Salok Bhagat Kabir, Salok 64 — guests here for a little while
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Kabir says: we are puppets made of clay, and we have been given the name "human."
We are guests here for only a few days, yet we take up so much space.
We are guests here for a few days, and still we grab so much room.
Maatee kay ham pootray, we are clay dolls, shaped from the earth. Maanas raakhi-o naa-o, and we are called by the proud name "human."
Chaar divas kay paahunay: guests for four days, a short stay. Bad bad roondheh thaa-o, yet we fence off huge places for ourselves, as if we would live there forever.
Think of a guest at a sleepover who spreads their things over the whole house. In the morning, everyone goes home.
Where in your life are you grabbing for more room than you need?
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