Poem 3

WITHIN this earthen vessel are bowers and groves, and within it is the Creator:

Within this vessel are the seven oceans and the unnumbered stars.

The touchstone and the jewel-appraiser are within;

And within this vessel the Eternal soundeth, and the spring wells up.

Kabîr says: "Listen to me, my Friend! My beloved Lord is within."

The Earthern vessel is the bodyTranslation by Rabindranath Tagore