nain aarti saaje
kahye Kabir suno sakhi moree, prem hoye so jaane
jin preetam ki aas nahin hai, naahak kaajar paare
I played day and night with my comrades, and now I am greatly afraid.
So high is my Lord's palace, my heart trembles to mount its stairs: yet I must not be shy, if I would enjoy His love.
My heart must cleave to my Lover; I must withdraw my veil, and meet Him with all my body:
Mine eyes must perform the ceremony of the lamps of love.
Kabir says: "Listen to me, friend: he understands who loves. If you feel not love's longing for your Beloved One, it is vain to adorn your body, vain to put unguent on your eyelids."
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II. 24. hamsa, kaho puratan bat
hamsa, kaho puratan bat
kaun des se aayaa hamsaa, utarnaa kaun ghaat
kahaan hamsaa bisram kiya hai, kahaan lagaaye aas
ab hee hamsaa chet saberaa, chalo hamaare saath
Sansay sok vahan nahin vyaapye,nahin kaal ke tras
Hiyan madan-ban phool rahen hain, aaven soham baas
Man bhauran jihn arujh rahe hain, sukh kee na abhilaas
Tell me, O Swan, your ancient tale.
From what land do you come, O Swan? to what shore will you fly?
Where would you take your rest, O Swan, and what do you seek?
Even this morning, O Swan, awake, arise, follow me!
There is a land where no doubt nor sorrow have rule: where the terror of Death is no more.
There the woods of spring are a-bloom, and the fragrant
scent "He is I" is borne on the wind:
There the bee of the heart is deeply immersed, and desires
no other joy.
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II. 37. angadhiya deva
angadhiya deva, kaun karey tere sewa
gadhe dev ko sab koi poojye, nit hee lave sevaa
Pooran brahm akhandit swami, tako na jaanye bhevaa
das autar niranjan kahiye, so apnaa na hoi
yah to apnee karnee bhogyen, kartaa aur hee koi
jogi, japi, tapi sanyaasi, aap aap men ladiyaan
kahyen Kabir, sun bhaai saadho, raag lakhyen so tariyaan
O Lord Increate, who will serve Thee?
Every votary offers his worship to the God of his own creation: each day he receives service -
