byd kqyb khhu mq JUTy JUTw jo n ibcwrY ]
bayd katayb kahhu mat jhoothay jhoothaa jo na bichaarai.
Do not say that the Vedas, the Bible and the Koran are false. Those who do not contemplate them are false.

jau sB mih eyku Kudwie khq hau qau ikau murgI mwrY ]1]
ja-o sabh meh ayk khudaa-ay kahat ha-o ta-o ki-o murgee maarai. ||1||
You say that the One Lord is in all, so why do you kill chickens? ||1||

mulW khhu inAwau KudweI ]
mulaa^N kahhu ni-aa-o khudaa-ee.
O Mullah, tell me: is this God's Justice?

qyry mn kw Brmu n jweI ]1] rhwau ]
tayray man kaa bharam na jaa-ee. ||1|| rahaa-o.
The doubts of your mind have not been dispelled. ||1||Pause||

pkir jIau AwinAw dyh ibnwsI mwtI kau ibsimil kIAw ]
pakar jee-o aani-aa dayh binaasee maatee ka-o bismil kee-aa.
You seize a living creature, and then bring it home and kill its body; you have killed only the clay.

joiq srUp Anwhq lwgI khu hlwlu ikAw kIAw ]2]
jot saroop anaahat laagee kaho halaal ki-aa kee-aa. ||2||
The light of the soul passes into another form. So tell me, what have you killed? ||2||

ikAw aujU pwku kIAw muhu DoieAw ikAw msIiq isru lwieAw ]
ki-aa ujoo paak kee-aa muhu Dho-i-aa ki-aa maseet sir laa-i-aa.
And what good are your purifications? Why do you bother to wash your face? And why do you bother to bow your head in the mosque?

jau idl mih kptu invwj gujwrhu ikAw hj kwbY jwieAw ]3]
ja-o dil meh kapat nivaaj gujaarahu ki-aa haj kaabai jaa-i-aa. ||3||
Your heart is full of hypocrisy; what good are your prayers or your pilgrimage to Mecca? ||3||

qUM nwpwku pwku nhI sUiJAw iqs kw mrmu n jwinAw ]
too^N naapaak paak nahee soojhi-aa tis kaa maram na jaani-aa.
You are impure; you do not understand the Pure Lord. You do not know His Mystery.

kih kbIr iBsiq qy cUkw dojk isau mnu mwinAw ]4]4]
kahi kabeer bhisat tay chookaa dojak si-o man maani-aa. ||4||4||
Says Kabeer, you have missed out on paradise; your mind is set on hell. ||4||4||