Everything happens as an effect

Everything happens as an effect
     Of one's own efforts and actions.
Some sit on the verandah and get outside news,
     Some travel far away.

Muslims have their hearts set on Makkah,
    Hindus travel to Banaras.
Oh! In the heart there is priceless treasure;
    Who goes far away ( to seek it ) ?

By caste he is weaver Kabir,
    Orissa, he loudly proclaims as his ( home ) ;
He lost his hand and his small amount of money
    Travelling to a dozen lands.

Ramaji is what Ram Das is called;
   By caste he is a cobbler;
      Mother Gangas took him in a leather turtle.

Without knowing ( what he is doing ),
      He leaves his home
        And makes a hut in a forest.
Lalon says,
      When you get rid your vices,
         Where will you go?

There is mistake in your calculations

There is mistake in your calculations.
   How will you recognize the Man-Jewel
          within you?
               You know nothing about yourself.
Your roam about to get news about others;
   Once you know yourself
               You can know others.

Where were you before?
    Now you have come here.
        Did you determine that?
Not understanding ( the implications ),
   You shaved your head,
         Yet do no seek the path.

Where ( and when ) did you lose the One
   With whom you came into this world?
Siraj guru says:
   Lalon's interior is devoid of substance;
     That is why he is mad with restlessness.