Original · Devanagari
मेरी लगी राम सों डोरी, जग सों नाहीं डरना। नाहिं उरना एक कहो कोई लाख कहो री, आगे पीछे क्या करना॥ १ ॥ चारि दिना की जगत चाँदनी, आखिर इक दिन है मरना। स्वारथ सगे कुटुम्बी देखे परखे, इन मिल क्या सरना॥ २ ॥ वर्णाश्रम कुल धर्म कर्म व्रत करि जे जन्मभोर दुख भरना। खोटी संगति मूरख डूबे, साधु संगति में है तरना॥ ३ ॥ सीतापति गुरुदेव बतायो, सब साधन तजि उर धरना। कृपानिवास रामरस पायो जब पकरे दृढ़ गुरु रचना॥ ४ ॥ ३५ ॥
Fresh English translation
A cord now binds me to Rama, so I have no fear of the world. I will not turn back: whether one person speaks or a hundred thousand, why calculate what lies ahead or behind? The world's moonlight lasts only four days; in the end everyone must die. I have examined self-interested relatives and family—what refuge can meeting them provide? Those who spend a lifetime bearing the burdens of caste-stage, lineage, duty, action, and vows still fill their days with sorrow. Fools drown in bad company, while the company of saints carries one across. The guru revealed the Lord of Sita and taught me to abandon every other device and hold him in my heart. Says Kripanivasa: I found the nectar of Rama when I grasped the guru's instruction firmly.