Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Kabir's Poems -13-



Kaachi kaya munn athir, thir kanm karant, 
Jayun jayun nur nidharak phiren, tayun tayun kaal hasant.

Decrepit bodies whirling minds, put firm to gratify lust, 
as people trial sensuous demands, TIME laughs in disgust.

(Flimsy body wavering/unsteady mind, constantly engaged in lustful activities. As men dare more and more unmindful, so the lord of time laughs.)

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Soham hansa ek samaan, kaya ke gunn aannahin aan, 
Maati ek sakal sansaara, bahuvidhi bhaande gharhe kumbhara.

Equal is swan to nightingale, body colour shape no measure, 
Same ingredients caused us all, potter made myriad treasure.

(Black nightingale and white swan are made alike, physical bodies qualities are not the measure. Everything in this world is made of the same clay; potter makes his pots in many different ways.)

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Ekai pawan ek he paani, ek jaati sansaara, 
Ek he khaak ghareh sub bhaande, ek he sirjanhara.

One air one water one planet, one strain of ancestors, 
Same genus grew us all, there is only one CREATOR.

(Same air same water, there is only one caste in the world. All pots are made of the same dirt, of the same Creator.)

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