Tribute to the Guru

By Kabir

It is the mercy of my true Guru that has
made me to know the unknown;

I have learned from Him how to walk without feet,
to see without eyes, to hear without ears,
to drink without mouth,
to fly without wings;

I have brought my love and my meditation
into the land where there is no sun and
moon, nor day and night.

Without eating, I have tasted of the sweetness of nectar;
and without water, I have quenched my thirst;

Where there is the response of delight, there is
the fullness of joy. Before whom can that joy
be uttered?

Kabir say : "The Guru is great beyond words,
and great is the good fortune of the disciple."

From One Hundred Poems of Kabir, translated by Rabindranath Tagore.