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Song
57
Receive that Word from which the
Universe springeth!
That word is the Guru; I have heard it, and become
the disciple.
How many are there who know the meaning of that
word?
O Sadhu! practise that Word!
The Vedas and the Puranas proclaim it,
The world is established in it,
The Rishis and devotees speak of it:
But none knows the mystery of the Word.
The householder leaves his house when he hears it,
The ascetic comes back to love when he hears it,
The Six Philosophies expound it,
The Spirit of Renunciation points to that Word,
From that Word the world-form has sprung,
That Word reveals all.
Kabīr says: "But who knows whence the Word cometh?
Song 58
Empty the Cup! O be drunken!
Drink the divine nectar of His Name!
Kabīr says: "Listen to me, dear Sadhu!
From the sole of the foot to the crown of the head
this mind is
filled with poison."
Song 59
O man, if thou dost not know thine
own Lord,
whereof art thou so proud?
Put thy cleverness away:
mere words shall never unite thee to Him.
Do not deceive thyself with the witness of the
Scriptures:
Love is something other than this, and he who has
sought it truly has found it.
Song 60
The savour of wandering in the
ocean of deathless life
has rid me of all my asking:
As the tree is in the seed, so all diseases are in
this asking.
Song 61
When at last you are come to the
ocean of happiness,
do not go back thirsty.
Wake, foolish man! for Death stalks you. Here is
pure water
before you; drink it at every breath.
Do not follow the mirage on foot, but thirst for the
nectar;
Dhruva, Prahlad, and Shukadeva have drunk of it,
and
also Raidas has tasted it:
The saints are drunk with love, their thirst is for
love.
Kabīr says: "Listen to me, brother! The nest of fear
is broken.
Not for a moment have you come face to face with the
world:
You are weaving your bondage of falsehood,
your
words are full of deception:
With the load of desires which you.
hold on your
head, how can you be light?"
Kabīr says: "Keep within you truth, detachment, and
love."
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