Coupletes of Kabir and Surdas

"Jaise til mein tael hai, Jyon chakmak mein aag
Tera saayee tujh mein hai, Tu jaag sakey to jaag".

~Kabir

Like the oil in the sesame seed,
Like the fire in flames,
Your Lord is within you.
Find him if you can.

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“Maati kahe kumhaar se, tu kyon rondhe mohey.
Ek din aisa aayega, mein rondhoongi tohey.”

~Surdas.

The clay says to the potter:
“Why are you molding me?
A day will come,
When I’ll be molding you.”

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"Dheere dheere rey manah, dheere sub kuch hoye
Maali seenche sau ghara, ritu aaye phal hoye "

~Kabir

Be patience, O my mind!
With patience you get everything.
A gardener may use
A hundred vessels of water,
The plants will bear fruits,
Only when the season comes.

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Maya mari na man mara, mar mar gaye sareer
Asha trishna na mari, keh gaye das Kabir

~Kabir

bodies of many
came to end.
but their bondage,
their desires
saw no end

their hopes,
their longings
had no end.
Saint Kabir
said this
in passing.