ਅਬਹਿ ਨ ਮਾਤਾ ਸੁ ਕਬਹੁ ਨ ਮਾਤਾ ॥
abeh na maataa so kabahu na maataa.
One who is not intoxicated with the Lord now, shall never be intoxicated.
ਕਹਿ ਕਬੀਰ ਰਾਮੈ ਰੰਗਿ ਰਾਤਾ ॥੫॥੨॥
kahi kabeer raamai rang raataa. ||5||2||
Says Kabir, I am imbued with the Lord's Love. ||5||2||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
If you never let yourself be filled with this joy while you are alive and here, when would you ever? Now is the time.
Kabir says: as for me, I am soaked in this love, dyed all the way through, like cloth in bright color.
Now is the time to let yourself be filled with wonder.
abeh na maataa su kabahu na maataa — the urgency of now: this life is the chance. raamai rang raataa — dyed in the color of the One, the dyer's-vat image dear to Kabir the weaver.
A Question to Sit With
What would it look like to fully enjoy something good today instead of putting it off?
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