Religion

Song XC: To whom shall I go to learn about my Beloved?

by Kabir c. 1440–1518

Translated by Rabindranath Tagore, with Evelyn Underhill (1915) · From Songs of Kabir (1915)

Religion

To whom shall I go to learn about my Beloved?
Kabîr says: "As you never may find the forest if you ignore the tree, so He may never be found in abstractions."

MLA

Kabir. “Song XC: To whom shall I go to learn about my Beloved?” Translated by Rabindranath Tagore, with Evelyn Underhill. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/kabir/89/.

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Kabir. “Song XC: To whom shall I go to learn about my Beloved?” Translated by Rabindranath Tagore, with Evelyn Underhill. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/kabir/89/.

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