log gathaavai panhee. ||1|| rahaa-o.
aar nahee jih
topa-o.
nahee raaNbee thaa-o ropa-o. ||1||
log ganth ganth kharaa
bigoochaa.
ha-o bin gaaNthay jaa-ay pahoochaa. ||2||
ravidaas japai raam
naamaa.
mohi jam si-o naahee kaamaa. ||3||7||
I am a shoemaker, but I do not know how to mend shoes.
People come to me to mend their shoes. ||1||Pause||
I have no awl to stitch them;
I have no knife to patch them. ||1||
Mending, mending, people waste their lives and ruin themselves.
Without wasting my time mending, I have found the Lord. ||2||
Ravi Daas chants the Lord's Name;
he is not concerned with the Messenger of Death. ||3||7||