The Ādi Granth, or the Holy Scriptures of the Sikhs (1877) · 566

Having put on short breeches the donkey dances, the (male) buflalo causes worship to he made.

Pause. The king Earn gets cucumbers and balls of Dal cooked (in ghee), by some intelligent one they are eaten.

' The meaning of Qd<^i T^RZ i* somewhat doubtful; the traditional explanation of the Sikh Granthis is sweepings (cf. the Hindi ^%2)-

' wFHS (^f^rT) "itli pUicked-out hair = the Jaiuas. ^1^T3 "earing round tlie loins a cord made of the fibres of niunj, i.e. Bairagis.

* iT'TTrr = tT*T. ^ being a meaningless alliteration.

(2). The lion sitting in the house prepares betel-leaves, the mammoth-rat brings the folded up betel-leaves.

In every house the mouse sings songs of rejoicing, the tortoise blows the conch. (3). The son of the sterile woman is gone to marry, with gold the sheds ' are decked. By beauty the beautiful girl is pierced, by the hare the praises of the lion are sung. (4). Kabir says: bear, ye saints! by insects a mountain is eaten up. The tortoise says: I churn live coals. A dark word ia pronounced (here).

(1). One bag (of) seventy-two depositories, to which there is one gate.

The earth of the nine regions: (who) asks (for them), that JogT is accomplished in the world.

Taking the Brahm of the bottom he makes it ascend to the sky {i.e. the head). (2). Making divine knowledge (and) meditation (his) patched quilt, the word the needle, he puts the thread into the head (of the needle).

Making the five elements (his) deer-skin he walks in the way of the Guru.

(3). Making compassion (his) crutch,- the body a smoking fire, he kindles the fire of sight.

Conceiving love to him in his heart be makes deep meditation in the four ages (= continually).

(4). The whole practice of Jog is the name of E'lm, whose the body and soul is.

Kabir says: if he bestows mercy, he gives the true sign (of himself).

(1). From whence have Hindus and Turks come? by whom have these ways been started? Having searched and reflected in (thy) mind tell (me): by whom have paradise and hell been made?

All such, as are reading and pondering (on the book), are killed, not one has got the (true) knowledge.

(2). By force (and) love cii'cumcision is made, I shall not agree (to it), 0 brother!

If God will make me a Turk, I shall be circumcised by himself.

(3). If one will become a Turk by being circumcised, what shall be done with a woman?

As the woman does not give up her half-bodied state, she must therefore remain a Hindu.

(4). Giving up the book ( = Qur'an) adore Earn, 0 silly one, thou art practising heavy oppression.

Kablr puts bis trust on Ram, the Turks are consumed and defeated.

(1). As long as there is oil in the lamp and in (its) mouth a wick, so long every (thing) is seen. (When) the oil is burnt (and) the wick is stopped, the mansion becomes empty.

0 silly one, nobody protects thee in (thy) house. Mutter that name of Ram!

' *feV '"- ^ shed erected for the performance of a marriage. ' ilOdt (Hindi: XJfT^^) a crutch, on which a Jogi leans.

(2). Whose mother (is she), say, whose father (is he), the wife of which hushand (is she)?

The body breaks asunder, no one asks a word, " carry it out, carry it out," is (the word).

(3). The mother sitting near the body weeps, they have taken away the bier, 0 brother!

Dishevelling her hair the wife weeps, (but) the soul goes alone.