dulB jnmu puMn Pl pwieE ibrQw jwq AibbykY ]
dulabh janam punn fal paa-i-o birthaa jaat abibaykai.
I obtained this precious human life as a reward for my past actions, but without discriminating wisdom, it is wasted in vain.

rwjy ieMdR smsir igRh Awsn ibnu hir Bgiq khhu ikh lyKY ]1]
raajay indar samsar garih aasan bin har bhagat kahhu kih laykhai. ||1||
Tell me, without devotional worship of the Lord, of what use are mansions and thrones like those of King Indra? ||1||

n bIcwirE rwjw rwm ko rsu ]
na beechaari-o raajaa raam ko ras.
You have not considered the sublime essence of the Name of the Lord, our King;

ijh rs An rs bIsir jwhI ]1] rhwau ]
jih ras an ras beesar jaahee. ||1|| rahaa-o.
this sublime essence shall cause you to forget all other essences. ||1||Pause||

jwin Ajwn Bey hm bwvr soc Asoc idvs jwhI ]
jaan ajaan bha-ay ham baavar soch asoch divas jaahee.
We do not know what we need to know, and we have become insane. We do not consider what we should consider; our days are passing away.

ieMdRI sbl inbl ibbyk buiD prmwrQ prvys nhI ]2]
indree sabal nibal bibayk buDh parmaarath parvays nahee. ||2||
Our passions are strong, and our discriminating intellect is weak; we have no access to the supreme objective. ||2||

khIAq Awn AcrIAq An kCu smJ n prY Apr mwieAw ]
kahee-at aan achree-at an kachh samajh na parai apar maa-i-aa.
We say one thing, and do something else; entangled in endless Maya, we do not understand anything.

kih rivdws audws dws miq prhir kopu krhu jIA dieAw ]3]3]
kahi ravidaas udaas daas mat parhar kop karahu jee-a da-i-aa. ||3||3||
Says Ravi Daas, Your slave, O Lord, I am disillusioned and detached; please, spare me Your anger, and have mercy on my soul. ||3||3||