Religion
Song XLIV: The Hidden Banner is planted in the temple of the sky
Translated by Rabindranath Tagore, with Evelyn Underhill (1915) · From Songs of Kabir (1915)
The Hidden Banner is planted in the temple of the sky; there the blue canopy decked with the moon and set with bright jewels is spread.
There the light of the sun and the moon is shining: still your mind to silence before that splendour.
Kabîr says: "He who has drunk of this nectar, wanders like one who is mad."
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Kabir. “Song XLIV: The Hidden Banner is planted in the temple of the sky.” Translated by Rabindranath Tagore, with Evelyn Underhill. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/kabir/43/.
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Kabir. “Song XLIV: The Hidden Banner is planted in the temple of the sky.” Translated by Rabindranath Tagore, with Evelyn Underhill. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/kabir/43/.
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