जब हम एको एकु करि जानिआ ॥तब लोगह काहे दुखु मानिआ ॥ १ ॥*jaba hama ēkō ēku kari jāniā ॥**taba lōgaha kāhē dukhu māniā ॥ 1 ॥*हम अपतह अपुनी पति खोई ॥हमरै खोजि परहु मति कोई ॥ १ ॥रहाउ ॥*hama apataha apunī pati khōī ॥**hamarai khōji parahu mati kōī ॥ 1 ॥rahāu ॥*हम मंदे मंदे मन माही ॥साझ पाति काहू सिउ नाही ॥ २ ॥*hama maṁdē maṁdē mana māhī ॥**sājha pāti kāhū siu nāhī ॥ 2 ॥*पति अपति ता की नही लाज ॥तब जानहुगे जब उघरैगो पाज ॥ ३ ॥*pati apati tā kī nahī lāja ॥**taba jānahugē jaba ugharaigō pāja ॥ 3 ॥*कहु कबीर पति हरि परवानु ॥सरब तिआगि भजु केवल रामु ॥ ४ ॥ ३ ॥*kahu kabīra pati hari paravānu ॥**saraba tiāgi bhaju kēvala rāmu ॥ 4 ॥ 3 ॥*
In plain words
When I knew the One as one alone, why did people take it so badly? Dishonoured, I have lost the honour I had. Let nobody set out to follow my trail. *(refrain)* I am bad, bad in my own mind. I go in partnership with nobody. Honour, dishonour: I feel no shame about that. You will know when the gilding is rubbed off. Says Kabīr, the honour that counts is the honour Hari accepts. Let everything else go and sing Rām alone. *pāj*, the thin coat of gilding laid over a base metal.