Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Your gentle will rests upon me, and I no longer argue with it or fret over it.
You are the river, and You are also the one who rows the boat across — my safe passage comes entirely from You.
Kabir uses Persian/Islamic-flavored vocabulary here — furmaan (command) — a natural part of his shared devotional world, used with full respect. The teaching is deep trust in Hukam, the flow of existence: not grim obedience but the peace of stopping the argument with life. The image is gorgeous — You are the river AND the boatman: the very thing that looks like an obstacle (the wide river) is also the One carrying you across. There's nothing to fear when the water and the rescuer are the same loving One.
What would change if you trusted that even the hard parts were being crossed *with* you, not against you?
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