Kabir Das Poems – jab main bhula, re bhai – English

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Here is the English transalation of Kabir Das poem jab main bhula, re bhai.

O brother! when I was forgetful, my true Guru showed me the Way.

Then I left off all rites and ceremonies, I bathed no more in the

holy water:

Then I learned that it was I alone who was mad, and the whole

world beside me was sane; and I had disturbed these wise people.

From that time forth I knew no more how to roll in the dust in

obeisance:

I do not ring the temple bell:

I do not set the idol on its throne:

I do not worship the image with flowers.

It is not the austerities that mortify the flesh which are

pleasing to the Lord,

When you leave off your clothes and kill your senses, you do not

please the Lord:

The man who is kind and who practises righteousness, who remains

passive amidst the affairs of the world, who considers all

creatures on earth as his own self,

He attains the Immortal Being, the true God is ever with him.

Kabir says: “He attains the true Name whose words are pure, and

who is free from pride and conceit.”

Reference: Project Gutenberg

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