Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The child of someone who never had children heads off to get married under a golden canopy!
He weds a lovely bride, and the rabbit and the lion sing at the wedding together.
This one is about something new being born where nothing seemed possible.
The riddles reach their most impossible. Bans ko poot bee-aahan chali-aa — the son of a woman who never had children goes off to be married! A golden canopy is spread over him. He marries a lovely bride. Sasai singh gun gaa-ay — and the rabbit and the lion sing together at the wedding.
Each picture is a beautiful puzzle. The "son of the childless woman" is Kabir's playful way of showing something that grows where nothing should be able to. It is the new self born in a heart that seemed empty or hopeless.
The rabbit and the lion are natural enemies. Here they sing side by side. That shows the deep peace of a woken-up heart. Even opposites make friends, and nothing inside is at war anymore.
Think of two kids who always argued, now laughing together on the same team. Impossible in the ordinary world? Maybe. In a changed heart, it happens.
What would it look like for 'the rabbit and the lion to sing together' in real life — for enemies to make peace?
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