Saturday, January 11, 2020

That master weaver...

A 19th century painting of Kabir with other Bhakti saints. Photo Wikimedia Commons
That master weaver, whose skills
    are beyond our knowing,
    has stretched his warp
      through the world.
He has fastened his loom
    between earth and sky,
   where the shuttlecocks are the sun
   and moon.
He fills the shuttle with the thread
   of easy spontaneity,
  and weaves and weaves
      an endless pattern.
But now, says Kabir, that weaver!
   He breaks apart his loom
  and tangles the thread
      in thread.
              
(Kabir pad 150)
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