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Ang 329Raag GaureeBhagat Kabir

ਗਉੜੀ ਕਬੀਰ ਜੀ ॥

gaurree kabeer jee |

Gauree, Kabeer Jee:

ਆਪੇ ਪਾਵਕੁ ਆਪੇ ਪਵਨਾ ॥

aape paavak aape pavanaa |

He Himself is the fire, and He Himself is the wind.

ਜਾਰੈ ਖਸਮੁ ਤ ਰਾਖੈ ਕਵਨਾ ॥੧॥

jaarai khasam ta raakhai kavanaa |1|

When our Lord and Master wishes to burn someone, then who can save him? ||1||

ਰਾਮ ਜਪਤ ਤਨੁ ਜਰਿ ਕੀ ਨ ਜਾਇ ॥

raam japat tan jar kee na jaae |

When I chant the Lord's Name, what does it matter if my body burns?

ਰਾਮ ਨਾਮ ਚਿਤੁ ਰਹਿਆ ਸਮਾਇ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

raam naam chit rahiaa samaae |1| rahaau |

My consciousness remains absorbed in the Lord's Name. ||1||Pause||

ਕਾ ਕੋ ਜਰੈ ਕਾਹਿ ਹੋਇ ਹਾਨਿ ॥

kaa ko jarai kaeh hoe haan |

Who is burned, and who suffers loss?

ਨਟ ਵਟ ਖੇਲੈ ਸਾਰਿਗਪਾਨਿ ॥੨॥

natt vatt khelai saarigapaan |2|

The Lord plays, like the juggler with his ball. ||2||

ਕਹੁ ਕਬੀਰ ਅਖਰ ਦੁਇ ਭਾਖਿ ॥

kahu kabeer akhar due bhaakh |

Says Kabeer, chant the two letters of the Lord's Name - Raa Maa.

ਹੋਇਗਾ ਖਸਮੁ ਤ ਲੇਇਗਾ ਰਾਖਿ ॥੩॥੩੩॥

hoeigaa khasam ta leeigaa raakh |3|33|

If He is your Lord and Master, He will protect you. ||3||33||