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KABIR DAS. 131
4. Stole an anvil, made a votive offering of a needle,
And then away to some high place, to see how
far off the chariot is which is to convey him
to heaven.
5. Whatever I have is not mine, it is Thine.
I yield Thee but thine own. What belongs to
me ?
6. From one country we came, and landed at the
same pier,
But, touched by the world's breath of wind, we
travel off on a dozen roads.
7. The place where love dwells not, is just a burn-
ing-place (for cremation),
Like a blacksmith's bellows which breathe, but
have no life.
8. Book after book is read, but the world lies dead,
not one wise man.
Let but the two and a half lettered word "Love"
be learned, and then you have a wise man.
9. Penance is not equal to truth, nor is there any
sin like untruth.
In whose heart dwells truth, there dost Thou
dwell.
10. The work of to-morrow do to-day, to-day's at
once.
The end of the world may come in a moment,
what will you do then ?
11. In times of trouble all men remember God, in
times of joy no one does.
Remember Him in joy. Then, why should
trouble come ?
12. Save your head and you lose it, cut it off and
you retain it.
Just as when you cut the lamp-wick and make
it burn brightly.
4. Stole an anvil, made a votive offering of a needle,
And then away to some high place, to see how
far off the chariot is which is to convey him
to heaven.
5. Whatever I have is not mine, it is Thine.
I yield Thee but thine own. What belongs to
me ?
6. From one country we came, and landed at the
same pier,
But, touched by the world's breath of wind, we
travel off on a dozen roads.
7. The place where love dwells not, is just a burn-
ing-place (for cremation),
Like a blacksmith's bellows which breathe, but
have no life.
8. Book after book is read, but the world lies dead,
not one wise man.
Let but the two and a half lettered word "Love"
be learned, and then you have a wise man.
9. Penance is not equal to truth, nor is there any
sin like untruth.
In whose heart dwells truth, there dost Thou
dwell.
10. The work of to-morrow do to-day, to-day's at
once.
The end of the world may come in a moment,
what will you do then ?
11. In times of trouble all men remember God, in
times of joy no one does.
Remember Him in joy. Then, why should
trouble come ?
12. Save your head and you lose it, cut it off and
you retain it.
Just as when you cut the lamp-wick and make
it burn brightly.