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Song
45
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.
Kabīr says: "Brahma suits His language to the
understanding of His hearer."
Song 46
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.
The fire, the air, the water, the earth, and the
aether; you
cannot have these outside of Him.
O, Kazi, O Pundit, consider it well: what is there
that is not in the soul?
The water-filled pitcher is placed upon water, it
has water within and without.
It should not be given a name, lest it call forth
the error of dualism.
Kabīr says: "Listen to the Word, the Truth, which is
your
essence. He speaks the Word to Himself; and He
Himself is the Creator."
Song 47
There is a strange tree, which
stands without roots and bears
fruits without blossoming;
It has no branches and no leaves, it is lotus all
over.
Two birds sing there; one is the Guru, and the other
the disciple:
The disciple chooses the manifold fruits of life and
tastes them,
and the Guru beholds him in joy.
What Kabīr says is hard to understand: "The bird is
beyond
seeking, yet it is most clearly visible. The
Formless is in
the midst of all forms. I sing the glory of forms."
Song 48
I have stilled my restless mind,
and my heart is radiant: for in
Thatness I have seen beyond That-ness.
In company I have seen the Comrade Himself.
Living in bondage, I have set myself free: I have
broken away
from the clutch of all narrowness.
Kabīr says: "I have attained the unattainable, and
my heart is
coloured with the colour of love."
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