Translation

(1) Jyān na karvu joī re santo

Sadguru Nishkulanand Swami

Jyān na karvu joī re santo jyān na karvu joī,

O Santo! Do not cause damage (to one’s life) purposely.

(Since these kirtans are about renunciation, this can be interpreted as: do not behave against the codes of renunciation, because doing so would cause damage to one’s reputation.)

 Ati ange unmatta hoī re... °ṭek

By behaving arrogantly.

Jo jāye Jāve to kariye kamāṇī, sāchavī lāviye soī;

If one goes to Java to earn money, then one should bring earnings back with protection.

 Nahi to beshī rahiye bāraṇe, paṇ gānṭhanī na āviye khoī re... ° 1

Otherwise, stay at home; but do not lose what one has earned.

Jo ḍūbakī diye dariyāmā, motī sāru mane mohī;

If one dives into the ocean to harvest pearls.. .

 To lāviye muktā mahāmūlā, paṇ nāviye deh ḍaboī re... ° 2

Then bring back valuable pearls; but do not drown one’s body.

Jo jāy jaḷ Jāh‍navī nā’vā, to āviye kilabiṣh dhoī;

If one goes to bathe in the Ganga River, then come back having washed away one’s sins.

 Paṇ sāmu na lāviye samajī, pāp parnā te ḍhoī re... ° 3

But do not bring back others’ sins knowingly.

Tem bhakta thaīne bhakti kariye, Haricharaṇe chitta proī;

Similarly, one should engage in devotion with one’s mind engrossed in God.

 Niṣhkuḷānand ke’ nar ghar mūkī, na jīviye janam vagoī re... ° 4

Nishkulanand Swami says, “Having renounced, one should not live a disgraced life.”