St Kabeer's Couplets 6:Never Give Me More Than Enough, O God Poem by Aniruddha Pathak

St Kabeer's Couplets 6:Never Give Me More Than Enough, O God



Give just enough Lord for my need—
Enough my family to feed,
That I need sleep not empty maw,
Nor hungry my godly guests go.
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Hereunder is given the original doha, a couplet by Kabeer, which when rendered in English takes all of four lines, a quatrain or more:

Sayeen itna deejiye, ja mein kutumb samaye
Main bhi bhookha na rahun, sadhu na bhookha jaye

Money is necessary, but more might become nuisance in many ways. This aspect is beautifully brought out to bear in mind in this couplet by Kabeer.

Topic: money, food, contentment

Saturday, January 18, 2020
Topic(s) of this poem: food,money
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Edward Kofi Louis 21 January 2020

Needs! ! ! Wants! Just enough; Able to live. Thanks for sharing this poem with us.

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Aniruddha Pathak 21 January 2020

You have summarized it so well... Thanks for liking it.

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Aniruddha Pathak

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Godhra - Gujarat
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