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Tagore, Rabindranath, 1861-1941

"Songs of Kabir"


The Guru comes, and bows down before the disciple:
This is the greatest of wonders.

XXIX

II. 87. Kab?r kab se bhaye vair?g?
Gorakhnath asks Kab?r:
"Tell me, O Kab?r, when did your vocation begin? Where did your
love have its rise?"
Kab?r answers:
"When He whose forms are manifold had not begun His play: when
there was no Guru, and no disciple: when the world was not
spread out: when the Supreme One was alone--
Then I became an ascetic; then, O Gorakh, my love was drawn to
Brahma.
Brahma did not hold the crown on his head; the god Vishnu was not
anointed as king; the power of Shiva was still unborn; when I
was instructed in Yoga.
I became suddenly revealed in Benares, and R?m?nanda illumined
me;
I brought with me the thirst for the Infinite, and I have come
for the meeting with Him.
In simplicity will I unite with the Simple One; my love will
surge up.
O Gorakh, march thou with His music!"

XXX

II. 95. y? tarvar men ek pakher?
On this tree is a bird: it dances in the joy of life.


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