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Tagore, Rabindranath, 1861-1941

"Songs of Kabir"



XLIV

I. 93. gagan math gaib nis?n gade
The Hidden Banner is planted in the temple of the sky; there the
blue canopy decked with the moon and set with bright jewels is
spread.
There the light of the sun and the moon is shining: still your
mind to silence before that splendour.
Kab?r says: "He who has drunk of this nectar, wanders like one
who is mad."

XLV

I. 97. s?dho, ko hai k?nh se ?yo
Who are you, and whence do you come?
Where dwells that Supreme Spirit, and how does He have His sport
with all created things?
The fire is in the wood; but who awakens it suddenly? Then it
turns to ashes, and where goes the force of the fire?
The true guru teaches that He has neither limit nor infinitude.
Kab?r says: "Brahma suits His language to the understanding of
His hearer."

XLVI
I. 98. s?dho, sahajai k?y? s'odho
O sadhu! purify your body in the simple way.
As the seed is within the banyan tree, and within the seed are
the flowers, the fruits, and the shade:
So the germ is within the body, and within that germ is the body
again.


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