Thou performest the Hindu worship at home, thou readest the Quran in public, and associatest with Muhammadans,[1]
O my brother.
Lay aside hypocrisy, repeat God's name, and thou shalt
be saved.
Guru Nanak
They who have strings on their necks eat men, recite the Muhammadan prayers,
And use knives to cut men's throats.[2]
Although the Brahmans sound shells in their houses,
And enjoy their viands as they do themselves;[3]
Yet false is their capital and false their dealings.
By uttering falsehood they maintain themselves.
Far from them is the abode of bashfulness and honesty:
Nanak, falsehood everywhere prevaileth.
On their foreheads are sacrificial marks; on their waists
reddish[4] dhotis;
And in their hands knives; they are the world's butchers.
Putting on blue clothes, they are acceptable in the
Muhammadans' court,
And, while taking bread from the malechhas, worship
the Purans.
They eat he-goats killed with unspeakable words,[5]
And allow no one to enter their cooking squares.
Having smeared a space they draw lines around it,
And sit within, false that they are,
Saying, 'Touch not! O touch not!
'Or this food of ours will be defiled.'
But their bodies are defiled; what they do is defiled;
- ↑ Also translated—Thou actest like Muhammadans.
- ↑ Also translated—They who read prayers devour men, and they who wear strings on their necks ply knives.
- ↑ According to the holy books of the Hindus, Brāhmans should not eat in the houses of men who recite Muhammadan prayers.
- ↑ Kākhāi, reddish, or partially soiled from frequent washing. The word is also applied to the tucking in of a dhoti in a particular way.
- ↑ The Muhammadan expression Bismillāh (in the name of God), used when slaughtering animals as well as on other occasions. It is, of course, unacceptable to Hindus.
