Verse 266 of 450
Salok Bhagat Kabir, Salok 208 — putting it off until the day runs out
ਕਬੀਰ ਟਾਲੈ ਟੋਲੈ ਦਿਨੁ ਗਇਆ ਬਿਆਜੁ ਬਢੰਤਉ ਜਾਇ ॥
kabeer taalai tolai din ga-i-aa bi-aaj badhanta-o jaa-ay.
Kabir, my days have passed, and I have postponed my payments; the interest on my account continues to increase.
ਨਾ ਹਰਿ ਭਜਿਓ ਨ ਖਤੁ ਫਟਿਓ ਕਾਲੁ ਪਹੂੰਚੋ ਆਇ ॥੨੦੮॥
naa har bhaji-o na khat fati-o kaal pahooNcho aa-ay. ||208||
I have not meditated on the Lord and my account is still pending, and now, the moment of my death has come! ||208||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Kabir says: the days have gone by while I kept putting off what I owe, and the interest keeps growing.
I have not remembered the One, my debt is still not cleared, and now death has come.
Remember the One today; the days do not wait.
Putting off remembering the One only lets the debt grow until time runs out.
Taalai tolai din ga-i-aa: putting things off, the day has gone. Bi-aaj badhanta-o jaa-ay: the interest keeps growing. Naa har bhaji-o: the One was not remembered, na khat fati-o, the account was not settled and torn up. Then death arrives. The picture speaks of death plainly and gently, as the end of the time we have.
A Question to Sit With
What good thing have you been putting off?
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