Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
You are the great Giver; I am always a beggar at Your door.
If I were to turn You away, I would be a sorry wrongdoer.
Kabir says: I, Your servant, have entered Your shelter.
Keep me near You, O Merciful One; that is heaven for me.
Being near the Merciful One is heaven.
The tender resolution. Tum daatay ham sadaa bhikhaaree: You give, I receive with open hands, the honest empty-handedness of the seeker. Day-o jabaab ho-ay bajgaaree: to turn You away would make me a wrongdoer. Rehmaan, the Merciful, is one of the beautiful Muslim names for the One. Bhisat najeek raakh: keep me near; that nearness is heaven. Paradise here is closeness itself.
Who or what feels like home when you are near it?
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