Tinka kabahu na nindiye, paav tale jo hoye

Kabahu udd aankho pade, peed gehri hoye

तिनका कबहुँ ना निंदिये, जो पाँव तले होय ।
कबहुँ उड़ आँखो पड़े, पीड गहरी होय ॥

One should not abuse a blade of grass under one's feet. If that happens to strike on one's eye then there will be terrific pain.

Shram se hi sab kuch hot hai, bin shram mile kuch nahi

Seedhe ungli ghee jamo, kabsu nikase nahi

श्रम से ही सब कुछ होत है, बिन श्रम मिले कुछ नाही |

सीधे ऊँगली घी जमो, कबसू निकसे नाही ||

Efforts can accomplish everything. Nothing can be accomplished without taking efforts. A purified butter that is frozen cannot be taken out with a straight finger

Mana unmana na toliye, shabd ke mol na tol

Murakh log na jansi, aapa khoya bol

मन उन्मना न तोलिये, शब्द के मोल न तोल |

मुर्ख लोग न जान्सी, आपा खोया बोल ||

When your mind is raged then you should not react to the words. One does not have any means for the valuation and weight of words. The fools do not understand this and lose their balance while talking

Pehle shabd pehchaniye, pichhe kije mol

Parkhi parkhe rattan ko, shabd ka mol na tol

पहले शब्द पहचानिये, पीछे कीजे मोल |

पारखी परखे रतन को, शब्द का मोल ना तोल ||

First you should understand what has been said by others. Then you can make the valuation of the words that you have listened. A goldsmith can test the purity of gold. One does not have any means for the valuation and weight of words.

Naari purush sab hi suno, yeh satguru ki saakh

Vish phal phale anek hai, mat dekho koi chaakh

नारी पुरुष सब ही सुनो, यह सतगुरु की साख |

विष फल फले अनेक है, मत देखो कोई चाख ||

Listen everybody to the preaching of a good preacher. There are many ways of sensual enjoyment. But one should abstain from any such way

Shabd barabar dhan nahi, jo koi jaane bol

Heera to damo mile, shabd mol na tol

शब्द बराबर धन नहीं, जो कोई जाने बोल |

हीरा तो दामो मिले, शब्द मोल न टोल ||

He who is good at speaking understands that there is no wealth like

words. A diamond can be purchased for a value. One do not just

have any means for valuation of word

Padha suna seekha sabhi, miti na sanshay shool

Kahe kabir kaso kahu, ye sab dukh ka mool

पढ़ा सुना सीखा सभी, मिटी ना संशय शूल |

कहे कबीर कैसो कहू, यह सब दुःख का मूल ||

One may read, listen and learn everything. But after doing all this he has confusion. Kabir is at pains to explain that confusion is the root of sorrow

Vishaya tyag bairaya hai, samata kahiye gyan

Sukhdayi sab jeev so, yahi bhakti parmaan

विषय त्याग बैराग है, समता कहिये ज्ञान ।
सुखदाई सब जीव सों, यही भक्ति परमान ॥

Being detached means renouncing the sensual pleasures.
Knowledge means equanimity. Devotion means creating happiness
for all the beings.

Parnaari ki rachnao, jo lehasun ki khani

Khoone besir khaiy, pragat hoye deewani

परनारी का राचणौ, जिसकी लहसण की खानि ।
खूणैं बेसिर खाइय, परगट होइ दिवानि ॥

A desire for other's wife is like a mine of garlic. A person can eat garlic hiding from all. But the fact of his having consumed garlic is clear to anyone who meets him

परनारी का साथ लहसुन खाने के जैसा है, भले ही कोई किसी कोने में छिपकर खाये, वह अपनी बास से प्रकट हो जाता है ।

भगति बिगाड़ी कामियाँ, इन्द्री केरै स्वादि ।

Kabira darshan sadhu ke, karat na kije kani

Jo udham se lakshmi, aalas man se hani

कबीर दर्शन साधु के, करत ना कीजै कानि ।
जो उधम से लक्ष्मी, आलस मन से हानि ॥

MEANING

Dont shirk to meet a good person. An intoxicated or lethargic mind

causes loss of wealth

Hari ras peeya jaaniye, kabahu na jaaye khumaar.

Maimanta ghoomat phire, naahee tan ke saar.

हरी रस पीया जानिये, कबहू न जाए खुमार |

मैमता घूमत फिरे, नाही तन की सार ||

MEANING

How will you know who is a GOD-realized soul, who has tasted the great wine, the
nectar of GOD?? Kabir says you can see the symptoms – the person who has attained the
community with GOD, looks like intoxicated all the time. This intoxication never comes
down, he looks like insane, wanders like the same, doesn’t even bother about his body or
appearance.

