kabira nirbhay raam jape, jab lag diwe baati
tel ghata baati bujhi, sovega din-rati

mahafil me teri yun hi rahe, jash-e-charagan
aankho me hi ye raat, guzar jaye to achchha
sach barabar tap nahi, jhuth barabar paap
jaa ke hiraday saach hai, ta ke hiraday aap

ja kar teri mahafil se, kahaan chain milega
ab apani jagah apani, khabar jaye to achchha
jab mai thaa tab hari nahi, ab hari hai mai nahi
sab adhiyaaraa mit gaya, jab dipak dekha mahi

jis subah ki taqadir me, likhi ho judaai
us subah se pahale, koi mar jaye to achchha
koi mar jaye to achchha

Fearless Kabir chants Ram's name, while the lamp still burns bright,
When the oil is spent, the wick consumed, he sleeps through day and night.

Your gathering, a festival of lights, forever may it gleam,
But if this night unfolds within the eye, it would be a blessed dream.

Truth surpasses all austerities, falsehood bears the deepest stain,
Where truth resides within the heart, the Divine will surely reign.

From your assembly, where can solace be found?
If we find ourselves, if our own truth be unbound,

When I was, the Beloved was not, now the Beloved alone remains,
Darkness dispersed, vanished quite, as the inner lamp sustains.

If separation is written in the fate of dawn's decree,
Then to die before that breaking, oh, how sweet it would be.
To die before that breaking, oh, how sweet it would be.