Read "Marig Meen Bharing Patang" shabad meaning, Punjabi text, and English pronunciation from Amritbani.
ਮ੍ਰਿਗ ਮੀਨ ਭ੍ਰਿੰਗ ਪਤੰਗ ਕੁੰਚਰ ਏਕ ਦੋਖ ਬਿਨਾਸ॥
ਪੰਚ ਦੋਖ ਅਸਾਧ ਜਾ ਮਹਿ ਤਾ ਕੀ ਕੇਤਕ ਆਸ ॥੧॥
ਮਾਧੋ ਅਬਿਦਿਆ ਹਿਤ ਕੀਨ॥
ਬਿਬੇਕ ਦੀਪ ਮਲੀਨ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
ਤ੍ਰਿਗਦ ਜੋਨਿ ਅਚੇਤ ਸੰਭਵ ਪੁੰਨ ਪਾਪ ਅਸੋਚ॥
ਮਾਨੁਖਾ ਅਵਤਾਰ ਦੁਲਭ ਤਿਹੀ ਸੰਗਤਿ ਪੋਚ ॥੨॥
ਜੀਅ ਜੰਤ ਜਹਾ ਜਹਾ ਲਗੁ ਕਰਮ ਕੇ ਬਸਿ ਜਾਇ॥
ਕਾਲ ਫਾਸ ਅਬਧ ਲਾਗੇ ਕਛੁ ਨ ਚਲੈ ਉਪਾਇ ॥੩॥
ਰਵਿਦਾਸ ਦਾਸ ਉਦਾਸ ਤਜੁ ਭ੍ਰਮੁ ਤਪਨ ਤਪੁ ਗੁਰ ਗਿਆਨ॥
ਭਗਤ ਜਨ ਭੈ ਹਰਨ ਪਰਮਾਨੰਦ ਕਰਹੁ ਨਿਦਾਨ ॥੪॥੧॥
Marig Meen Bharing Patang
Kunchar Ek Dokh Binaas
Panch Dokh Asaadh Jaa Meh
Ta Ki Ketak Aas ॥1॥
Madho Abidia Hit Keen
Bibek Dip Maleen ॥Rahao॥
Tarigad Jon Achet Sambhav
Punn Paap Asoch
Maanukha Avtaar Dulabh
Tihi Sangat Poch ॥2॥
Jeea Jant Jaha Jaha Lag
Karam Ke Bas Jaie
Kaal Faas Abadh Laage
Kachh Na Chalai Upaie ॥3॥
Ravidass Dass Udas
Taj Bharam Tapan Tap Gur Gyan
Bhagat Jan Bhai Haran
Parmaanand Karahu Nidan ॥4॥
The deer, the fish, the bumble-bee, the moth and the elephant perish each for one sense. So what hope is there for a man who has five implacable enemies?
O God! Man loves ignorance. The lamp of his knowledge has become dim.
The thoughtless are born again as creeping things; they cannot distinguish between good and evil. They have now obtained human birth so difficult to obtain, and yet in it they associate with the base.
Men and lower animals, wherever they are, are born subject to their previous acts. The noose of death which hangs over them can by no means be warded off.
Ravidass says, you renounce worldly love, dispel doubt, and make the Guru’s divine knowledge your religious fervour.
O God! You are the dispeller of fear from the minds of your devotees. Now You grant me supreme bliss at last.