St Kabeer's Couplets 3: Put Off Today, Repent By The Morrow Poem by Aniruddha Pathak

St Kabeer's Couplets 3: Put Off Today, Repent By The Morrow

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Tomoroow's task do today,
Today's right now, no delay,
Calamities come at moment's call,
When would ye do the pending all?
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Given hereunder is the original doha, a couplet by Kabeer, which when rendered in English takes all of four lines, a quatrain or more:

Kaal kare so aaj kar, aaj kare so ub
Pal mein pralaya hoyegi, bahuri karoge kub

Human nature is to procrastinate and postpone things for the morrow.
Kabeer warns: the morrow generally comes sooner than you think.

Topic: today, tomorrow, now

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Muhammad Ali 18 January 2020

Yes. If someone do something, sometime, it always be today, or now. Do it. .. How simply one can express such deeply and beautifully too. Very nice.

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Rose Marie Juan-austin 15 January 2020

Wow, I like the wisdom embodied in this well composed quatrain. This poem resonates with me. Yet, sometimes I am guilty of procrastination. Beautifully written.

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Aniruddha Pathak 15 January 2020

'...I am guilty of procrastination'... We all are to more or less extent, take heart, another borrowed wisdom from Kabeer. Thanks for your uplifting feedback.

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Aniruddha Pathak

Aniruddha Pathak

Godhra - Gujarat
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