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Tagore, Rabindranath, 1861-1941

"Songs of Kabir"


Kab?r says: "He attains the true Name whose words are pure, and
who is free from pride and conceit."

LXVI

I. 20. man na rang?ye
The Yogi dyes his garments, instead of dyeing his mind in the
colours of love:
He sits within the temple of the Lord, leaving Brahma to worship
a stone.
He pierces holes in his ears, he has a great beard and matted
locks, he looks like a goat:
He goes forth into the wilderness, killing all his desires, and
turns himself into an eunuch:
He shaves his head and dyes his garments; he reads the G?t? and
becomes a mighty talker.
Kab?r says: "You are going to the doors of death, bound hand and
foot!"

LXVII

I. 9. n? j?ne s?hab kais? hai
I do not know what manner of God is mine.
The Mullah cries aloud to Him: and why? Is your Lord deaf? The
subtle anklets that ring on the feet of an insect when it moves
are heard of Him.
Tell your beads, paint your forehead with the mark of your God,
and wear matted locks long and showy: but a deadly weapon is in
your heart, and how shall you have God?

LXVIII

III.


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