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484 AASAA: My daughter-in-law was first called Dhannia, the woman of wealth, but now she is called Raam-jannia, the servant of the Lord. ॥1॥ These shaven-headed saints have ruined my house. They have caused my son to start chanting the Lord’s Name. ॥1॥ Pause॥ Says Kabeer, listen, O mother: these shaven-headed saints have done away with my low social status. ॥2॥3॥33॥ AASAA: Stay, stay, O daughter-in-law — do not cover your face with a veil. In the end, this shall not bring you even half a shell. ॥1॥ Pause॥ The one before you used to veil her face; do not follow in her footsteps. ॥1॥ The only merit in veiling your face is that for a few days, people will say, “What a noble bride has come”. ॥2॥ Your veil shall be true only if you skip, dance and sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord. ॥3॥ Says Kabeer, the soul-bride shall win, only if she passes her life singing the Lord’s Praises. ॥4॥1॥34॥ AASAA: I would rather be cut apart by a saw, than have You turn Your back on me. Hug me close, and listen to my prayer. ॥1॥ I am a sacrifice to You — please, turn Your face to me, O Beloved Lord. Why have You turned Your back to me? Why have You killed me? ॥1॥ Pause॥ Even if You cut my body apart, I shall not pull my limbs away from You. Even if my body falls, I shall not break my bonds of love with You. ॥2॥ Between You and I, there is no other. You are the Husband Lord, and I am the soul-bride. ॥3॥ Says Kabeer, listen, O people: now, I place no reliance in you. ॥4॥2॥35॥ AASAA: No one knows the secret of God, the Cosmic Weaver. He has stretched out the fabric of the whole world. ॥1॥ Pause॥ When you listen to the Vedas and the Puraanas, you shall know that the whole world is only a small piece of His woven fabric. ॥1॥ He has made the earth and sky His loom. Upon it, He moves the two bobbins of the sun and the moon. ॥2॥ Placing my feet together, I have accomplished one thing — my mind is pleased with that Weaver. I have come to understand my own home, and recognize the Lord within my heart. ॥3॥ Says Kabeer, when my body workshop breaks, the Weaver shall blend my thread with His thread. ॥4॥3॥36॥ AASAA: With filth within the heart, even if one bathes at sacred places of pilgrimage, still, he shall not go to heaven. Nothing is gained by trying to please others — the Lord cannot be fooled. ॥1॥ Worship the One Divine Lord. The true cleansing bath is service to the Guru. ॥1॥ Pause॥ If salvation can be obtained by bathing in water, then what about the frog, which is always bathing in water? As is the frog, so is that mortal; he is reincarnated, over and over again. ॥2॥ If the hard-hearted sinner dies in Benaares, he cannot escape hell. And even if the Lord’s Saint dies in the cursed land of Haramba, still, he saves all his family. ॥3॥ Where there is neither day nor night, and neither Vedas nor Shaastras, there, the Formless Lord abides. Says Kabeer, meditate on Him, O mad-men of the world. ॥4॥4॥37॥