Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
In the City of the One, a bright place deep inside, the finest understanding lives.
There, meet the One, and think deeply about the One.
Then you come to understand this world and the next.
What use is it to keep saying "mine, mine" about everything, when in the end you die and leave it all?
A quiet, bright place inside you holds the finest understanding.
Kabir, a weaver and poet-saint, talks about the inner life as if it were a map. Siv kee puree basai budh saar — in the city of the One, the finest understanding lives. Siv kee puree means "the city of Shiva," and here it names a high, bright place of awareness within. Tah tum mil kai karahu bichaar — meet the One there, and think things over.
Eet oot kee sojhee parai — from there you understand both this world and what lies beyond. Think of climbing to the top of a tall building. From up there, the whole city makes sense.
Ka-un karam mayraa kar kar marai — what is the use of shouting "mine, mine" when it all slips away in the end? The answer is to go inward, where clear understanding waits.
When your mind is calm and quiet, do things sometimes make more sense than when it's noisy?
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