One Hundred Poems of Kabir/LXXXVI
LXXXVI
III. 96. jiv mahal men Siv pahunwa
jiv mahal mein siv pahunwa kahaan karat unmaand re
pachhuhaa devaa karilye sevaa, raiin chalee aavat re
jugan jugan karye pateechhan, sahab kaa dil laag re
soojhat naahin param sukh-saagar, binaa prem bairaag re
sarvan sur bujhi saaaheb se, pooran pragat bhaag re
kahyen Kabir suno bhaag hamaaraa, paayaa achal sohaag re
Serve your God, who has come into this temple of life!
Do not act the part of a madman, for the night is thickening fast.
He has awaited me for countless ages, for love of me He has lost His heart:
Yet I did not know the bliss that was so near to me, for my love was not yet awake.
But now, my Lover has made known to me the meaning of the note that struck my ear:
Now, my good fortune is come.
Kabir says: "Behold! how great is my good fortune! I have received the unending caress of my Beloved!"