राम राम राम जीह जौलौं तू न जपिहै। तौलौं, तू कहूँ जाय, तिहूँ ताप तपिहै॥ १॥ सुरसरि-तीर बिनु नीर दुख पाइहै। सुरतरु तरे तोहि दारिद सताइहै॥ २॥ जागत, बागत, सपने न सुख सोइहै। जनम जनम, जुग जुग जग रोइहै॥ ३॥ छूटिबेके जतन बिसेष बाँधो जायगो। ह्वैहै बिष भोजन जो सुधा-सानि खायगो॥ ४॥ तुलसी तिलोक, तिहूँ काल तोसे दीनको। रामनाम ही की गति जैसे जल मीनको॥ ५॥
Tongue, until you chant ‘Rama, Rama, Rama,’ wherever you go the three torments will continue to burn you. (1) On the bank of the celestial river you will suffer for lack of water; beneath the heavenly wish-tree poverty will harass you. (2) Waking, wandering or dreaming, you will sleep without happiness; birth after birth, age after age, you will weep in this world. (3) Your special attempts to escape will bind you tighter; even food mixed with nectar will become poison. (4) Tulsi, for one so poor as you in all three worlds and times, Rama’s name alone is refuge, as water is for the fish. (5)