जलि है सूतकु थलि है सूतकु सूतक ओपति होई ॥जनमे सूतकु मूए फुनि सूतकु सूतक परज बिगोई ॥ १ ॥*jali hai sūtaku thali hai sūtaku sūtaka ōpati hōī ॥**janamē sūtaku mūē phuni sūtaku sūtaka paraja bigōī ॥ 1 ॥*कहु रे पंडीआ कउन पवीता ॥ऐसा गिआनु जपहु मेरे मीता ॥ १ ॥रहाउ ॥*kahu rē paṁḍīā kauna pavītā ॥**aisā giānu japahu mērē mītā ॥ 1 ॥rahāu ॥*नैनहु सूतकु बैनहु सूतकु सूतकु स्रवनी होई ॥ऊठत बैठत सूतकु लागै सूतकु परै रसोई ॥ २ ॥*nainahu sūtaku bainahu sūtaku sūtaku sravanī hōī ॥**ūṭhata baiṭhata sūtaku lāgai sūtaku parai rasōī ॥ 2 ॥*फासन की बिधि सभु कोऊ जानै छूटन की इकु कोई ॥कहि कबीर रामु रिदै बिचारै सूतकु तिनै न होई ॥ ३ ॥ ४१ ॥*phāsana kī bidhi sabhu kōū jānai chūṭana kī iku kōī ॥**kahi kabīra rāmu ridai bicārai sūtaku tinai na hōī ॥ 3 ॥ 41 ॥*
In plain words
There is *sūtak* in the water, sūtak on the land, sūtak in whatever comes to be. Sūtak at a birth and sūtak again at a death, and sūtak has ruined the people. Tell me, pandit, who is pure? Chant such a knowing as this, my friend. *(refrain)* There is sūtak in the eyes, sūtak in the speech, sūtak in the ears. Standing up and sitting down, sūtak clings, and sūtak falls on the cooking. Everyone knows the way to be caught; only one here and there knows the way out. Says Kabīr, whoever turns Rām over in the heart, for him there is no sūtak. *sūtak*, the defilement a birth or a death lays on a household, keeping it from worship and from its own kitchen for a set number of days.