Salok Bhagat Kabir, Salok 150 — simple bread in the Sangat
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Tall mansions are filled with gold and beautiful women, with flags waving from their tops.
Better than these is simple bread received as a gift, if you sing the One's praises in the Sangat.
A simple life spent singing the One's praises is better than great riches.
Ooch bhavan: tall mansions. Kankaamnee: gold and beautiful women, the two great desires of rich courts. Sikhar Dhajaa fehraa-ay: flags waving at the top.
Madhookree is food received from door to door, a little at each house, the way a bee gathers honey from many flowers. Satsang gun gaa-ay: singing the One's qualities in the Sangat — people gathered together to remember the One.
What simple thing in your life is richer than it looks?
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