Salok Bhagat Kabir, Salok 67 — a wave of goodness lifted me
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Kabir says: I was drowning, but in an instant a wave of goodness lifted me out.
When I saw that my boat was rotten, I jumped out of it at once.
One wave of goodness can lift a sinking person, and clear seeing lets them leave the rotten boat.
Doobaa thaa pai ubri-o: I was drowning, but I came up. Gun kee lahar jhabak, a wave of gun, goodness, the One's virtues, lifted me in a flash.
Jab daykhi-o bayrhaa jarjaraa, when I saw that the boat was rotten, tab utar pari-o ha-o farak, I jumped out right away. The rotten boat is whatever we had been trusting that could never carry us across.
Think of noticing a crack in the ice and stepping back onto solid ground.
When did letting go of something that was not working help you?
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