One Hundred Poems of Kabir/LXXIX

by Kabir

LXXIX

III. 66. na main dharmi nahin adharmi

na main dharmi nahin adharmi, na main jati n kami ho
naa main kahtaa naa main sunataa, naa main sevak-swamaee ho
naa main bandhaa naa main muktaa, naa main birat naa rangee ho
naa kaahoo se nyaaraa huaa, naa kaahoo ke sangee ho
naa ham narak lok ko jaate, naa ham surag sidhaare ho
sab hee karm hamaaraa kiyaa, ham karman te nyaaraa ho
yaa mat ko koyee biralye boojhye, so atar ho baithe ho
mat Kabir kaahoo ko thaapye, mat kaaho ko mete ho

 

I am neither pious nor ungodly,
I live neither by law nor by sense,
I am neither a speaker nor hearer,
I am neither a servant nor master,
I am neither bond nor free,
I am neither detached nor attached.
I am far from none: I am near to none.
I shall go neither to hell nor to heaven.
I do all works; yet I am apart from all works.
Few comprehend my meaning: he who can comprehend it, he sits unmoved.
Kabir seeks neither to establish nor to destroy.