Kabir · doha
काल करे सो आज कर, आज करे सो अब।
kāl kare so āj kar, āj kare so ab
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“Do tomorrow's work today, today's work now.”
मूल Original
काल करे सो आज कर, आज करे सो अब।
Hindi / Awadhi, in its own script.
उच्चारण How it sounds
kāl kare so āj kar, āj kare so ab
Read it aloud — IAST transliteration.
अर्थ What it means
Do tomorrow's work today, today's work now.
A thought about action.
स्रोत Where it comes from
Kabir (doha)
The 15th-century weaver-poet whose two-line dohas cut through pretence.
Public domain · Ancient / pre-1960 text
When someone asks, “What does your T-shirt say?”
It's from doha, in Hindi / Awadhi. It means: “Do tomorrow's work today, today's work now.”
That's the whole idea. One line, and a conversation about something that has mattered for a thousand years.
If this stayed with you