I.66. sadho, sabd sadhana kijai
RECEIVE THAT Word from which the Universe springeth!
That Word is the Guru; I have heard it, and become the disciple.
How many are there who know the meaning of that Word?
O Sadhu! practise that Word!
The Vedas and the Puranas proclaim it,
The world is established in it,
The Rishis and devotees speak of it:
But none knows the mystery of the Word.
The householder leaves his house when he hears it,
The ascetic comes back to love when he hears it,
The Six Philosophies expound it,
The Spirit of Renunciation points to that Word,
From that Word the world-form has sprung,
That Word reveals all.
Kabir says: 'But who knows whence the Word cometh?'

তোমারে পাছে সহজে বুঝি
      তাই কি এত লীলার ছল,
বাহিরে যবে হাসির ছটা
      ভিতরে থাকে আঁখির জল।
বুঝি গো আমি বুঝি গো তব  
           ছলনা,
যে কথা তুমি বলিতে চাও
      সে কথা তুমি বল না।
তোমারে পাছে সহজে ধরি
      কিছুরই তব কিনারা নাই--
দশের দলে টানি গো পাছে
      বিরূপ তুমি, বিমুখ তাই।
বুঝি গো আমি বুঝি গো তব
           ছলনা,
যে পথে তুমি চলিতে চাও
      সে পথে তুমি চল না।
সবার চেয়ে অধিক চাহ
      তাই কি তুমি ফিরিয়া যাও--
হেলার ভরে খেলার মতো
      ভিক্ষাঝুলি ভাসায়ে দাও।
বুঝেছি আমি বুঝেছি তব
           ছলনা,
সবার যাহে তৃপ্তি হল
      তোমার তাহে হল না।

WITH THE morning he came out to walk a road shaded by a file of deodars, that coiled the hill round like importunate love.
        He held the first letter from his newly wedded wife in their village home, begging him to come to her, and come soon.
        The touch of an absent hand haunted him as he walked, and the air seemed to take up the cry of the letter: 'Love, my love, my sky is brimming with tears!'
        He asked himself in wonder, 'How do I deserve this?'
        The sun suddenly appeared over the rim of the blue hills, and four girls from a foreign shore came with swift strides, talking loud and followed by a barking dog.
        The two elder turned away to conceal their amusement at something strange in his insignificance, and the younger ones pushed each other, laughed aloud, and ran off in exuberant mirth.
He stopped and his head sank. Then he suddenly felt his letter, opened and read it again.