Salok Bhagat Kabir, Salok 60 — no name to give
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Kabir says: I have no hut and no shack, no house and no village.
I hope the Lord will not ask who I am, for I have no caste and no name to give.
Before the One, a person stands with nothing to show but themselves.
Kabir lists what he does not have: naa mohi chhaan na chhaapree, no hut, no shack; naa mohi ghar nahee gaa-o, no house, no village. The world measures people by these things.
Mat har poochhai ka-un hai: may the One not ask who I am. Mayray jaat na naa-o, I have no caste and no name. Kabir stands before the One with empty hands, with no status to point to.
Think of arriving at a party where no one asks what you own or where you come from. You are simply there, as you are.
What would you say if someone asked who you are, without naming anything you own?
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