Abdul Rahim Khan-i-Khanan

“रहिमन धागा प्रेम को, मति तोरो चटकाइ। टूटे से फिरि ना मिलै, मिले गाँठि परि जाइ॥”

English meaning: Do not snap the delicate thread of love; once broken it may be joined, but a knot will remain.

Abdul Rahim Khan-i-Khanan

रहीम-कवितावली — दोहा १८८ · View source

“तरुवर फल नहिं खात हैं, सरवर पियहिं न पान। कहि रहीम पर काज हित, सम्पति सँचाहिं सुजान॥”

English meaning: Trees do not eat their own fruit and reservoirs do not drink their own water; the wise gather resources to serve others.

Abdul Rahim Khan-i-Khanan

रहीम-कवितावली — दोहा ८६ · View source

“देनहार कोउ और है, भेजत सो दिन-रैन। लोग भरम हम पै धरैं, याते नीचे नैन॥”

English meaning: The true giver is another, sending gifts day and night; people mistakenly credit me, so I lower my eyes.

Abdul Rahim Khan-i-Khanan

रहीम-कवितावली — दोहा ९५ · View source

“रहिमन देखि बड़ेन को, लघु न दीजिए डारि। जहाँ काम आवै सुई, कहा करै तरवारि॥”

English meaning: Do not discard the small when you see the great; where a needle is needed, a sword cannot do its work.

Abdul Rahim Khan-i-Khanan

रहीम-कवितावली — दोहा १७४ · View source

“रहिमन पानी राखिए, बिन पानी सब सून। पानी गए न ऊबरै, मोती मानुष चून॥”

English meaning: Preserve water—and, figuratively, dignity—for without it all is empty; pearls, people and lime cannot recover once their essential moisture is gone.

Abdul Rahim Khan-i-Khanan

रहीम-कवितावली — दोहा १७९ · View source

“मथत-मथत माखन रहै, दही-मही बिलगाइ। रहिमन सोई मीत है, भीर परे ठहराइ॥”

English meaning: As butter remains after churning separates it from buttermilk, a true friend is the one who remains in adversity.

Abdul Rahim Khan-i-Khanan

रहीम-कवितावली — दोहा १३१ · View source