माटी को पुतरा कैसे नचतु है ॥देखै देखै सुनै बोलै दउरिओ फिरतु है ॥ १ ॥रहाउ ॥*māṭī kō putarā kaisē nacatu hai ॥**dēkhai dēkhai sunai bōlai dauriō phiratu hai ॥ 1 ॥rahāu ॥*जब कछु पावै तब गरबु करतु है ॥माइआ गई तब रोवनु लगतु है ॥ १ ॥*jaba kachu pāvai taba garabu karatu hai ॥**māiā gaī taba rōvanu lagatu hai ॥ 1 ॥*मन बच क्रम रस कसहि लुभाना ॥बिनसि गइआ जाइ कहूं समाना ॥ २ ॥*mana baca krama rasa kasahi lubhānā ॥**binasi gaiā jāi kahūṁ samānā ॥ 2 ॥*कहि रविदास बाजी जगु भाई ॥बाजीगर सउ मोहि प्रीति बनि आई ॥ ३ ॥ ६ ॥*kahi ravidāsa bājī jagu bhāī ॥**bājīgara sau mōhi prīti bani āī ॥ 3 ॥ 6 ॥*
In plain words
How this puppet of clay dances. It looks and looks, it hears, it speaks, it goes running about. *(refrain)* When it gets something, it swells with pride. When the māyā goes, it begins to weep. In mind, in word, in deed it is caught by every taste and tang. Then it is broken and gone. Where has it gone and merged? Says Ravidās, the world is a show, brother. And the showman is the one I have come to love.