Brother, I'Ve Seen Some Poem by Kabir

Brother, I'Ve Seen Some

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Brother, I've seen some
Astonishing sights:
A lion keeping watch
Over pasturing cows;
A mother delivered
After her son was;
A guru prostrated
Before his disciple;
Fish spawning
On treetops;
A cat carrying away
A dog;
A gunny-sack
Driving a bullock-cart;
A buffalo going out to graze,
Sitting on a horse;
A tree with its branches in the earth,
Its roots in the sky;
A tree with flowering roots.

This verse, says Kabir,
Is your key to the universe.
If you can figure it out.

POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
Translated from the Hindi by Arvind Krishna Mehrotra
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
John Hardesty 02 July 2013

In this great poem, just what was Kabir smoking, Hash! ! !

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Preyanka Prasad 30 July 2023

All is in all.

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Fabrizio Frosini 09 July 2015

''your key to the universe'' but.. is Poetry such?

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Fabrizio Frosini 09 July 2015

''your key to the universe''.. but: is Poetry such?

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Nick Kler 19 March 2014

Nothing is as it seems....You are just caught up in an act.

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John Hardesty 02 July 2013

In this great poem, just what was Kabir, smoking, Hash?

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Kabir

Kabir

Pratapgar, Uttar Pradesh, India
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