The Fish In The Sea Is Not Thirsty ... Kabir

I laugh when I hear that the fish in the water is thirsty ...

You don't grasp the fact that what is most alive of all 
Is inside your own house ...

And so you walk from one holy city to the next with a confused look ...

Kabir will tell you the truth:


Go wherever you like ... 
To Calcutta ...
Or Tibet ...

If you can't find where your soul is hidden ... 
For you the world will never be real ...

I don't know what sort of a God we have been talking about ...

The caller calls in a loud voice to the Holy One at dusk ...

Why ???

Surely the Holy One is not deaf ...

He hears the delicate anklets that ring on the feet of an insect as it walks ...

Go over and over your beads ...
Paint weird designs on your forehead ...
Wear your hair matted, long, and ostentatious ...

But when deep inside you there is a loaded gun ...

How can you have God ???