Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Kabir's mother weeps and frets: if he keeps giving his days to the One instead of the loom, how will the grandchildren eat?
It is the honest worry of a family watching someone follow their heart over their trade.
This tender, human shabad opens with a mother's very real anxiety: her son Kabir, a weaver, is neglecting the family craft for devotion, and she fears for the grandchildren's bread. It is a completely relatable tension — the worry of loved ones when someone reorders their life around something they can't see the paycheck in. The shabad honors the worry even as it answers it.
Have you ever worried about someone following their heart over the 'safe' path — or been that someone?
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