Kabir Poems

Oh Companion That Abode Is Unmatched,
Where My Complete Beloved Is.
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What is seen is not the Truth
What is cannot be said
Trust comes not without seeing
Nor understanding without words
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Looking at the grinding stones, Kabir laments
In the duel of wheels, nothing stays intact.
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Moko Kahan Dhundhere Bande
Mein To Tere Paas Mein
Na Teerath Mein, Na Moorat Mein
Na Ekant Niwas Mein
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I said to the wanting-creature inside me:
What is this river you want to cross?
There are no travelers on the river-road, and no road.
Do you see anyone moving about on that bank, or nesting?
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Are you looking for me? I am in the next seat.
My shoulder is against yours.
you will not find me in the stupas, not in Indian shrine
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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.
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Having crossed the river,
where will you go, O friend?

There's no road to tread,
No traveler ahead,
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Sadho Ye Murdon Ka Gaon
Peer Mare, Pygambar Mari Hain
Mari Hain Zinda Jogi
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BETWEEN the poles of the conscious and the unconscious, there has the mind made a swing:
Thereon hang all beings and all worlds, and that swing
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