I Played Day And Night Poem by Kabir

I Played Day And Night

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I played day and night with my comrades,
and now I am greatly afraid.

So high is my Lord's palace,
my heart trembles to mount its stairs:
yet I must not be shy, if I would enjoy His love.

My heart must cleave to my Lover;
I must withdraw my veil,
and meet Him with all my body:

Mine eyes must perform the ceremony of the lamps of love.

Kabîr says: 'Listen to me, friend:
he understands who loves.
If you feel not love's longing for your Beloved One,
it is vain to adorn your body,
vain to put unguent on your eyelids.'

POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
From: Songs Of Kabir
Translated by Rabindranath Tagore
New York, The Macmillan Company 1915
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Kabir

Kabir

Pratapgar, Uttar Pradesh, India
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