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​Having Crossed The River Kabir

 

​HAVING CROSSED THE RIVER

​by 15h Centrury Kabir

 

Having crossed the river,
where will you go, O friend ?

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There's no road to tread,
No traveler ahead,

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Neither a beginning, nor an end

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There's no water, no boat, no boatman, no cord;
 

No earth is there, no sky, no time, no bank, no ford

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You have forgotten the Self within,
Your search in the void will be in vain;
In a moment the life will ebb
And in this body you won't remain

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Be ever conscious of this, O friend,
You've to immerse within your Self;
Kabir says, salvation you won't then need,
For what you are, you would be indeed.