Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Kabir says: I have gone mad.
Overcoming my restless mind again and again, I have melted into the calm of the One.
A heart in love with the One may look mad to the world, and it rests in deep peace.
Kahi kabeer ha-o bha-i-aa divaanaa means "Kabir says, I have gone mad." Divaanaa is the world's word for someone who no longer plays its game. Here it is the madness of being deeply in love with the One.
Mus mus manoo-aa sahj samaanaa means "stilling my mind again and again, I have melted into calm." Manoo-aa is the little, restless mind. Sahj is natural, easy calm.
Think of a snow globe. Shake it and the flakes swirl. Set it down and wait, and the water turns clear again. The shabad began by moving Mecca into the heart. It ends by arriving there, in the still, wide peace inside.
What helps you settle a busy, racing mind when it won't slow down?
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