In slumber, dreams I meet, in slumber, dreams I find,
Awake, within my heart, in slumber, dreams I find.
In slumber, dreams I meet, awake, within my heart,
Eyes watch the passing nights, eyes watch the passing nights,
Forever they impart.
In slumber, dreams I meet, awake, within my heart,
In slumber, dreams I find.
Kabir, the oyster of the sea,
Kabir, the oyster of the sea,
Craves thirst, and seeks the drop,
Yearns for the rain, the hope.
To be held within the gaze, to shut my eyes to you,
To be held within the gaze, to shut my eyes to you.
To be held within the gaze, to shut my eyes to you,
No other sight I seek, nor let you see the view.
In slumber, dreams I meet, awake, within my heart,
In slumber, dreams I find.
Ask not a saint's caste,
Ask not a saint's caste,
Ask not a saint's caste, but seek their light,
Value the sword's worth,
Value the sword's worth,
Let the sheath take flight.
We sing your praise, O Lord, we remember all,
We sing your praise, remember now,
We sing your praise, you do not heed my call,
Remembrance is love's seed, love blooms in you somehow.
In slumber, dreams I meet, awake, within my heart,
In slumber, dreams I find.
I live within the eyes, I live within,
I live within the eyes,
I live within the eyes, within the Beloved's realm,
I live within the eyes, within the Beloved's realm,
The foolish seek outside, their quest to overwhelm.
Watching the turning mill, watching the turning mill,
Watching the turning mill, Kabir wept with grief,
Watching the turning mill, Kabir wept with grief,
What grain falls within, no truth offers relief.
In slumber, dreams I meet, awake, within my heart,
In slumber, dreams I find.
What words of prayer can I raise, what words of prayer,
Allah, my Lord,
What words of prayer can I raise, shame I now must bear,
I see your flaws, how can I find my way to thee?
If death is wished, then death will break the chains,
Such dying be done, a hundred times each day,
Words are proclaimed by all,
Words are proclaimed by all, words possess no sway,
One word can heal the soul, one word can heal the soul,
One word can slay.
In slumber, dreams I meet, awake, within my heart,
In slumber, dreams I find.
The beads they turn in hand, the beads,
The beads, the beads, the beads,
The beads they turn in hand,
The tongue moves in the mouth, the mind wanders the lands,
This is not devotion's art,
In slumber, dreams I meet, awake, within my heart,
In slumber, dreams I find.
A whirlwind of love arises,
O friend, no, O friend, no, O friend,
A whirlwind of love arises, a mote to the skies,
Mote meets with mote,
Mote meets with mote,
Mote meets with mote, near to the eyes.
In slumber, dreams I meet, awake, within my heart,
In slumber, dreams I find, in slumber, dreams I meet,
Dreams I find, dreams I find, find,
Eyes watch the passing nights,
Eyes watch the passing nights, forever in my sight,
In slumber, dreams I meet, awake, within my heart,
In slumber, dreams I find, awake, within my heart,
In slumber, dreams I find.
Make the eyes a chamber, make the eyes a chamber,
Lay the soul a bed, lay the soul a bed,
Make the eyes a chamber, lay the soul a bed,
With lashes as the screen, lure the Beloved's tread.
Seek the Lord's own love, seek the Lord's own love,
Seek the Lord's own love, then love the Lord's own kind,
In slumber, dreams I meet, awake, within my heart,
In slumber, dreams I find.
Seek the Lord's own love, then love the Lord's own kind,
Wealth and grace the Lord will give, the Lord will give,
Kabir's company is that of saints, of saints,
Kabir's company is that of saints, the yogi eats the bran,
They dine on milk and sugar, with the worldly, they abstain,
In slumber, dreams I meet, awake, within my heart,
Awake, within my heart, awake, within my heart,
Eyes watch the passing nights,
Eyes watch the passing nights, forever in my sight,
In slumber, dreams I meet, awake, within my heart,
In slumber, dreams I find.
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