The Essential Works of Tagore. Rabindranath Tagore

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СКАЧАТЬ friend! this body is His lyre; He tightens its strings, and

       draws from it the melody of Brahma.

       If the strings snap and the keys slacken, then to dust must this

       instrument of dust return:

       Kabîr says: "None but Brahma can evoke its melodies."

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      I. 65. avadhû bhûle ko ghar lâwe

      He is dear to me indeed who can call back the wanderer to his

       home. In the home is the true union, in the home is enjoyment

       of life: why should I forsake my home and wander in the forest?

       If Brahma helps me to realize truth, verily I will find both

       bondage and deliverance in home.

       He is dear to me indeed who has power to dive deep into Brahma;

       whose mind loses itself with ease in His contemplation.

       He is dear to me who knows Brahma, and can dwell on His supreme

       truth in meditation; and who can play the melody of the

       Infinite by uniting love and renunciation in life.

       Kabîr says: "The home is the abiding place; in the home is

       reality; the home helps to attain Him Who is real. So stay

       where you are, and all things shall come to you in time."

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      I. 76. santo, sahaj samâdh bhalî

      O sadhu! the simple union is the best. Since the day when I met

       with my Lord, there has been no end to the sport of our love.

       I shut not my eyes, I close not my ears, I do not mortify my

       body;

       I see with eyes open and smile, and behold His beauty everywhere:

       I utter His Name, and whatever I see, it reminds me of Him;

       whatever I do., it becomes His worship.

       The rising and the setting are one to me; all contradictions are

       solved.

       Wherever I go, I move round Him,

       All I achieve is His service:

       When I lie down, I lie prostrate at His feet.

      He is the only adorable one to me: I have none other.

       My tongue has left off impure words, it sings His glory day and

       night:

       Whether I rise or sit down, I can never forget Him; for the

       rhythm of His music beats in my ears.

       Kabîr says: "My heart is frenzied, and I disclose in my soul what

       is hidden. I am immersed in that one great bliss which

       transcends all pleasure and pain."

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      I. 79. tîrath men to sab pânî hai

      There is nothing but water at the holy bathing places; and I know

       that they are useless, for I have bathed in them.

       The images are all lifeless, they cannot speak; I know, for I

       have cried aloud to them.

       The Purana and the Koran are mere words; lifting up the curtain,

       I have seen.

       Kabîr gives utterance to the words of experience; and he knows

       very well that all other things are untrue.

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      I. 82. pânî vic mîn piyâsî

      I laugh when I hear that the fish in the water is thirsty:

       You do not see that the Real is in your home, and you wander from

       forest to forest listlessly!

       Here is the truth! Go where you will, to Benares or to Mathura;

       if you do not find your soul, the world is unreal to you.

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      I. 93. gagan math gaib nisân gade

      The Hidden Banner is planted in the temple of the sky; there the

       blue canopy decked with the moon and set with bright jewels is

       spread.

       There the light of the sun and the moon is shining: still your

       mind to silence before that splendour.

       Kabîr says: "He who has drunk of this nectar, wanders like one

       who is mad."

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      I. 97. sâdho, ko hai kânh se âyo

      Who are you, and whence do you come?

       Where dwells that Supreme Spirit, and how does He have His sport

       with all created things?

       The fire is in the wood; but who awakens it suddenly? Then it

       turns to ashes, and where goes the force of the fire?

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