O Soul, thou shalt go hence, I know full well

O Soul, thou shalt go hence, I know full well.

The kings who bear rule, go hence: kings and their radiant queens.
The courtiers round the throne go hence; the members of assemblies and all the haughty go.

The learned who recite the Vedás, go hence: and those who hang upon the scriptures.
The Jogi practising his Joga goes hence: and the wise, on whose lips is wisdom.

The sun goes hence, the moon goes hence: and wind and water go.
The mind, the understanding alike go hence: and all living things go.

The Jogi goes, the Jangam goes: and the purse-proud man goes hence.
Says Kabír, the man of God goes not, he whose mind is stablished.
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