One Hundred Poems of Kabir/LV

by Kabir

LV

I. 73. bhakti ka marag jhina re

bhakti ka marag jhina re
nahin achaah nahin chaahnaa, charanan lou leenaa re
saadhan ke ras-dhaar mein, rahe nis-din bheenaa re
raag mein srut aise base, jaise jal meenaa re
saayeen sevan mein det sir, kuchh bilam n keenaa re
kahyen Kabir mat bhakti kaa, pargat kar deenaa re

 

Subtle is the path of love!
Therein there is no asking and no not-asking,
There one loses one's self at His feet,
There one is immersed in the joy of the seeking: plunged in the deeps of love as the fish in the water.
The lover is never slow in offering his head for his Lord's service.
Kabir declares the secret of this love.