Translation

(1) Re Shyām tame sāchu nāṇu

Sadguru Muktanand Swami

Re Shyām tame sāchu nāṇu, bīju sarve dukhḍāyak jāṇu...

Mahārāj, you are true wealth; I have realized everything else to be misery-inducing.

Re tam vinā sukh sampat kahāve,

Te to sarve mahādukh upjāve;

Without you, all the so-called wealth and happiness of this world create great misery.

Ante emā kām koī nāve... re Shyām 1

In the end, they are all useless. 1

Re mūrakh lok mare bhaṭkī,

Jūṭhā sange hāre shir paṭkī;

(Let the) foolish people (of the world) die wandering; let them fall, beating their heads with false company.

Tethī mārī manvrutti aṭkī... re Shyām 2

My mind (is now) refrained from those (activities). 2

Re akhanḍ alaukik sukh sāru,

Re joī joī man mohyu māru;

My mind has become infatuated by seeing that eternal and otherworldly happiness.

Dharā dhan tam upar vāru... re Shyām 3

(I shall now) sacrifice (all my) land and money to you. 3

Re Brahmāthī kīṭ lagī joyu,

Jūṭhu sukh jāṇīne vagovyu;

I have seen the pleasures (enjoyed by beings) from Brahmā to the smallest insect, and realizing them to be false, have denounced them.

Muktānand man tam sang mohyu... re Shyām 4

Muktanand’s mind has become infatuated with your company. 4

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