Watercolor sketch portrait of Kabir

c. 15th century

Kabir

Mystic poet and social critic whose couplets collapse distance between devotion, ethics, and everyday life.

  • Central voice of the Bhakti movement
  • Bridged Hindu, Muslim, and folk spiritual vocabularies
  • Still among the most quoted poets in North India

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Kabir

Moko Kahān Ḍhūṇḍhe Re Bande

A poem of radical nearness: the sacred is not elsewhere, not delayed, not hidden behind performance — it is as intimate as breath.

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Burā Jo Dekhan Main Chalā

The search for fault ends at one’s own doorstep.

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Kal Kare So Āj Kar

Urgency compressed into two lines: the right time is now.

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Kabir

Dhīre Dhīre Re Manā

A patient poem for an impatient world.

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Kabir

Pothī Paṛh Paṛh Jag Muā

A challenge to learning that does not become love.

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Kabir

Mālā Pherat Jug Bhayā

A critique of ritual without inner change.

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Kabir

Chaltī Chakkī Dekh Kar

The world’s grinding wheel, stark and unforgettable.

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Kabir

Guru Govind Dou Khaṛe

A beloved couplet on the teacher who reveals the divine.

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Jab Main Thā Tab Hari Nahīn

Ego as the wall between seeker and beloved.

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Jhīnī Jhīnī Bīnī Chadariyā

The body as a finely woven cloth entrusted briefly to us.

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