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Song 5
Tell me, Brother, how can I renounce Maya?
When I gave up the tying of ribbons, still I tied my
garment about me:
When I gave up tying my garment,
still I covered my body in its folds.
So, when I give up passion, I see that anger
remains;
And when I renounce anger, greed is with me still;
And when greed is vanquished, pride and vainglory
remain;
When the mind is detached and casts Maya away,
still it clings to the letter.
Kabīr says, "Listen to me, dear Sadhu! the true path
is rarely found."
Song 6
The moon shines in my body, but my blind eyes
cannot see it:
The moon is within me, and so is the sun.
The unstruck drum of Eternity is sounded within me;
but my deaf ears cannot hear it.
So long as man clamours for the I and the Mine,
his works are as naught:
When all love of the I and the Mine is dead,
then the work of the Lord is done.
For work has no other aim than the getting of
knowledge:
When that comes, then work is put away.
The flower blooms for the fruit: when the fruit
comes, the flower withers.
The musk is in the deer, but it seeks it not within
itself:
it wanders in quest of grass.
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