Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
So gently, to my own heart: don't let go of the Name. Keep your mind lovingly wrapped up in the One, and let that be what you're absorbed in.
Kabir gently reminds his own heart to hold on to the Name, and to stay wrapped up in the One.
The last verse is spoken to himself. Kabeer nirgun — Kabir calls himself nirgun, one with no good qualities of his own. It is a humble way of talking to his own heart. Naam na ros — do not lose the Name. The Naam, the Name, means remembering the One.
Is parchaa-ay parach rahu ays — keep this mind busy with this. The mind is always busy with something. Think of how a phone game can fill every spare minute. Kabir invites that same busy mind to be busy with the One instead.
Your mind is always busy with something; what would it be like to keep it gently wrapped around something you love?
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