Thursday, March 10, 2011

Bly translating Kabir

"Are you looking for me? I am in the next seat. 

My shoulder is against yours.

You will not find me in the stupas, not in Indian shrine rooms, nor in synagogues, nor in cathedrals:
Not in masses, nor kirtans, not in legs winding around your own neck, nor in eating nothing but vegetables.
When you really look for me, you will see me instantly —
You will find me in the tiniest house of time.

Kabir says: Student, tell me, what is God?
He is the breath inside the breath".


- Robert Bly - The Kabir Book

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