नरू मरै नरु कामि न आवै ॥पसू मरै दस काज सवारै ॥ १ ॥*narū marai naru kāmi na āvai ॥**pasū marai dasa kāja savārai ॥ 1 ॥*अपने करम की गति मै किआ जानउ ॥मै किआ जानउ बाबा रे ॥ १ ॥रहाउ ॥*apanē karama kī gati mai kiā jānau ॥**mai kiā jānau bābā rē ॥ 1 ॥rahāu ॥*हाड जले जैसे लकरी का तूला ॥केस जले जैसे घास का पूला ॥ २ ॥*hāḍa jalē jaisē lakarī kā tūlā ॥**kēsa jalē jaisē ghāsa kā pūlā ॥ 2 ॥*कहु कबीर तब ही नरु जागै ॥जम का डंडु मूंड महि लागै ॥ ३ ॥ २ ॥*kahu kabīra taba hī naru jāgai ॥**jama kā ḍaṁḍu mūṁḍa mahi lāgai ॥ 3 ॥ 2 ॥*
In plain words
A man dies, and the man is of no use to anyone. A beast dies, and it serves ten purposes. What do I know of the way my own karam runs? What do I know, bābā? *(refrain)* The bones burn like a bundle of sticks. The hair burns like a sheaf of grass. Say Kabīr, a man wakes only then, when Death's club comes down on his head.