WHEN DEATH comes and whispers to me
'Thy days are ended,'
let me say to him, I have lived in love
and not in mere time.'
He will ask 'Will thy songs remain?'
I shall say I know not, but this I know
that often when I sang I found my eternity.'

I.63. avadhu, maya taji na jay
TELL ME, Brother, how can I renounce Maya?
When I gave up the tying of ribbons, still I tied my garment about me:
When I gave up tying my garment, still I covered my body in its folds.
So, when I give up passion, I see that anger remains;
And when I renounce anger, greed is with me still;
And when greed is vanquished, pride and vain-glory remain;
When the mind is detached and casts Maya away, still it clings to the letter.
Kabir says, 'Listen to me, dear Sadhu! the true path is rarely found.'

দু-কানে ফুটিয়ে দিয়ে
     কাঁকড়ার দাঁড়া
বর বলে, 'কান দুটো
     ধীরে ধীরে নাড়া।'
বউ দেখে আয়নায়,
জাপানে কি চায়নায়
হাজার হাজার আছে
     মেছনীর পাড়া--
কোথাও ঘটেনি কানে
     এত বড়ো ফাঁড়া।