This poem is addressed to those who pretend to be devotees but lack depth and sincerity. Through examples from nature and folklore, Kabir brings out the importance of one-pointed attention, self-effacing endeavor and ardent love on the path of devotion.

To what purpose is your sham devotion?
Immerse your mind in the Lord's love:
The deer, enamored of music,
Is captured and cut to pieces,
Yet his attention
Wavers not from the melody
That is dear to his heart.

Immerse your mind in the Lord's love.

Love Him as the fish loves water;
Separated, she dies longing,
Longing for what is dear to her heart.

Let such be your love for the Lord.

The worm keeps its attention
Unwavering on the mason wasp;
It dwells on the object of its love
And through its loving attention
Itself becomes the wasp.

Let your heart thus dwell on the Lord.

The Lord's Name, the true nectar,
Is the essence of all love;
But you are averse to the elixir,
O witless one! You clamp your mouth
With the muzzle of ignorance
And keep dying again and again.

To what purpose is your sham devotion?
Immerse your mind in the Lord's love.

Says Kabir: Beloved Lord,
I am the slave even of Thy slaves —
I'll never forsake
The loving shelter of Thy lotus feet,
And my heart will ever dwell
In Thy love.

K.G., p. 165:393
Aisai man lāi lai ram sanā