In this devotional poem Kabir depicts the love and spirit of surrender of the devotee. He accepts the Lord's will without hesitation or reservation. Whatever comes from Him — whether it is love or anger — the devotee accepts as his will. A true lover becomes one with the Lord, loses his own identity in Him, and is so much engrossed in love that he is unable to distinguish between pleasure and pain or between love and anger, since both come from Him. All that comes from the Beloved is accepted as a gift and a blessing by the lover.

Thy command is over my head
I do not question it, my Lord.
Thou art the river,
Thou the Boatman,
Only through Thee can I go across.

Embrace devotion
For the Lord, my friend,
Whether He be angry,
Whether He love you.

Thy Name, dear Lord,
Is my only support;
It sustains me
As water sustains the lotus bloom.
Kabir is Thy bondslave:
Give him life or give him death —
Whatever, Lord, be Thy pleasure.

A.G., Gauri, p. 338
Pharmān terā sirai ūpar