Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
This wisdom of God, the Supreme Soul, has lit up my whole being. Says Kabir, I am soaked in His Love.
All the rest of the world is lost in doubt, while my mind is overflowing with the sweet essence of the Lord.
Kabir ends by saying the One's wisdom has lit him up from the inside, and his mind is overflowing with joy.
Aisay gi-aan pargati-aa purkhotam means this wisdom of the Supreme One has shone out in me. Kaho kabeer rang raataa means says Kabir, I am dyed in His love, colored through and through.
A-or dunee sabh bharam bhulaanee means the rest of the world is lost in doubt. That echoes Kabir's first hymn in Siree Raag, where the world is fooled by the pull of passing things, and grace finds the seeker anyway.
Man raam rasaa-in maataa means my mind is filled to overflowing with the sweet essence of the Lord. Kabir often uses words like this, about being carried away by joy. Sufi poets used the same kind of words for the joy of loving God. This joy does not dull the mind. It wakes it up. It is a clearness brighter than ordinary thinking.
Think of the moment you finally understand a hard math problem. Your whole face lights up, and you see clearly.
He is not bragging. The whole hymn, from the Wondrous One, to the unstruck music, to the golden pot, to the breath as a cup, arrives here: lit up, tuned in, full of joy. He tells us so we can see where the path leads.
Kabir uses the word 'intoxicated.' What do you think that kind of joy feels like — the kind that doesn't fade?
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