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North Indian poet-saint. English here is Rabindranath Tagore’s Songs of Kabir (Macmillan, 1915), which is in the public domain.
O servant, where dost thou seek Me? Lo! I am beside thee. I am neither in temple nor in mosque. If thou art a true seeker, thou shalt at once see Me. Kabir says, O Sadhu! God is the breath of all breath.
O friend! hope for Him whilst you live, know whilst you live, understand whilst you live: for in life deliverance abides. If He is found now, He is found then.
Do not go to the garden of flowers! O Friend! go not there; in your body is the garden of flowers. Take your seat on the thousand petals of the lotus, and there gaze on the Infinite Beauty.
The light of the sun, the moon, and the stars shines bright: the melody of love swells forth, and the rhythm of love's detachment beats the time.
The river and its waves are one surf: where is the difference between the river and its waves? When the wave rises, it is the water; and when it falls, it is the same water again.