Robert Bridges, ed. (1844–1930). The Spirit of Man: An Anthology. 1916. | | | | From One Hundred Poems, Bk. I. 104 |
Kabir (1440–1518) |
| | | O HOW 1 may I ever express that secret word? | |
| O how can I say, He is unlike this, He is like that? | |
| If I should say, He is within me, the universe were shamed. | |
| If I say, He is without me, it is false. | |
| He maketh the inner & the outer worlds to be indivisibly one. | 5 |
| The conscious and the unconscious, both are his footstools. | |
| He is neither manifest nor hidden: | |
| He is neither revealed nor unrevealed: | |
| There are no words to tell what He is. | |
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