Religion
Song XLIII: I laugh when I hear that the fish in the water is thirsty:
Translated by Rabindranath Tagore, with Evelyn Underhill (1915) · From Songs of Kabir (1915)
I laugh when I hear that the fish in the water is thirsty:
You do not see that the Real is in your home, and you wander from forest to forest listlessly!
Here is the truth! Go where you will, to Benares or to Mathura; if you do not find your soul, the world is unreal to you.
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MLA
Kabir. “Song XLIII: I laugh when I hear that the fish in the water is thirsty.” Translated by Rabindranath Tagore, with Evelyn Underhill. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/kabir/42/.
Chicago
Kabir. “Song XLIII: I laugh when I hear that the fish in the water is thirsty.” Translated by Rabindranath Tagore, with Evelyn Underhill. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/kabir/42/.
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