O How May I Ever Express That Secret Word? Poem by Kabir

O How May I Ever Express That Secret Word?

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O How may I ever express that secret word?
O how can I say He is not like this, and He is like that?
If I say that He is within me, the universe is ashamed:
If I say that He is without me, it is falsehood.
He makes the inner and the outer worlds to be indivisibly one;
The conscious and the unconscious, both are His footstools.
He is neither manifest nor hidden,
He is neither revealed nor unrevealed:
There are no words to tell that which He is.

POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
From: Songs Of Kabir
Translated by Rabindranath Tagore

New York, The Macmillan Company 1915
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Varsha M 11 April 2021

This is beautiful expression. Indeed to understand this one need to live it. At times we do reach to such positions.

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Sriranji Aratisankar 15 September 2016

There are no words to tell that which He is. wonderful....

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M Asim Nehal 10 July 2016

Wonderful poem, Wise words.

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Pratapgar, Uttar Pradesh, India
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