jo disai so to nahi hai so kaha na jai
jo dīsai so to naahī hai so kahā na jaa.ī
bin dekhai paratīt na aavai kahae na ko patiyānā
samjhā hoai to shabdai chīnahai achraj hoai ayānā
koī dhyābai nikārā ko koī dhyāvai ākārā
yā vidhī in donoñ te nyārā jānai jānanhārā
vah raag to lakhā na jaa.ī mātrā lāgai na kaanā
kahae 'kabīr' so paḌhai na paralai surat nirat jin jaanā
That which you see is not: and for that which is, you have no words.
Unless you see, you believe not: what is told you you cannot accept.
He who is discerning knows by the word; and the ignorant stands gaping.
Some contemplate the Formless, and others meditate on form: but the wise man knows that Brahma is beyond both.
That beauty of His is not seen of the eye: that metre of His is not heard of the ear.
Kabir says: He who has found both love and renunciation never descends to death.
jo disai so to nahi hai so kaha na jai
bin dekhai paratit na aawai kahae na ko patiyana
samjha hoai to shabdai chinahai achraj hoai ayana
koi dhyabai nikara ko koi dhyawai aakara
ya widhi in donon te nyara jaanai jaananhaara
wah rag to lakha na jai matra lagai na kana
kahae 'kabir' so paDhai na paralai surat nirat jin jaana
That which you see is not: and for that which is, you have no words.
Unless you see, you believe not: what is told you you cannot accept.
He who is discerning knows by the word; and the ignorant stands gaping.
Some contemplate the Formless, and others meditate on form: but the wise man knows that Brahma is beyond both.
That beauty of His is not seen of the eye: that metre of His is not heard of the ear.
Kabir says: He who has found both love and renunciation never descends to death.
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