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Salok Bhagat Kabir, Salok 217 — how could I break with the One
ਕਬੀਰ ਲਾਗੀ ਪ੍ਰੀਤਿ ਸੁਜਾਨ ਸਿਉ ਬਰਜੈ ਲੋਗੁ ਅਜਾਨੁ ॥
kabeer laagee pareet sujaan si-o barjai log ajaan.
Kabir, I am in love with the All-knowing Lord; the ignorant ones try to hold me back.
ਤਾ ਸਿਉ ਟੂਟੀ ਕਿਉ ਬਨੈ ਜਾ ਕੇ ਜੀਅ ਪਰਾਨ ॥੨੧੭॥
taa si-o tootee ki-o banai jaa kay jee-a paraan. ||217||
How could I ever break with the One, who owns our soul and breath of life. ||217||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Kabir says: I have fallen in love with the All-knowing One, and people who do not understand try to hold me back.
How could I ever break away from the One who owns my soul and my breath?
Keep your love for the One who gives you breath, whatever others say.
Love for the One who gives you breath is worth keeping, even when others do not understand it.
Laagee pareet sujaan si-o: love has caught hold of me for the All-knowing One. Barjai log ajaan: people who do not understand try to stop me. Jaa kay jee-a paraan: the One to whom soul and breath belong. How could anyone break away from that?
A Question to Sit With
What good thing have you kept doing even when someone did not understand it?
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