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You Yourself created the world, and You Yourself shall destroy it in the end.

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The Word of Your Shabad alone is pervading everywhere; whatever You do, comes to pass.

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God blesses the Gurmukh with glorious greatness, and then, he finds the Lord.

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As Gurmukh, Nanak worships and adores the Lord; let everyone proclaim, "Blessed, blessed, blessed is He, the Guru!"||29||1||SUDH||

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Raag Sorat'h, The Word Of Devotee Kabeer Jee, First House:

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One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:

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Worshipping their idols, the Hindus die; the Muslims die bowing their heads.

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The Hindus cremate their dead, while the Muslims bury theirs; neither finds Your true state, Lord. ||1||

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O mind, the world is a deep, dark pit.

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On all four sides, Death has spread his net. ||1||Pause||

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Reciting their poems, the poets die; the mystical ascetics die while journeying to Kaydaar Naat'h.

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The Yogis die, with their matted hair, but even they do not find Your state, Lord. ||2||

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The kings die, gathering and hoarding their money, burying great quantities of gold.

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The Pandits die, reading and reciting the Vedas; women die, gazing at their own beauty. ||3||

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Without the Lord's Name, all come to ruin; behold, and know this, O body.

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Without the Name of the Lord, who can find salvation? Kabeer speaks the Teachings. ||4||1||

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When the body is burnt, it turns to ashes; if it is not cremated, then it is eaten by armies of worms.

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The unbaked clay pitcher dissolves, when water is poured into it; this is also the nature of the body. ||1||

654 : 2373
Why, O Siblings of Destiny, do you strut around, all puffed up with pride?

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Have you forgotten those days, when you were hanging, face down, for ten months? ||1||Pause||

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Like the bee which collects honey, the fool eagerly gathers and collects wealth.

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At the time of death, they shout, "Take him away, take him away! Why leave a ghost lying around?"||2||

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His wife accompanies him to the threshold, and his friends and companions beyond.

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All the people and relatives go as far as the cremation grounds, and then, the soul-swan goes on alone. ||3||

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Says Kabeer, listen, O mortal being: you have been seized by Death, and you have fallen into the deep, dark pit.

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You have entangled yourself in the false wealth of Maya, like the parrot caught in the trap. ||4||2||

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Listening to all the teachings of the Vedas and the Puraanas, I wanted to perform the religious rituals.

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But seeing all the wise men caught by Death, I arose and left the Pandits; now I am free of this desire. ||1||

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O mind, you have not completed the only task you were given;

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you have not meditated on the Lord, your King. ||1||Pause||

654 : 2385
Going to the forests, they practice Yoga and deep, austere meditation; they live on roots and the fruits they gather.

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The musicians, the Vedic scholars, the chanters of one word and the men of silence, all are listed on the Register of Death. ||2||

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Loving devotional worship does not enter into your heart; pampering and adorning your body, you must still give it up.

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You sit and play music, but you are still a hypocrite; what do you expect to receive from the Lord? ||3||

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Death has fallen on the whole world; the doubting religious scholars are also listed on the Register of Death.