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Song 27
It is the mercy of my true Guru that has made me
to know the unknown;
I have learned from Him how to walk without feet, to
see without
eyes, to hear without ears, to drink without mouth,
to fly without wings;
I have brought my love and my meditation into the
land where
there is no sun and moon, nor day and night.
Without eating, I have tasted of the sweetness of
nectar;
and without water, I have quenched my thirst.
Where there is the response of delight, there is the
fullness of
joy. Before whom can that joy be uttered?
Kabīr says: "The Guru is great beyond words, and
great is the
good fortune of the disciple."
Song 28
Before the Unconditioned, the
Conditioned dances: "Thou and I are
one!" this trumpet proclaims.
The Guru comes, and bows down before the disciple:
This is the greatest of wonders.
Song 29
Gorakhnath asks Kabīr:
"Tell me, O Kabīr, when did your vocation begin?
Where did your
love have its rise?"
Kabīr 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 Rāmānanda
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!"
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