Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Namdev loved the One with his whole heart. People knew him only as a simple cloth-printer.
The One turned from the powerful and the high-born, and showed its face to Namdev.
Namdev was a simple cloth-printer, and it was to him that the One turned.
Naamday-a preet lagee har saytee — Namdev loved the One. Lok chheepaa kahai bulaa-ay — people just called him "the printer," the man who stamped designs on cloth.
Khatree braahman pith day chhoday — the One turned away from the Kshatriyas and Brahmins, the proud high-born groups of the time. Har naamday-o lee-aa mukh laa-ay — and turned to face Namdev.
This is not aimed at any group. It is aimed at rank without love. Think of a teacher who notices the student who cares, not the one who shows off. What the One values is love.
If love is what matters most, how might that change who you look up to?
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