Kabir Dohas

Aag Jo Lagi Samand Mein, Dhuan Na Pargat Hoye
So Jane Jo Jarmua, Jaki Lagi Hoye

Translation

With the ocean set ablaze
The smoke remains invisible
Only the one who gets burnt
Feels the heat of loving thought

My Understanding

The agony and turmoil in the heart of a lover, a devotee, is symbolically shown in this Doha as the flame that is burning the ocean. Nobody is able to know about this pain because the “smoke” is not visible! Only the one, who is suffering the separation from one’s beloved, can understand the force of such a fire.

Kabir, in this Doha depicts the agony that a devotee feels for his Lord or Ishta, just as in our usual everyday life, a lover feels for the beloved. To others, the intensity, the pain of separation is not comprehensible for this too is precious for the lovers to reveal. It is but a private affair! Don’t they say, only the wearer knows where the shoe pinches?!

This Doha by Kabir is again a superb example of mystic poetry where in two lines; Kabir is able to project the agony and the ecstasy of true love and devotion.
  


Rajender Krishan
Visual Art by Simi Nallaseth

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Comments on this Doha

Comment perfect

gmju

15-Jan-2011 07:30 AM


Comment thanks sir for making us learn such thing

jyotiranjan pradhan

15-Oct-2010 19:15 PM





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