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ਆਸਾ · Ang 477

Shabad · Angs 477–478

Bhagat Kabir Ji · Raag Aasaa

Ang 477Ang 478

Ang 477

ਆਸਾ ॥

aasaa |

Aasaa:

ਜਬ ਲਗੁ ਤੇਲੁ ਦੀਵੇ ਮੁਖਿ ਬਾਤੀ ਤਬ ਸੂਝੈ ਸਭੁ ਕੋਈ ॥

jab lag tel deeve mukh baatee tab soojhai sabh koee |

As long as the oil and the wick are in the lamp, everything is illuminated.

Ang 478

ਤੇਲ ਜਲੇ ਬਾਤੀ ਠਹਰਾਨੀ ਸੂੰਨਾ ਮੰਦਰੁ ਹੋਈ ॥੧॥

tel jale baatee tthaharaanee soonaa mandar hoee |1|

But when the oil is burnt, the wick goes out, and the mansion becomes desolate. ||1||

ਰੇ ਬਉਰੇ ਤੁਹਿ ਘਰੀ ਨ ਰਾਖੈ ਕੋਈ ॥

re baure tuhi gharee na raakhai koee |

O mad-man, no one will keep you, for even a moment.

ਤੂੰ ਰਾਮ ਨਾਮੁ ਜਪਿ ਸੋਈ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

toon raam naam jap soee |1| rahaau |

Meditate on the Name of that Lord. ||1||Pause||

ਕਾ ਕੀ ਮਾਤ ਪਿਤਾ ਕਹੁ ਕਾ ਕੋ ਕਵਨ ਪੁਰਖ ਕੀ ਜੋਈ ॥

kaa kee maat pitaa kahu kaa ko kavan purakh kee joee |

Tell me, whose mother is that, whose father is that, and which man has a wife?

ਘਟ ਫੂਟੇ ਕੋਊ ਬਾਤ ਨ ਪੂਛੈ ਕਾਢਹੁ ਕਾਢਹੁ ਹੋਈ ॥੨॥

ghatt footte koaoo baat na poochhai kaadtahu kaadtahu hoee |2|

When the pitcher of the body breaks, no one cares for you at all. Everyone says, "Take him away, take him away!" ||2||

ਦੇਹੁਰੀ ਬੈਠੀ ਮਾਤਾ ਰੋਵੈ ਖਟੀਆ ਲੇ ਗਏ ਭਾਈ ॥

dehuree baitthee maataa rovai khatteea le ge bhaaee |

Sitting on the threshold, his mother cries, and his brothers take away the coffin.

ਲਟ ਛਿਟਕਾਏ ਤਿਰੀਆ ਰੋਵੈ ਹੰਸੁ ਇਕੇਲਾ ਜਾਈ ॥੩॥

latt chhittakaae tireea rovai hans ikelaa jaaee |3|

Taking down her hair, his wife cries out in sorrow, and the swan-soul departs all alone. ||3||

ਕਹਤ ਕਬੀਰ ਸੁਨਹੁ ਰੇ ਸੰਤਹੁ ਭੈ ਸਾਗਰ ਕੈ ਤਾਈ ॥

kehat kabeer sunahu re santahu bhai saagar kai taaee |

Says Kabeer, listen, O Saints, about the terrifying world-ocean.

ਇਸੁ ਬੰਦੇ ਸਿਰਿ ਜੁਲਮੁ ਹੋਤ ਹੈ ਜਮੁ ਨਹੀ ਹਟੈ ਗੁਸਾਈ ॥੪॥੯॥ ਦੁਤੁਕੇ

eis bande sir julam hot hai jam nahee hattai gusaaee |4|9| dutuke

This human suffers torture and the Messenger of Death will not leave him alone, O Lord of the World. ||4||9|| Dho-Thukay