ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ॥
mehlaa 5.
Fifth Mehl:
ਕਬੀਰਾ ਹਮਰਾ ਕੋ ਨਹੀ ਹਮ ਕਿਸ ਹੂ ਕੇ ਨਾਹਿ ॥
kabeeraa hamraa ko nahee ham kis hoo kay naahi.
Kabir, no one is mine, and I belong to no one.
ਜਿਨਿ ਇਹੁ ਰਚਨੁ ਰਚਾਇਆ ਤਿਸ ਹੀ ਮਾਹਿ ਸਮਾਹਿ ॥੨॥
jin ih rachan rachaa-i-aa tis hee maahi samaahi. ||2||
I am absorbed in the One, who created this creation. ||2||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Kabir says: no one is mine, and I belong to no one.
I am absorbed in the One who made this whole creation.
When you stop clutching "mine", you rest in the One who made you.
No one is mine (hamraa ko nahee) is not loneliness; it is letting go of the grip of "mine". The soul belongs to the whole, absorbed (samaahi) in the Creator who made it.
These words come from Guru Arjan, written in Kabir's voice as a tribute to the beloved Bhagat, as several shaloks in this Vaar are.
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