Lyrics

THE BELOVED IS IN ME
Kabir ~ translation by by Andrew Harvey from his book ‘Perfume of the Desert’


The Beloved is in me,
and the Beloved is in you,
As life is hidden in every seed.
So rumble your pride, my friend,
And look for the Beloved within you

When I sit
in the heart of this Divine world
A million suns blaze with light,
A burning blue sea
spreads across the sky,
Life’s turmoil falls quiet,
And all the stains of suffering wash away

Listen to the unstruck bells and drums!
Love is here; plunge into its rapture!
Rains pour down without water;
Rivers are streams of light

How could I ever express
How blessed I feel
To revel in such vast ecstasy
In my own body?

This is the music
Of soul and soul meeting,
Of the forgetting of all grief
This is the music
That transcends all coming and going