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HETESU(N) MEELO MAARAA MUNIVARO
BY SEYYED IMAAMSHAAH

jeere viraa hetesu(n) meelo maaraa munivaro
ane mukhe te saachee vaannee bolo
neet neet darshan keeje dev naa(n)
bhaai sutak paatak kholo..............................1

Dear brothers: With love have a gathering, O my believers and
speak from your mouths only the truth. Everyday (enjoy or seek)
the Vision of the Lord. Brother open up your sins and irreligious
activities(for repentance and purification).

jeere viraa gurgat ga(n)gaa teerathmaa(n)he naahi-e
ane nirmal keejee-e man
paanch padaarath paamee-e
jo purav hove punya...................................2

Dear brothers: Bath in the abode wherein the Guide, the Jamaat,
the Ganges and the place of pilgrimage are all present (i.e. JamaatKhaanaa),
and make your heart(mind) spotless. You will attain the five essential
virtues i.e, truth, patience, forgiveness, faith and remembrance of the Lord,
if your deeds of the past lives are complete and perfect.

[Since prayers and purifying rituals take place in JamaatKhaanaa,
it serves as a purifying place for the soul, hence bathing of the soul
must take place there. This is in contrast to the bathing that the
Hindus perform at the Ganges as part of the pilgrimage.
The presence of the 'Gat', the congregation, is to provide
support for the individual search for enlightenment.]

jeere viraa purav punya vinaa kyaa(n)thee paamee-e
ane saacho te satpa(n)th saar
satpa(n)th padaarath paamee-e
bhaai joi dil hove paak...............................3

Dear brothers: Without complete and perfect deeds of the past lives,
how can one attain(the spiritual benefits)? The essence of the True Path
is the Truth. One can only attain the substance and the mysteries of the
True Path if brother, the heart is pure.

jeere viraa paak saahebjeenu(n) naam chhe
tene ja(m)pee-e saas usaas
dur ma dekho dil maa(n)he vase
jem cha(m)paa ful maa(n)he vaas.......................4

Dear brothers: The Name (or Word, Command) of the Imaam is holy and true.
Remember it upon every breath. Do not regard(the Lord) as being remote as
He is present in the heart like the presence of the fragrance in a flower.

jeere viraa romerome maaro shaah vase
ane a(n)tar nahi ek teel
evu(n) jaannee ne bhagataai keejee-e
shaah paratak betthaa dil.............................5

Dear brothers: Within every hair of my body, my Lord resides and He is not remote
even by a distance of one grain of simsim. By regarding Him thus, perform your
devotions; the Lord is present and seated in the heart.

jeere viraa sat bolo ane sate chaaljo
ane sat samo nahi koi saar
sakall ved sate rachyaa
bhaai sate utarso paar................................6

Dear brothers: Speak about truth and conduct yourselves truthfully.
And there is nothing as exalted and pure as the truth. All the scriptures
have been created out (or for the sake) of truth. Brothers, by truth you
will cross over the limits of this material existence.

jeere viraa sat ma chhoddo maaraa munivaro
ane sat chhoddaye pat jaay
imaan sareekho divaddo
tene ajvaalle shaah paai..............................7

Dear brothers: Do not abandon the truth, O my believers.
The one who abandons the truth loses all respect and dignity.
Imaan is compared to a Lamp, through the brightness of which,
the Lord is attained.

jeere viraa rahennee ajvaallee chaa(n)d su(n)
ane divas ajvaallo sur
tem ghatt ajvaallo imaansu(n)
chaudise varase nur...................................8

Dear brothers: The brightness of the night comes from the moon and the
brightness of the day comes from the sun. In the same manner the
brightness of the body comes from 'Imaan' (faith). It lights the four directions
(everywhere; zaahir, baatin, awwal, aakhar).

jeere viraa nur naaraayannjeenu(n) teeyaa(n) vase
jeesghatt saacho imaan
tene devlok parnnaam kare
pachhe vaaso te vaiku(n)tth tthaam....................9

Dear brothers: The Light of the Lord resides in the heart which has true faith.
To such a soul, even the spirits of the heavens offer salutations and in
the hereafter, an abode in paradise is awaiting it.

jeere viraa bhanne sayyed imaamshaah sunno munivaro
tame dekho acha(m)be saar
chhelee naav kal jug nee
bhaai imaani utarshe paar............................10

Dear brothers: Sayyed Imaamshaah teaches, listen believers.
Consider this astonishing mystery. The last boat is of the present era.
Brothers, the faithful ones will cross over the ocean of this material
existence (by boarding it).