Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Restless mind, stop always reaching outward. Turn your breath and your attention inward, and let them settle.
Deep inside, at the highest quiet place, a sweetness trickles down like nectar. The heart can drink until it is joyfully full.
The restless mind is called to turn inward.
Kabir speaks to the mind as if to a kalvaar, a wine-seller, with rough, teasing words: ree kalvaar gavaar, you rough, simple wine-seller! It is tough love, not an insult.
Ulto pavan firaava-o: turn the breath around. It means drawing attention back inside. Think of a phone with too many apps open. Close them, and it runs calm and cool again.
The "furnace" in the verse is the Tenth Gate, the highest center of awareness. There flows amrit dhaar, a stream of amrit, the nectar of joy. This is a happy practice, not running away from life.
What happens inside you when you get quiet and stop reaching for the next thing?
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