Kabir yeh ghar prem ka, khala ka ghar nahi,
Sees utaare hathi kare, so paise ghar mahi.
Kabir, this house of true love, has no easy street,
renounce all to serve love, then you own the lease.
(Kabir this is house of love, not a parental refuge. To chop off own head and hold it in hands, only they are allowed to come in and stay.)
True love is not a child's play and the house of love is no house of refuge. It is a house of determination, courage and sacrifices. Fulfilling true love to someone requires sacrifices not dreamt of in the beginning. It requires almost total surrender of the self, thoughts and desires on the altar of love. Only those who have this capacity to give up one’s life willingly for a cause are fit to enter and reside in the house of love or claim to be in true love.
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Prem naa kheton neepuje, prem na hati bikai,
Raja parja jis ruche, sir de so le jai.
Love grows not on pastures, comes not from enterprise,
King and common treasure it, succumb entirely and realize.
(Love does not grow in fields; love does not sell in shops. King and common relish it, who gives head, takes it away.)
Everyone from the most powerful kings to a common man is looking for true love but cannot find it. Love cannot be bought or grown. Those select few who make the highest sacrifices for true love steal it away while the rest keep hoping and watching.
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Jab tak kaal ghasi nahin kaya, jab tak jara roag nahin aya,
Jab tak vikal huai nahin wani, kar le re maan bhajan prani.
Until time wears this body, until age makes you meager,
until health holds you hearty, get to know your creator.
(Until time has not worn out your body, until the disease of old age has not caught up with you. Until your voice has not become feeble, meditate on your inner self.)
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