NirbhayNirbhay nirgun gun re gaaunga
mool kamal dradh aasan bandhu-ji ulti pavan chaddaaunga man mamta ko thir kar laaun-ji paancho tat milaaunga ingala pingala sukhman naadi-ji tirveni pe nahaaunga paanch pachhison pakad mangaaun-ji ek hi dor lagaaunga shoonya shikhar par anhad baaje-ji raag chattis sunaaunga kahat kabir suno bhaai saadho-ji jeet nishaan ghuraaunga |
NirgunFearless, formless, that’s the form I’ll sing
I’ll bind the root lotus, Make the breath flow upward. I’ll make the mind and feelings still The five elements one. Right, left, middle channels I’ll bathe where three streams meet. I’ll catch the five and twenty five, String them on one thread. On the peak of emptiness where the unstruck sound resounds, I’ll sing thirty-six ragas. Kabir says, listen, truth-seekers, I’ll seize the sign of victory. Translated by Linda Hess |
