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Kabir
Love Songs - 11
Naiharva Hum Ka Na Bhave
Sai Ki Nagri Param Ati Sundar,
Jahan Koi Jav Na Avey
Chand Suraj Jahan, Pavan Na Pani,
Ko Sundesh Pahunchave
Dard Yeh Sai Ko Sunave
Agey Chalo Panth Nahin Sujhe,
Peeche Dosh Lagawe
Kehi Bidhi Sasure Jau Mori Sajani,
Virha Jor Jarawe
Vishai Ras Nach Nachawe
Bin Satguru Apno Nahin Koi,
Jo Yeh Rah Batawe
Kahat Kabira Suno Bhai Sadho,
Supne Na Pitam Awey
Tapan Yeh Jiya Ki Bujhawey |
naOhrvaa
hma kaM na Baava
saa^[- kI nagarI prma Ait saundr
jahM kao[- jaana na AavaO
caaMd saurja jahM pvana na panaI
kaO sandoSa phuMcaavaO
drd yah saa^[- kao saunaavaO
Aagao caalaaO pMqa nahIM saUJao
pICo daoYa lagaavaO
koih ibaiQa sasauro jaa}M maaorI sajanaI
ibarha jaaor jaravaO
ivaYaO rsa naaca nacaavaO
ibana satgau$ Apnaao naihM kao[-
jaao yah rah batavaO
kht kbaIr saunaao Baa[- saaQaao
saupnao naa pItma AavaO
tpna yah ijayaa kI bauJaavaO |
Translation
I Don’t Find any Interest in My Parent’s
House
My Beloved’s Town is Most Beautiful
However, Nobody Goes or Comes from There
There is no Moon, Sun, Wind or Water There
Then Who Will Take My Message There?
Then Who Will Tell My Pain to My Beloved?
There is No Visible Path to Move Forward
And You Blame the Past for It
How Should the Bride go to the House of the Beloved?
Powerful Pangs of Separation are Burning from Inside
Dual Reality is Fashioning a Dance to Its Tune
There is None Other Than the Guru Who is Mine Who Can Tell the Way
Says Kabir Listen oh Aspirant
Your Beloved Will Come in a Dream-like State
That Alone Will Quench the Thirst of your Heart
Explanation
In this song Kabir portrays
himself like a bride who has gone to her parents house. But having gone
there her soul burns from the pangs of separation from her beloved. The
bride’s trouble is further complicated because there are no messengers (such
as the Sun, Moon, Wind or Water) who can reach and convey her message to the
beloved. She has no path or way to solve this problem. Meanwhile the
separation is killing her from inside.
Kabir, in his mystical way, is comparing the separation of the individual
from the universal self like that of a bride from her beloved. He explains
that this insatiable thirst comes from the feeling of separation whose root
lies in duality.
He then explains that the only person who can help out of this problem is
the Guru. In his final parting signature note, Kabir reveals that the way to
reach the beloved is not outside but Inside (similar to a dream-like state)
which alone will satisfy the seemingly unending burning thirst.
– Maalok
June 18. 2006
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