भूखे भगति न कीजै ॥यह माला अपनी लीजै ॥हउ मांगउ संतन रेना ॥मै नाही किसी का देना ॥ १ ॥*bhūkhē bhagati na kījai ॥**yaha mālā apanī lījai ॥**hau māṁgau saṁtana rēnā ॥**mai nāhī kisī kā dēnā ॥ 1 ॥*माधो कैसी बनै तुम संगे ॥आपि न देहु त लेवउ मंगे ॥रहाउ ॥*mādhō kaisī banai tuma saṁgē ॥**āpi na dēhu ta lēvau maṁgē ॥rahāu ॥*दुइ सेर मांगउ चूना ॥पाउ घीउ संगि लूना ॥अध सेरु मांगउ दाले ॥मो कउ दोनउ वखत जिवाले ॥ २ ॥*dui sēra māṁgau cūnā ॥**pāu ghīu saṁgi lūnā ॥**adha sēru māṁgau dālē ॥**mō kau dōnau vakhata jivālē ॥ 2 ॥*खाट मांगउ चउपाई ॥सिरहाना अवर तुलाई ॥ऊपर कउ मांगउ खींधा ॥तेरी भगति करै जनु थींधा ॥ ३ ॥*khāṭa māṁgau caupāī ॥**sirahānā avara tulāī ॥**ūpara kau māṁgau khīṁdhā ॥**tērī bhagati karai janu thīṁdhā ॥ 3 ॥*मै नाही कीता लबो ॥इकु नाउ तेरा मै फबो ॥कहि कबीर मनु मानिआ ॥मनु मानिआ तउ हरि जानिआ ॥ ४ ॥ ११ ॥*mai nāhī kītā labō ॥**iku nāu tērā mai phabō ॥**kahi kabīra manu māniā ॥**manu māniā tau hari jāniā ॥ 4 ॥ 11 ॥*
In plain words
A hungry man does no bhagati. Take back this rosary of yours. All I ask for is the dust of the saints' feet. I am in no one's debt. Mādhau, how are things to go well between you and me? If you will not give of your own accord, I shall go and beg. *(refrain)* I ask for two sērs of flour, a quarter of ghee and salt to go with it, half a sēr of dāl I ask for: enough to keep me alive at both times of day. I ask for a cot with four legs, a pillow and a mattress, and a quilt to lie over me, and your servant, well fed, will do your bhagati. I have not done this out of greed. Your one Name is all that becomes me. Says Kabīr, my mind is content, and when the mind was content, Hari was known. A *sēr* is a weight of about a kilo, and a *pāu* is a quarter of one.