दुर्लभ मानुष जन्म है , देह न बारम्बार। तरुवर ज्यों पत्ती झड़े , बहुरि न लागे डार॥ 22॥

The verses

1. दुर्लभ मानुष जन्म है , देह न बारम्बार। तरुवर ज्यों पत्ती झड़े , बहुरि न लागे डार॥

   Meaning: This human birth is rare, a body not repeatedly gained. Like leaves falling from a tree, it does not return again.

2. आय हैं सो जाएँगे , राजा रंक फकीर। एक सिंहासन चढ़ि चले , एक बँधे जात जंजीर॥

   Meaning: The rich shall sleep soundly, the king and the beggar alike. One climbs upon a throne, and one is bound with chains.

3. काल करे सो आज कर , आज करे सो अब। पल में प्रलय होएगी , बहुरि करेगा कब॥

   Meaning: What should be done tomorrow, do it today; what should be done today, do it now. For in a moment, there will be a great deluge, when then will you do it?

4. माँगन मरण समान है , मति माँगो कोई भीख। माँगन से तो मरना भला , यह सतगुरु की सीख॥

   Meaning: Asking for death is the same as asking for wisdom; begging for any favor. Dying is better than begging, this is the teaching of the true Guru.

5. जहाँ आपा तहाँ आपदां , जहाँ संशय तहाँ रोग। कह कबीर यह क्यों मिटे , चारों धीरज रोग॥

   Meaning: Where there is ego, there is calamity; where there is doubt, there is disease. Kabir says, why should these four ailments—the disease of ego, doubt, and impatience—be eradicated?