Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
In that deep place, the busy outer world and the busy inner one both grow still.
The One who joins all things together is always free and unbound — so where, exactly, does the little separate self go? It was never as separate as it seemed.
Kabir keeps gently asking where the "separate me" really is, and finds it softer than we think.
Jah barbhand pind tah naahee — in that deep place, the outer world and the body are not there. Rachanhaar tah naahee — and the mind is not there either.
Jorhanhaaro sadaa ateetaa — the Joiner is always free. Jorhanhaaro is the One who joins everything together. Sadaa ateetaa means forever unattached, never tied down.
Then comes the riddle: ih kahee-ai kis maahee — so where is the soul said to live? It softly shakes up the idea of a self with walls all around it.
This is haumai, the feeling of being a separate self, explored with wonder. Think of a drop of water that thinks it is alone, until it lands back in the lake. The line we felt so sure about turns out to be softer than we thought.
What connects you to everything else, even when you feel like your own separate person?
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