Monday, March 14, 2016

मोहिं तोहिं लागी कैसै छूटै

Source (Verse 18)

मोहिं तोहिं लागी कैसै छूटै । जैसै हीरा फोरे न फूटै । टेक ।
मोहिं तोहिं आदि अंति बनि आई । अब कैसे दुरत दुराई ॥ १ ॥
जैसै कवल पत्र जल बासा । अँसै तुम साहेब हम दासा ॥ २ ॥
 मोहिं तोहिं कीट भ्रिग की नांई । जैसै सलिता सिंधु समांई ॥ ३ ॥
कहै कबीर मन लागा । जैसै सोनै मिला सुहागा ॥ ४ ॥

Translation(Source) :
Separate us? Pierce a diamond first. We’re lotus And water, Servant And master. My love for you Is no secret. I’m the grub To your ichneumon fly...

Thursday, March 10, 2016

जौ पै करता बरन बिचारै

Source (Verse 182)
जौ पै करता बरन बिचारै ।। तौं जनतैं तीनि डांड़ि किन सारे । ॥ टेक ॥
जे तूं बाभन बभनीं जाया । तौ आंन बाट होइ काहे न आया ॥१॥ जे तूं तुरुक तुरुकिनीं जाया । तौ भीतरि खतनां क्यूं न कराया ॥२॥ कहै कबीर मद्धिम नहिं कोई । सो मद्धिम जा मुखि रांम न होई ॥३॥

Translation (Source)

Were the Creator Concerned about caste, We’d arrive in the world With a caste mark on the forehead.

If you say you’re a Brahmin Born of a mother who’s a Brahmin, Was there a special canal Through which you were born?

And if you say you’re a Turk And your mother’s a Turk, Why weren’t you circumcised Before birth?

Nobody’s lower-caste; The lower castes are everywhere. They’re the ones Who don’t have Rama on their lips, Kabir says.