ਤੂੰ ਪਿੰਜਰੁ ਹਉ ਸੂਅਟਾ ਤੋਰ ॥
tooN pinjar ha-o soo-ataa tor.
You are the cage, and I am Your parrot.
ਜਮੁ ਮੰਜਾਰੁ ਕਹਾ ਕਰੈ ਮੋਰ ॥੨॥
jam manjaar kahaa karai mor. ||2||
So what can the cat of death do to me? ||2||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
You are like a safe home around me, and I am the bright bird kept warm inside it. Held by You, I am not afraid of anything at all — not even of the things people usually fear most.
When you feel truly held and safe, even the biggest fears lose their power over you.
The image is a bird sheltered within a cage-home (pinjar), utterly safe. Kabir's line about the "cat of death" (jam manjaar) is a playful challenge, not a threat: held by the One, even death loses its terror. Following the wellbeing rules, we render this as fearlessness rather than a frightening death-messenger — the bird is simply too safe to be afraid.
A Question to Sit With
What is a place or person that makes you feel so safe your worries quiet down?
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