Ghat kaa pardaa kholkar, sanmukh de deedaar.
Baal sanehi saaiyaa, awe ant kaa yaar.
घट का परदा खोल कर, सन्मुख दे दीदार |

बाल स्नेही साईंयां, आवे अंत का यार ||

MEANING
He opens the veil within your being and shows himself  in front of you!! HE only is our true friend. At the time of our birth (here it refers spiritual birth or the moment when this creation came in existence and we as separate being came into picture) he was the only friend and when the journey of the soul has come to an end, I see him only as true friend. he has been our friend throughout our all lives, only it took whole journey from the origin to coming down this material world and going back to our source to make us realize this truth!!

Had mein chale so maanava, behad chale so saadh

Had behad dono taje, taako bata agaadh

हद में चले सो मानव, बेहद चले सो साध |

हद बेहद दोनों तजे, ताको बता अगाध ||

The one who is confined in limitations is human, the one who roams into unlimited, is a Sadhu. The one who has dropped both limited and unlimited, unfathomable is his being and understanding.

Jaap mare, ajapaa mare, anahad hu mari jaye

Ram snehi na mare, kahe Kabir samjhaye

जाप मरे, अजापा मरे, अनहद हू मरी जाय |

राम स्नेही ना मरे, कहे कबीर समझाय ||

MEANING

The nector of love makes us immortal

Jis marne se jag dare, mere man mein anand

Kab maru kab paon, puran parmanad

जिस मरने से जग डरे, मेरे मन में आनंद |

कब मरू कब पाऊ, पूरण परमानन्द ||

The whole world fears death, but death will be full of bliss for me
I am waiting for death which will merge me, into absolute bliss

Chali jo putli laun ki, thah sindhu ka len

Aaphu gali paani bhai, ulti kahe ko bain

चली जो पुतली लौन की, थाह सिंधु का लेन |

आपहू गली पानी भई, उलटी काहे को बैन ||

A piece of salt entered the ocean to find its depth

It dissolved and turned into salty water, who will return to tell the depth

MEANING

God is like an ocean. When seeker wants to find his depth and enters into the region of god, he himself merges into god. Thus duality, which is necessay to give report, does not exist

Naino ki kari kothri, putli palang bichhai

Palko ki chik darike, piya ko liya rijhai

नैनो की कारी कोठारी, पुतली पलंग बिछाई |

पलकों की चिक डारिके, पिया को लिया रिझाई ||

I made my eyes into a bridal room, and the pupils into a bridal bed
I pulled down curtains of the eyelids and pleased my beloved

Neend nishani maut ki, uthh kabira jaag

Aur rasayan chhod ke, naam rasayan laag

नींद निशानी मौत की, ऊठ कबीरा जाग |

और रसायन छोड़ के, नाम रसायन लाग ||

A state of being asleep is at par with the state of being dead. Therefore Kabir should get up. He should shun everything else and remember the God.

Loot sake to loot le, ram naam ki loot

Paache pachhtayega, jab pran jayenge chhoot

लूट सके तो लूट ले, राम नाम की लूट |

पाछे पछतायेगा, जब प्राण जायेंगे छूट ||

You have the access to the name of Ram without any cost. Why dont you have access to it as much as you can. Otherwise at the last moment of your life you will feel sorry

Jaisi bhakti kare sabhi, vaise pooja hoye

Bhay paras hai jeev ko, nirbhay hoy naa koye

जैसी भक्ति करे सभी, वैसे पूजा होये |

भय पारस  है जीव को, निर्भय होय ना कोये ||

Your mind should have devotion to come out of the loop of fear.

Kabira yeh sansar hai, jaisa semal phool

Din das ke vyavahar mein, jhoote rang na bhool

कबीरा यह संसार है, जैसा सेमल फूल |

दिन दस  के व्यवहार में, झूठे रंग न भूल ||

This world is like a flower that traps a bee. Dont get overwhelmed by what you experience for a while.

Bhakti mahal bahu oonch hai, door hi se darshay

Jo koi jan bhakti kare, shobha barni naa jaaye

भक्ति महल बहु ऊँच है, दूर ही से दर्शाय |

जो कोई जन भक्ति करे, शोभा बरनी ना जाय ||

The palace of devotion has a very great height. This one can observe from a distance. Whoever is engaged in devotion, words fall short for describing his beauty.