Amlu isrwno lyKw dynw ]
amal siraano laykhaa daynaa.
Your time of service is at its end, and you will have to give your account.

Awey kiTn dUq jm lynw ]
aa-ay kathin doot jam laynaa.
The hard-hearted Messenger of Death has come to take you away.

ikAw qY KitAw khw gvwieAw ]
ki-aa tai khati-aa kahaa gavaa-i-aa.
What have you earned, and what have you lost?

clhu isqwb dIbwin bulwieAw ]1]
chalhu sitaab deebaan bulaa-i-aa. ||1||
Come immediately! You are summoned to His Court! ||1||

clu drhwlu dIvwin bulwieAw ]
chal darhaal deevaan bulaa-i-aa.
Get going! Come just as you are! You have been summoned to His Court.

hir Purmwnu drgh kw AwieAw ]1] rhwau ]
har furmaan dargeh kaa aa-i-aa. ||1|| rahaa-o.
The Order has come from the Court of the Lord. ||1||Pause||

krau Ardwis gwv ikCu bwkI ]
kara-o ardaas gaav kichh baakee.
I pray to the Messenger of Death: please, I still have some outstanding debts to collect in the village.

lyau inbyir Awju kI rwqI ]
lay-o nibayr aaj kee raatee.
I will collect them tonight;

ikCu BI Krcu qum@wrw swrau ]
kichh bhee kharach tum^Haaraa saara-o.
I will also pay you something for your expenses,

subh invwj srwie gujwrau ]2]
subah nivaaj saraa-ay gujaara-o. ||2||
and I will recite my morning prayers on the way. ||2||

swDsMig jw kau hir rMgu lwgw ] Dnu Dnu so jnu purKu sBwgw ]
saaDhsang jaa ka-o har rang laagaa. Dhan Dhan so jan purakh sabhaagaa.
Blessed, blessed is the most fortunate servant of the Lord, who is imbued with the Lord's Love, in the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy.

eIq aUq jn sdw suhyly ]
eet oot jan sadaa suhaylay.
Here and there, the humble servants of the Lord are always happy.

jnmu pdwrQu jIiq Amoly ]3]
janam padaarath jeet amolay. ||3||
They win the priceless treasure of this human life. ||3||

jwgqu soieAw jnmu gvwieAw ]
jaagat so-i-aa janam gavaa-i-aa.
When he is awake, he is sleeping, and so he loses this life.

mwlu Dnu joirAw BieAw prwieAw ]
maal Dhan jori-aa bha-i-aa paraa-i-aa.
The property and wealth he has accumulated passes on to someone else.

khu kbIr qyeI nr BUly ]
kaho kabeer tay-ee nar bhoolay.
Says Kabeer, those people are deluded,

Ksmu ibswir mwtI sMig rUly ]4]3]
khasam bisaar maatee sang roolay. ||4||3||
who forget their Lord and Master, and roll in the dust. ||4||3||