Salok Bhagat Kabir, Salok 128 — rise and remember the One
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Kabir says: what are you doing, sleeping? Why not get up and remember the One?
One day you will sleep with your legs stretched out long.
Get up now and remember the One, because one day the body will rest for good.
Uth ke na jaapeh muraar: why not rise and remember Muraar? Muraar is a name for the divine from Hindu stories, the one who defeated the demon Mur. Kabir uses the names he grew up with.
Ik din sovan ho-igo: one day there will be a sleeping, god pasaar, with the legs stretched out. It is a plain, quiet picture of a body after death, lying still. Kabir uses it to say that this waking time is the time to remember.
What would you like to spend your waking time on?
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