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"This version of Kab?r's songs is chiefly the work of
Mr. Rab?ndran?th Tagore, the trend of whose mystical genius makes
him--as all who read these poems will see--a peculiarly
sympathetic interpreter of Kab?r's vision and thought. It has
been based upon the printed Hind? text with Bengali translation
of Mr. Kshiti Mohan Sen; who has gathered from many sources--
sometimes from books and manuscripts, sometimes from the lips of
wandering ascetics and minstrels--a large collection of poems
and hymns to which Kab?r's name is attached, and carefully
sifted the authentic songs from the many spurious works now
attributed to him. These painstaking labours alone have made
the present undertaking possible.
We have also had before us a manuscript English translation of
116 songs made by Mr. Ajit Kum?r Chakravarty from Mr. Kshiti
Mohan Sen's text, and a prose essay upon Kab?r from the same
hand. From these we have derived great assistance. A
considerable number of readings from the translation have been
adopted by us; whilst several of the facts mentioned in the essay
have been incorporated into this introduction.
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