Verse 190 of 450
Salok Bhagat Kabir, Salok 132 — old age has come and the house is on fire
ਕਬੀਰਾ ਰਾਮੁ ਨ ਚੇਤਿਓ ਜਰਾ ਪਹੂੰਚਿਓ ਆਇ ॥
kabeeraa raam na chayti-o jaraa pahooNchi-o aa-ay.
Kabir, you have not contemplated the Lord, and now old age has overtaken you.
ਲਾਗੀ ਮੰਦਿਰ ਦੁਆਰ ਤੇ ਅਬ ਕਿਆ ਕਾਢਿਆ ਜਾਇ ॥੧੩੨॥
laagee mandir du-aar tay ab ki-aa kaadhi-aa jaa-ay. ||132||
Now that the door of your mansion is on fire, what can you take out? ||132||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Kabir says: you did not remember the One, and now old age has come.
Now that the door of your house has caught fire, what can you carry out?
Gather what matters before the time runs short.
Remember the One now, before time runs short.
Raam na chayti-o: you did not remember Raam, the One. Then jaraa, old age, arrived.
Laagee mandir du-aar tay: the fire has reached the door of the house. When a house is burning, there is little time to save anything. Kabir uses this picture to say that the time to gather what matters is before the end comes near.
A Question to Sit With
What good thing have you been putting off?
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