(1440 - 1518 / Pratapgar, Uttar Pradesh, India)

poet Kabir
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Do Not Go To The Garden Of Flowers

Do not go to the garden of flowers!
Do not go to the garden of flowers!
O Friend! go not there;
In your body is the garden of flowers.

Take your seat on the thousand petals of the lotus,
and there gaze on the Infinite Beauty.

Submitted: Wednesday, May 02, 2012
Edited: Wednesday, May 02, 2012

Poet's Notes about The Poem

From: Songs Of Kabir
Translated by Rabindranath Tagore

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