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God is present, right here at hand; why do you say that He is far away?
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Tie up your disturbing passions, and find the Beauteous Lord. ||1||Pause||
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He alone is a Qazi, who contemplates the human body,
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and through the fire of the body, is illumined by God.
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He does not lose his semen, even in his dreams;
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for such a Qazi, there is no old age or death. ||2||
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He alone is a sultan and a king, who shoots the two arrows,
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gathers in his outgoing mind,
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and assembles his army in the realm of the mind's sky, the Tenth Gate.
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The canopy of royalty waves over such a sultan. ||3||
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The Yogi cries out, "Gorakh, Gorakh".
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The Hindu utters the Name of Raam.
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The Muslim has only One God.
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The Lord and Master of Kabeer is all-pervading. ||4||3||11||
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Fifth Mehl:
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Those who call a stone their god
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- their service is useless.
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Those who fall at the feet of a stone god
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- their work is wasted in vain. ||1||
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My Lord and Master speaks forever.
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God gives His gifts to all living beings. ||1||Pause||
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The Divine Lord is within the self, but the spiritually blind one does not know this.
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Deluded by doubt, he is caught in the noose.
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The stone does not speak; it does not give anything to anyone.
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Such religious rituals are useless; such service is fruitless. ||2||
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If a corpse is anointed with sandalwood oil,
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what good does it do?
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If a corpse is rolled in manure,
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what does it lose from this? ||3||
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Says Kabeer, I proclaim this out loud
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- behold, and understand, you ignorant, faithless cynic.
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The love of duality has ruined countless homes.
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The Lord's devotees are forever in bliss. ||4||4||12||
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The fish in the water is attached to Maya.
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The moth fluttering around the lamp is pierced through by Maya.
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The sexual desire of Maya afflicts the elephant.
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The snakes and bumble bees are destroyed through Maya. ||1||
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Such are the enticements of Maya, O Siblings of Destiny.
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As many living beings are there are, have been deceived. ||1||Pause||
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The birds and the deer are imbued with Maya.
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Sugar is a deadly trap for the flies.
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Horses and camels are absorbed in Maya.
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The eighty-four Siddhas, the beings of miraculous spiritual powers, play in Maya. ||2||
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The six celibates are slaves of Maya.
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So are the nine masters of Yoga, and the sun and the moon.
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The austere disciplinarians and the Rishis are asleep in Maya.
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Death and the five demons are in Maya. ||3||
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Dogs and jackals are imbued with Maya.
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Monkeys, leopards and lions,
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cats, sheep, foxes,
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trees and roots are planted in Maya. ||4||
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Even the gods are drenched with Maya,
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as are the oceans, the sky and the earth.
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Says Kabeer, whoever has a belly to fill, is under the spell of Maya.
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The mortal is emancipated only when he meets the Holy Saint. ||5||5||13||
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As long as he cries out, "Mine! Mine!",
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none of his tasks is accomplished.
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When such possessiveness is erased and removed,