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Song
41
O sadhu! the simple union is the
best.
Since the day when I met
with my Lord,
there has been no end to the sport of
our love.
I shut not my eyes, I close not my ears, I do not
mortify my body;
I see with eyes open and smile, and behold His
beauty everywhere:
I utter His Name, and whatever I see, it reminds me
of Him;
whatever I do., it becomes His worship.
The rising and the setting are one to me; all
contradictions are solved.
Wherever I go, I move round Him,
All I achieve is His service:
When I lie down, I lie prostrate at His feet.
He is the only adorable one to me: I have none
other.
My tongue has left off impure words, it sings His
glory day and night:
Whether I rise or sit down, I can never forget Him;
for the
rhythm of His music beats in my ears.
Kabīr says: "My heart is frenzied, and I disclose in
my soul what
is hidden. I am immersed in that one great bliss
which
transcends all pleasure and pain."
Song 42
There is nothing but water at the
holy bathing places; and I know
that they are useless, for I have bathed in them.
The images are all lifeless, they cannot speak; I
know, for I
have cried aloud to them.
The Purana and the Koran are mere words; lifting up
the curtain,
I have seen.
Kabīr gives utterance to the words of experience;
and he knows
very well that all other things are untrue.
Song 43
I laugh when I hear that the fish in the water is
thirsty:
You do not see that the Real is in your home, and
you wander from
forest to forest listlessly!
Here is the truth! Go where you will, to Benares or
to Mathura;
if you do not find your soul, the world is unreal to
you.
Song 44
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.
Kabīr says: "He who has drunk of this nectar,
wanders like one who is mad."
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