WATER IS WATER IS WATER
Poem for Today - Friday - December 12, 2014
POEM 8
The river and its waves are one
surf: where is the difference
surf: where is the difference
between the river and its waves?
When the wave rises,
it is the water; and when it falls,
it is the same water
again.
Tell me, Sir, where is the distinction?
Because it has been named as wave,
Because it has been named as wave,
shall it no longer be considered as water?
Within the Supreme Brahma,
the worlds are being told like beads:
Look upon that rosary with the eyes of wisdom.
Look upon that rosary with the eyes of wisdom.
© Poem by Kabir
Translated by Rabindranath Tagor
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