Now I’ll burn down the house of anyone
who wants to follow me.
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How do you,
Patrol a cityWhere the butcher shopsAre guarded by vultures;Where bulls get pregnant,Cows are barren,And calves give milkThree times a day;Where mice are boatmenAnd tomcats the boatsThey row;Where frogs keep snakesAs watchdogs,And jackalsGo after lions?Does anyone knowWhat I’m talking about?Says Kabir.
Where Spring, the lord of the seasons, reigneth,
There the streams of light flow in all directions;Few are the men who can cross to that shore!There, where millions of Krishnas stand with hands folded,Where millions of Vishnus bow their heads,Where millions of Brahmas are reading the Vedas,Where millions of Shivas are lost in contemplation,Where millions of Indras dwell in the sky,Where the demi-gods…
Knowing nothing shuts the iron gates;
The sound of the gates opening wakesthe beautiful woman asleep.Kabir says: Fantastic!Don’t let a chance like this go by!
Hey brother, why do you want me to talk?
Talk and talk and things get out of hand.Why not stop talking and think?If you meet someone good, listen a little, speak;If you meet someone bad, clench up like a fist.Talking with a wise man is a great reward.Talking with a fool? A waste.Kabir says: A pot makes noise if it’s half full,But fill it…
O lord Increate, who will serve Thee?
each day he receives service-None seek Him, the Perfect:Brahma, the Indivisible Lord.They believe in ten Avatars;but no Avatar can be the Infinite Spirit,for he suffers the results of his deeds:The Supreme One must be other than this.The Yogi, the Sanyasi,the Ascetics, are disputing one with another:Kabîr says, ‘O brother! he who has seen that radiance…