanai chhoottan kee ik koee |

Everyone knows how to be caught, but hardly anyone knows how to escape.

ਕਹਿ ਕਬੀਰ ਰਾਮੁ ਰਿਦੈ ਬਿਚਾਰੈ ਸੂਤਕੁ ਤਿਨੈ ਨ ਹੋਈ ॥੩॥੪੧॥

keh kabeer raam ridai bichaarai sootak tinai na hoee |3|41|

Says Kabeer, those who meditate on the Lord within their hearts, are not polluted. ||3||41||