Religion
Song LIII: What is that flute whose music thrills me with joy?
Translated by Rabindranath Tagore, with Evelyn Underhill (1915) · From Songs of Kabir (1915)
What is that flute whose music thrills me with joy?
The flame burns without a lamp;
The lotus blossoms without a root;
Flowers bloom in clusters;
The moon-bird is devoted to the moon;
With all its heart the rain-bird longs for the shower of rain;
But upon whose love does the Lover concentrate His entire life?
Cite this poem
MLA
Kabir. “Song LIII: What is that flute whose music thrills me with joy?” Translated by Rabindranath Tagore, with Evelyn Underhill. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/kabir/52/.
Chicago
Kabir. “Song LIII: What is that flute whose music thrills me with joy?” Translated by Rabindranath Tagore, with Evelyn Underhill. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/kabir/52/.
Read this poem with the Codex →
More by Kabir
- Song IV: Do not go to the garden of flowers!
- Song XXIV: More than all else do I cherish at heart that love which makes me to…
- Song XLIII: I laugh when I hear that the fish in the water is thirsty:
- Song LXV: O brother! when I was forgetful, my true Guru showed me the Way.
- Song LXXXV: My heart cries aloud for the house of my lover