राम सिमरि राम सिमरि राम सिमरि भाई ॥राम नाम सिमरन बिनु बूडते अधिकाई ॥ १ ॥रहाउ ॥*rāma simari rāma simari rāma simari bhāī ॥**rāma nāma simarana binu būḍatē adhikāī ॥ 1 ॥rahāu ॥*बनिता सुत देह ग्रेह संपति सुखदाई ॥इन्ह मै कछु नाहि तेरो काल अवध आई ॥ १ ॥*banitā suta dēha grēha saṁpati sukhadāī ॥**inha mai kachu nāhi tērō kāla avadha āī ॥ 1 ॥*अजामल गज गनिका पतित करम कीने ॥तेऊ उतरि पारि परे राम नाम लीने ॥ २ ॥*ajāmala gaja ganikā patita karama kīnē ॥**tēū utari pāri parē rāma nāma līnē ॥ 2 ॥*सूकर कूकर जोनि भ्रमे तऊ लाज न आई ॥राम नाम छाडि अंम्रित काहे बिखु खाई ॥ ३ ॥*sūkara kūkara jōni bhramē taū lāja na āī ॥**rāma nāma chāḍi aṁmrita kāhē bikhu khāī ॥ 3 ॥*तजि भरम करम बिधि निखेध राम नामु लेही ॥गुर प्रसादि जन कबीर रामु करि सनेही ॥ ४ ॥ ५ ॥*taji bharama karama bidhi nikhēdha rāma nāmu lēhī ॥**gura prasādi jana kabīra rāmu kari sanēhī ॥ 4 ॥ 5 ॥*
In plain words
Remember Rām, remember Rām, remember Rām, brother. Without the remembrance of Rām's Name, great numbers are drowning. *(refrain)* Wife, sons, body, house, property: they give you comfort. Not one of them is yours when the appointed hour comes. Ajāmal, the elephant, the prostitute: they did the deeds of the fallen. They too came up on the far shore, for they took Rām's Name. You have wandered the wombs of the pig and the dog, and still no shame has come to you. You leave Rām's Name, which is amrit, and why then do you eat poison? Leave off delusion and rite, the prescribed and the forbidden, and take Rām's Name. By the Guru's grace, servant Kabīr has made Rām his beloved.