The clouds of love have gathered

[Guest guest]

Says Kabir: the clouds of love have gathered

raining over me

my soul soaked within

green woods around.

Says Kabir: do not be proud

seeing your mansion

tomorrow you will lie beneath the earth

tufts of grass over you.

Says Kabir: those who do not love God

know no joy

like a guest in an empty house

they come and depart.

Your God dwells within you

like fragrance in the flower

must lies within the deer

yet seeks it afar.

Worlds pass away reading scriptures

none the wiser

he who understands the word 'Love'

is the wise one.

The Hindu says Ram is supreme

the Muslim, Rahim

both die fighting each other

neither knowing the Truth.

Remembering You ever

egoless, I have merged with You

no more the cycle of births and deaths

wherever the eye goes I see You.

Brimming with devotion to God I am

this world ties me no more

a pitcher once backed, says Kabir

needs no potter's wheel again.

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