Thursday, May 7, 2009

Shabad (Poem)-8

'Gagan kee oat nisaanaa hai'

The target is behind the sky.
The sun's on the right, the moon on the left-
in between it remains hidden.

This body is a bow,
the mind its string,
and the Word, its arrow- aimed straight.

The messenger of the True Guru- that it is-
this arrow has pierced all bodily impurity.

This arrow doesn't any injury inflict-
they know who have indeed felt it.

Says Kabir, listen, O wise one,
those who have known,
they only acknowledge it.

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