II. 24. hamsa, kaho puratan bat TELL ME, O Swan, your ancient tale. From what land do you come, O Swan? to what shore will you fly? Where would you take your rest, O Swan, and what do you seek? Even this morning, O Swan, awake, arise, follow me! There is a land where no doubt nor sorrow have rule: where the terror of Death is no more. There the woods of spring are a-bloom, and the fragrant scent 'He is r is borne on the wind: There the bee of the heart is deeply immersed, and desires no other joy-
III. 96. jiv mahal men Siv pahunwa SERVE YOUR God, who has come into this temple of life! Do not act the part of a madman, for the night is thickening fast. He has awaited me for countless ages, for love of me He has lost His heart: Yet I did not know the bliss that was so near to me, for my love was not yet awake. But now, my Lover has made known to me the meaning of the note that struck my ear: Now, my good fortune is come. Kabir says: 'Behold! how great is my good fortune! I have received the unending caress of my beloved!'