Kabir in Song

Laakh laakh vandan

Refrain:
E laakh laakh vandan tam ne, koti koti vandan
Guru gam ka saagar tam ne, laakh laakh vandan

Verses:
Han, agyan jivodo guruji, charan mein aayo,
E (Han re) gyani ko deepak guruji ....
Janaye ho deejo
Guru gam ...

Han, lakh ho chaurasi mein jivodo, bhati ki mein aayo
E (Mhare) ab ki chaurasi guruji ....
chudayi ho deejo
Guru gam ...

Han dubat a dubat ho guruji, aap ne bachaya
E ab ko jivan ho guruji ....
Samadhi ho deejo
Guru gam ...

Han, ina ho sevak ki guruji, avaj gusai,
E avagaman ko bandhan ....
Chudayi ho deejo
Guru gam
Translation (very rough draft - by Jayaram)
A million salutations (prayers) to you, many many salutations,
O guru, you freed me from the ocean of sorrow?
(note: does gam mean form? sorrow? - JK)
A million salutations to you

Verses:
Guruji, this un-informed being, came to your feet
You are the light of knowing, guruji,
you gave me ? what??

??
??
You freed me from ??

Guruji, I was drowning, you saved me
Now I am alive,
You gave me samadhi (union with the universal spirit)


I am your servant, guruji, avaj gusai?
You freed me from the cycle
of birth and death